As Governor Godwin Obaseki begins his second term in office, the Edo State Government has assured that it will create positions for youths in the cabinet that will be constituted soon.
This was disclosed in a statement at the weekend by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and...
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has dismissed report by Amnesty International, accusing the police personnel of shoting at peaceful protesters.
While affirming that officers of the Nigeria Police Force acted professionally, Adamu said his men exercised commendable restraints and some paid the supreme price for peace during the...
Idowu Sowunmi with agency reports
An American citizen abducted last week in Niger has been rescued during a high-risk U.S. military raid in neighbouring Nigeria, officials told ABC News early Saturday.
The mission was undertaken by elite commandos as part of a major effort to free the U.S. citizen, Philip Walton,...
The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government has with immediate effect lifted the #EndSARS-imposed curfew, which was introduced after the peaceful protest was hijacked.
This was coming as the governor has also approved November 2 as the resumption date for all public servants on Grade Levels 1 to 12.
While lifting...
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday held a video conference with Mr Charles Michel, President of the European Council, during which the latter reiterated Europe’s support for Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
The President is leading Nigeria’s charge for Okonjo-Iweala, the country’s former...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja expressed the commitment of the government of Nigeria to work with an international think-tank group and investment promoter, Horasis Global Visions Community, to find solutions to challenges facing the country, its government and corporate entities.
Speaking at a virtual meeting with the members...
The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government has again yielded to peoples' appeals by announcing a further relaxation of the 24-hour curfew imposed after the breakdown of law and order, following the hijack of the peaceful #EndSARS protests.
The curfew would now be from 10pm till 6am.
Sanwo-Olu, in a statement...
Lagos State Police Command has arrested the fleeing Sergeant Eze Aiwansone, attached to the Special Prorection Unit (SPU) Base 16 in Ikeja for the shooting of his girlfriend, Joy Eze.
The incident occurred on October 8 in Opebi, Ikeja.
The command said the suspect, who had been on the run, was...
The Southeast Governors says the forum will engage with the youth to address their peculiar concerns within the zone.
The Chairman Southeast Governors forum and the Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi made this known in a communique after a closed door meeting held at the Government house, Enugu.
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A truck has crushed a middle-aged woman at Onihale area, near Owode-Ijako, Ogun State on Thursday, the state Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) has said.
According to reports by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Owode-Ijako Unit Commander of TRACE, Mrs Temitope Oseni, who spoke on behalf of...
