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Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr Dennis Idahosa, on Saturday, monitored the reintroduced monthly environmental sanitation exercise in the state, expressing satisfaction with the level of compliance by residents. The monthly sanitation exercise was reintroduced by Governor Monday Okpebholo, with the Office of the Deputy Governor supervising it. Major streets such as Airport Road, Akpakpava, Lagos Street, Sakponba Road, and Sapele …

According to the lawyer, the former police officer was frequently used by politicians to carry out politically motivated attacks, branding him as a symbol of police misconduct. Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has described late CSP Ekene Nwosu, the former Officer-in-Charge of the Anti-Robbery Squad at the Akwa Ibom State Police Command Headquarters, as a “murderous and callous policeman” who …

The former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has described the rising poverty in the country as the greatest crisis Nigeria has faced since 1914. Speaking in Abuja on Saturday at the 60th birthday lecture of the former Governor of Rivers State, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, El-Rufai said, “One minute is too short to cover our quarrels because we quarrel …

Abdulsalam expressed the state’s deep sorrow over the loss and extended heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased.  The Kano State government has announced a cash donation of N1million to each of the families of the 22 athletes and officials from the state who tragically lost their lives in a road accident while returning from the National Sports Festival …

President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow over the deaths of members of the Kano State contingent who lost their lives in a road accident while returning from the recently concluded National Sports Festival in Ogun State. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President extended his condolences to the government and …

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has put the figure of persons who lost their lives in the auto crash involving Kano contingents at 21. Confirming the incident, the Sector Commander, Corps Commander Mohammed Bature said the crash involved a total of thirty-two (32) persons out of which 21 sadly lost their lives and the remaining sustaining varying degrees of …

The charge, filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja under suit number CR/353/25, also lists retired Deputy Commissioner of Police Obo Ukam Obo and retired Assistant Commissioner of Police Simon Lough, SAN, as defendants.  The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has filed a 14-count criminal charge against several retired senior police officers — including former …

The directive was given in a move to contain growing public outrage over rising cases of custodial torture and mysterious deaths of citizens while in police custody.  The Nigeria Police Force has ordered the immediate nationwide training of its personnel on suspects’ constitutional rights and professional handling of criminal complaints. An internal police signal, which confirmed the directive, was obtained …

US President Donald Trump has accused China of violating a truce on tariffs struck earlier this month, a claim China has responded to with its own accusations of US wrongdoing. Washington and Beijing agreed to temporarily lower tit-for-tat tariffs after talks in Geneva. US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to reduce reciprocal tariffs earlier this month …

• Says only alternative to reforms was fiscal collapse. • Reaffirms commitment to security, national development. • Highlights progress made amid rising cost of living President Bola Tinubu, in a nationwide broadcast to mark his second year in office on Thursday, declared that the economic reforms implemented by his administration have begun yielding positive results. The President stated that Nigeria …