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Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:30:49 +0000
2023: Abiodun backs power shift to Southwest
By Emmanuel Oladesu and Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta Daniel urges unity among Yoruba to produce Buhari’s successor Alake, Olu of Ilaro endorse Southwest Agenda Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has called for unity and cohesion in the Southwest ahead of...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:20:21 +0000
Our ordeal inside bandits’ camp, by freed passengers
By Justina Asishana, Minna Some of the abducted passengers of a bus, who regained freedom at the weekend, on Monday relived their ordeal in the hands of the bandits. Fifty three passengers of a Niger State Mass Transit bus, who were kidnapped on the ...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:10:15 +0000
How economy climbed out of recession, by minister
By Tony Akowe and Sanni Onogu, Abuja Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Zainab Ahmed on Monday briefed the National Assembly about Federal Government’s efforts that helped the country exit recession in the fourth quarter of this year...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:00:52 +0000
#EndSARS panels: Victims getting justice, but challenges remain
In the wake of the 2020 #EndSARS protests, state governments set up judicial panels of enquiry to receive petitions and probe cases of brutality and other forms of right abuses against men of the now renamed Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and othe...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 08:53:24 +0000
Sokoto Hisbah constitutional, says Tambuwal
Our Reporter Sokoto Governor  Aminu Tambuwal has explained the new Hisbah Commission in the state should not be perceived as a legalistic gimmick intent on fostering anything other than the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Gov. Tambu...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 08:50:41 +0000
Hoodlums kill two policemen in Akwa Ibom
By Bassey Anthony, Uyo Some hoodlums have killed two policemen in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The criminals also set ablaze a Hilux van the policemen were riding in. The incident happened in the early hours of on Monday, The...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 08:38:36 +0000
You are a Fulani terrorist, Ortom fires Bauchi Gov
By Uja Emmanuel, Makurdi Benue Governor Samuel Ortom has taken a swipe at his Bauchi counterpart Bala Mohammed, describing him as a Fulani terrorist . Addressing journalists at Government House Makurdi on Monday, Ortom ,who was reacting to an earlier...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 08:32:01 +0000
Runsewe tasks ambassadors-designate on local culture
By Ozolua Uhakheme, Assistant Editor Arts Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe has enjoined all the ambassadors- designate to be in the forefront of promoting and engaging the many foreign nations and t...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 08:20:35 +0000
How suspected kidnappers killed three-year-old boy, shot sister
The family of Idamatam of Isieke village, Awo Omamma Community in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State is yet to recover from the killing of Paschal Chukwueloka Idamatam, a three-year-old boy, by suspected kidnappers who invaded the Afor Awo O...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 08:10:31 +0000
Ortom accuses Bauchi governor of backing terrorism
By Uja Emmanuel, Makurdi and David Adenuga, Bauchi  Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom Monday accused his Bauchi counterpart, Bala Mohammed, of backing armed herdsmen. Addressing reporters at the Government House in Makurdi yesterday, Ortom alleged ...



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