The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, Tuesday, promised tougher time for kidnappers and other criminals disturbing the peace of Ogun State. The IG also approved the immediate creation of additional Area Commands in the Ifo, Imeko and Ipokia areas of the state. Egbetokun, who arrived at the command’s headquartersContinue Reading
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command on Tuesday said it has commenced an investigation into the recent attacks and counterattacks launched by the factional leaders of the National Association of Nigerian Students against one another in the territory. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh confirmed the development inContinue Reading
The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has cautioned that 148 local government areas across 31 states are among the highly probable flood-risk areas for 2024. Utsev issued this warning during the official unveiling of the 2024 Annual Flood Outlook on Monday in Abuja. The theme ofContinue Reading
In a recent update from the International Monetary Fund, Nigeria’s economic growth forecast for the year 2024 has been adjusted upward to 3.3 per cent. This revision was announced in the IMF’s World Economic Outlook for April, which was released on Tuesday during the 2024 Spring Meetings of the WorldContinue Reading
There is tension in an Ekiti state border community, Eda Oniyo, the headquarters of the Ilejemeje Council area of Ekiti following the attack on the council secretariat and some residents, by armed hoodlums suspected to have come from a neighbouring town in Kwara. The traditional ruler of Eda Oniyo, theContinue Reading
A woman, Kehinde Ugbede-Egbeyemi, aged 48, who is battling with kidney disease, has appealed to Nigerians for financial assistance to the tune of N20 million to undergo a kidney transplant. Ugbede-Egbeyemi, who hails from Ogun State, has been battling with kidney failure since 2018, shortly after she got married toContinue Reading
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, had said that the Federal Government’s persecution and troop deployment to disband the BringBackOurGirls Advocacy Movement during former President Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure are factors contributing to the continued captivity of about 100 Chibok girls. Falana also disclosed that it is time for the movement toContinue Reading
Following the emergency security meeting convened by Governor Abdullahi Sule on Monday, the Nasarawa State Government has proscribed all ethnic vigilante groups operating in the state. The state government equally directed ethnic vigilante groups affected by the order to hand over their uniforms and weapons to the state Commissioner ofContinue Reading
A woman, Kehinde Ugbede-Egbeyemi, aged 48, who is battling with kidney disease, has appealed to Nigerians for financial assistance to the tune of N20 million to undergo a kidney transplant. Kehinde, who hails from Ogun State, has been battling with kidney failure since 2018, shortly after she got married toContinue Reading
A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Charles Idahosa, has said that Senator Matthew Urhoghide was denied the senatorial ticket of the then Action Congress in 2011 to safeguard the interests of Edo South (Benin). According to him, the interests of Edo South were beingContinue Reading