By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Nigerian Army has reinforced the Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) with the deployment of the Chief of Army Staff Special Intervention Battalion XV, a unit recently trained under an intensive Special Forces programme. The development was disclosed on Wednesday in Makurdi by the Force Commander, OPWS, Major General […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has pledged to construct the Nyihemba-Tomataan-Mkem-Anwase-Abande road in Turan, Kwande Local Government Area, LGA, of the state as part of urgent measures to improve security and restore normalcy in communities recently attacked by bandits. The Governor who made the commitment during his […]

By Emem Idio, Yenagoa The National Secretary of the Ijaw National Congress, INC, Ebipamowei Wodu has submitted his interest/nomination form as he officially joins the race for the position of President. Wodu, who is one of the leading aspirant to succeed Professor Benjamin Okaba, was accompanied to the Ijaw House, the Secretariat of the INC […]

By Providence Ayanfeoluwa The Comptroller-General of Customs, CGC Bashir Wale Adeniyi, has commissioned the renovated Methodist Primary School, Ibeshe, Ikorodu, a 104-year-old institution restored under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme of the Nigeria Customs Service, Lilypond Export Command. The project was initiated by retired Comptroller Ajibola Odunsanya, former Area Controller of Lilypond Export Command, […]

…We were forced to scam Americans, Britons, others —Victims By Evelyn Usman & Favour Ulebor The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has rescued and repatriated 23 Nigerian youths trafficked to Thailand and other South-East Asian countries for forced cybercrime, raising fresh alarm over what it described as a dangerous new […]