Mr Tajudeen Adefisoye, the Vice-Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Army, has expressed confidence in the ability of security agencies to address the current security challenges in the country.

More than 570,000 people in central China’s Hunan Province have been affected by drought, resulting from heatwaves and a lack of rainfall while other areas have difficulty getting drinking water, local authorities said on Tuesday.

The Warri Zonal Office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sanctioned 11 petrol stations and two gas plants in Delta in two separate operations.

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, fixed August 20 to hear an appeal the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, lodged to quash a proceeding the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal held on June 11.

THE Senate on Tuesday gave Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State an ultimatum of one week to issue fresh proclamation for Edo Assembly.

By Daud Olatunji ABEOKUTA – A former Governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba on Tuesday has asked  Chieftain of Afenifere , Chief Femi Okurounmu to within 14 days retract his alleged libellous statement or else he would be sued. The former Governor in a letter sent to the Okurounmu through his counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun, […]

The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari says the corporation has no secret accounts that breach the Treasury Single Account (TSA). In a statement issued by Mr Ndu Ughamadu, the spokesman for the corporation, he said that the NNPC had nothing to hide as it stood to gain a lot by being transparent in all areas of its operation.

By Shina Abubakar Two men, Kayode Bashiru, 58, and Olawale Najeem, 25, yesterday appeared before a Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo for illegal possession of 10 she-goats. Offa robbery: Injuries on accused persons caused by trauma–Expert(Opens in a new browser tab) The accused persons pleaded guilty to the two-court count charge preferred against them. The […]

Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde on Monday inaugurated a 10- man committee to review projects and contracts awarded between 2017 and  2019 by the immediate-past administration in the state.

WARRI— THE circumstances surrounding the murder, penultimate Saturday, of a mother of four children and Managing Director of Eve Rental Services, Ovwian-Aladja, Delta State, 42-year-old Mrs. Grace Dagbo, after Police officers impounded and drove away with her Sienna car, abandoned mother and daughter on a notoriously dangerous road, have sparked controversy in the state.

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UMUAHIA—In a bid to improve the internally-generated revenue, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, has threatened to sack any medical doctor that diverts patients from the hospital to a private clinic.

LAGOS—Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday, inaugurated a 16-man ad-hoc committee to screen nominees for commissioners and Special Advisers from Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

UMUAHIA—Abia State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Kalu, has urged Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, to effectively combine their career and motherhood.

Jalingo—Four suspected kidnappers were reportedly killed by the Police in Bali Local Government area of Taraba State, while Ogun State Police Command rescued no fewer than seven kidnapped victims and arrested 41 suspected kidnappers.