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Monday, Feb 10

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[Video] EFCC Warns Nigerians Against Fake Raids by Impersonators

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has issued a strong warning to Nigerians about impostors conducting fake raids while posing as EFCC officials. Dele Oyewale, the…

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Supreme Court Dismisses Fubara’s Appeal, Affirms Amaewhule-led Rivers Assembly Leadership

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, has dismissed the appeal filed by Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, challenging the…

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Why Nigeria Requires No More States

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Does Nigeria require more states at present? The answer to this poser, going by the existing socio-economic and political conditions of the country, is provided by Luke Onyekakeyah…

Sunday, Feb 9

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Ease of Doing Business: Gov Mbah Ends Multiple Taxation in Enugu State

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, Tuesday, February 5, 2025, signed into law a Bill to improve the Ease of Doing Business by creating one window for tax collection and…

First Congress of Ogoni People Issues Communique Despite Disruption of Meeting

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Despite the violence that greeted the first consultative meeting of Ogoni people on Saturday, the conveners of the meeting under the aegis of Congress of Ogoni have issued a…

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Ogoni Rioters Chase Out Leaders at First Consultative Forum

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Angry Ogoni youths on Saturday chased out some leaders of Ogoniland at the first meeting they called to respond to the appeal by President Bola Tinubu for Ogoni leaders to hold…

Saturday, Feb 8

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Okpebholo Flags Off Free Malaria Treatment

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has flagged off free malaria testing, treatment and distribution of malaria drugs to combat the scourge in the state. Governor…

Assets Verification: Committee Alleges Massive Fraud Against Obaseki-led Administration

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Edo State Assets Verification Committee headed by a retired Federal Permanent Secretary, Dr. Ernest Afolabi-Umakhihe, on Wednesday submitted its report to Governor Monday…

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Okpebholo Assures Edo NULGE of Collaboration

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has assured the state chapter of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) of his administration’s resolve in providing a…

Ogale Oil Spill Was Operational Accident, Shell Admits

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited has admitted that the oil spill that occurred at its manifold at Ogale in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers on Monday was an…

Okpebholo Suspends Samson Osagie, Edo Attorney-General, Lawani, LG Service Commission Chairman, for Alleged Financial Infractions

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State on Wednesday suspended the state’s Attorney- General and Commissioner of Justice, Samson Osagie, PhD, and the Chairman of the Edo State Local…

Food Security: Okpbeholo’s Agro LIFE-ND Targets Young Farmers, To Plant 20,000 Trees in Schools

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow In a bid to ensure food security and develop agriculture for economic growth, the Edo State Coordinator, Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprise, Niger Delta, (LIFE-ND) John…

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Let Us Work Together for A Safer Edo, CP Betty Otimenyin Appeals to Residents

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The new Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, Betty Enekpen Otimenyin, on Wednesday stated that her mission in the state is to ensure a safe and peaceful environment where…

Okpebholo Inaugurates Orbih-led AAU Governing Council with Charge to Restore Lost Glory

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State on Tuesday inaugurated the Governing Council of Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Ekpoma, headed by a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party,…

Africa and the Nixau Toma Syndrome

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The 1980 Box Office comic movie “The Gods Must Be Crazy” garnered over $200m. Meanwhile, Nixau Toma, the lead actor, was paid $300 for his role; he died a wretched poor man in 2003…

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Police Confirm Kidnap of Traditional Ruler in Ambush, Unknown Number of Others in Edo

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of a traditional ruler, His Royal Highness, Friday Ehizojie, the Onojie of Udo-Eguare, in Igueben Local Government Area of the…

10 Years After Abandonment, EBS’ Ihievbe Station Serving Edo North to Start Transmission

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The hitherto moribund Ihievbe station of the Edo Broadcasting Service (EBS) will soon be back in full operations following a successful trial run of the reactivated facility after…

Another Oil Spill Reported In Rivers

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A fresh oil spill has been reported in Ogale, headquarters of Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State. The spill, which occurred at platform operated by Shell Petroleum…

Admission Seekers May Undergo Drug Test in Delta Schools as Govt Launches Campaign Against Substance Abuse

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Delta State Government, at the launch on Monday, of a statewide campaign against drug abuse and the use of illicit substances in its secondary and higher schools, said it is…

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No LG Worker is Owed Salary, Edo Govt Dispels Rumours

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Edo State Government says it is not true that local government council workers are owed salary. The government was reacting to rumours in some quarters that some local…

Monday, Feb 3

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Are Yoruba Muslims truly marginalised?

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 3 February 2025) Each time we hear or read outsiders say they are fighting for Yoruba Muslims, some of us (Yoruba Muslims) laugh. Who…

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Ogoni Celebrate Tinubu’s Assent to Federal University of Environment, Ogoni Law

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Ogoni people of Rivers State have been upbeat over the assent given to the Federal University of Environment, to be sited in Ogoni on Monday. But a few others have expressed…

Saturday, Feb 1

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IGP to Stay in Office till October 2027, Says AGF

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Lateef Fagbemi, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has confirmed that the continued stay in office of Kayode Egbetokun as inspector general of police…

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NSCIA Decries Opposition to Shariah Arbitration Panels in South-West, Demands Equal Religious Rights

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has condemned the growing resistance to the establishment of Independent Shariah Arbitration Panels in Ekiti and Oyo States…

Champions League Knockout Playoff Draw Sets Up Thrilling Clashes

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-off draw has been completed, setting the stage for intense battles as teams vie for a spot in the Round of 16. With the league phase…

Friday, Jan 31

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DRC Crisis: UN Warns of Critical 24 Hours as Goma Plunges into Chaos

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The United Nations has sounded the alarm over a fast-deteriorating security situation in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),…

NLC To Hold Mass Rally Against Telecom Tariff Hike on February 4

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has notified all its members to embark on a nationwide mass rally on February 4 over the recent 50 percent hike on tariff of telecom services by…

Nnamdi Kanu Sues Police for Libel, Claims ₦20bn Damages

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has sued the Nigeria Police for libel by deliberately claiming that that six gunmen recently killed by Police…

Thursday, Jan 30

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[Video] EndSARS Aimed at Ending Tinubu’s Political Career – Bisi Akande

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Former Osun State Governor and elder statesman, Chief Bisi Akande, has revealed the political intrigues and behind-the-scenes manoeuvres that led to Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s emergence…

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Scarcity of Cash Is Threatening Confidence in Nigeria’s Banking System

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Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Recent headlines about non-availability of cash in ATMs and even banking halls, and the almost replacement of bank’s cash function, by Point of Sales, POS, Operators, is becoming a…