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Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:53:29 +0000Bayelsa varsity student shot dead at lecture hall
By Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Suspected cult members have killed a 200-level student of the Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University, Amassoma. The deceased, James Okunmakpeye, a student of Marketing at the Faculty of Management Science, was allegedl...
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:48:54 +0000Board to health workers: avoid strike for patients’ sake
By Frank Ikpefan, Abuja The Community Health Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria (CHPRBN) has urged community health practitioners to avoid embarking on industrial action for the sake of patients. It stressed that the use of strike as a ...
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:45:16 +0000Chibok schoolgirls: Pause as a parent, to imagine 2,549 days of pains
By Babagana Zulum As a father of daughters, I can’t even imagine the pains of having one’s daughter held by terrorists for as long as seven whole years. However, I urge parents, especially anyone with a female child to pause for a while, n...
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:44:52 +0000Mediation Centre reinstates family after landlord’s 18-day lockout
By Adebisi Onanuga The Lagos State Citizens Mediation Centre (CMC), Ojokoro-Ijaiye, has successfully returned the family of one Olalekan Balogun to their apartment after being locked out by his aggrieved landlord for 18 days. The fa...
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:38:06 +0000There’s hope for girls’ release, says Presidency
By Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja The Presidency has said there is hope for the release of the remaining Chibok schoolgirls. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the Presidency said th...
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:37:00 +000017 drug, robbery suspects arrested in Edo, Kogi, Jigawa
The Nigerian Army, 4 Brigade, Benin yesterday handed over 12 suspects arrested in connection with peddling illicit drug to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo State Command. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports tha...
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:28:37 +0000Seven years after, Chibok Govt Secondary school remains closed
It was seven years yesterday since the Chibok schoolgirls were kidnapped. Since then, their school has remained shut and scores of the girls are yet to be reunited with their families, report GRACE OBIKE and FAITH YAHAYA The Chibok community yeste...
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:18:36 +0000Fayose: how Southwest PDP congress poll was rigged
By Emmanuel Oladesu and Bisi Oladele Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose yesterday described the recent Southwest Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congress as a scam. He alleged that the congress held in Osogbo, the Osun State cap...
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:16:06 +0000Policewoman in custody over sibling’s death
By Damian Duruiheoma, Owerri A policewoman has been taken into custody in Imo State in connection with the death of her brother. Chioma Azuatalam was alleged to have partaken in the fight in which her eldest brother Chinonso Azuatalam a...
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:14:12 +0000NURTW to combat highways crimes with e-tracking
By Toba Adedeji, Osogbo The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) said it will track members’ vehicles electronically to address the spate of kidnapping and insecurity on expressways. The union during the National Executive Council meeti...