A former Secretary to the Delta State Government, SSG, Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay, Saturday said the news of the death of the Majority Leader of the State House of Assembly, Hon Tim Kome Owhefere came to him as a rude shock with disbelief, lamenting that the death of the lawmaker is sad and painful. 

DEPUTY President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and Olorogun O’Tega Emerhor have joined forces to mobilise party members and Deltans to register with the All Progressives Congress, APC, following the revalidation and registration exercise ordered by the national leadership of the party nationwide.

Barely one week after the new Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa(retd) vowed to dismantle drug trafficking cartels across Nigeria, the agency has made huge seizures of cocaine and heroin, with street values worth over N30 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians of full implementation of the 2021 budget, with all transparency and openness in meeting the targets, while appreciating the National Assembly for the effective and detailed attention before the passage. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja, […]

Custom officials at South Africa’s main international airport have seized hundreds of thousands of tablets of a drug some people claim could be a remedy against coronavirus, police said Saturday. The South African Police Service (SAPS) said in a statement that “tablets suspected to be ivermectin” worth six million rand (nearly $400,000) had been seized […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Three victims of the fire outbreak at Adros Gas Company in Rumuodomaya, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State have been reported dead. Staff at the gas plant revealed on anonymity that the three company staff who were being treated at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) for […]

It has been reported that all the 25 youths abducted along Wukari-Takum Road, Taraba State, have been rescued. It was learned that some of the kidnappers were arrested and that no ransom was paid. The kidnappers had asked for N52 million on Friday.

want reversal to N25, 000 By Adesina Wahab The students of the Lagos State University, LASU, have rejected the reduction approved by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on their tuition fee, saying all they want is a reversal to the old rate. The governor had earlier on Saturday approved the reduction of the fee from N67, 000 […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru As the security situation in the country worsens, the National Association of Seadogs, NAS, has accused the Federal Government of pampering cattle herders thereby emboldening the criminal elements among them to unleash violence on innocent citizens. NAS, also known as Pyrates Confraternity has also alleged that the failure to interdict the criminal elements, […]

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lagos State have increased to 47,871, as the state recorded 408 new infections on January 28. The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made the disclosure through his verified Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi on Saturday, while giving the state’s COVID-19 status for Jan. 28. Abayomi said that 2,186 tests were conducted […]

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has called on the public to leverage on the “Flagit” Anti- Corruption App, to report unprofessional and professional conducts exhibited by FRSC staff for punishment and reward where applicable.

By Ikeddy ISIGUZO   NATIONAL Mathematical Centre, Abuja, in the serene settings of  Sheda, Kwali, on the outskirts of the city, came alive on Thursday, 28 January 2021, as the 2019/2020 National Olympiad Awards ceremony held, all Covid-19 protocols observed. TEDA, a school in similar quiet settings in Eke-Owerri, Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia […]

Governing Council of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurum, Delta State has appointed Omoyine Jane as Registrar and Garba Ya’u Nabayi as Bursar of the institution.

9mobile now has a simple, easy and convenient multipurpose short code *996# to verify and link customers’ National Identification Number (NIN) to their mobile number(s)-You can link up all your mobile numbers with one NIN. What’s more, you can also get information about NIN Registration centres across Nigeria right on your phone 3 simple steps […]

By Ola Ajayi, Ibadan SOME Fulani herders have allegedly attacked two persons with machete at Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government area of Oyo State.  According to information gathered from Mr Taiwo Adeagbo, a resident, the herders allegedly attacked the two persons in their village around 1am on Saturday. As a result of this, the […]