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62-year-old Adekunle Ayaji, a physically challenged man, has been killed by yet to be identified assailants in his house in Ogun State Ogun Police Commissioner, Alamutu Abiodun Abiodun Alamutu, Commissioner of Police in Ogun, on Saturday expressed worry over the frequent cult clashes which had claimed lives in the state. …

The Minister of Works, Eng Dave Umahi, has been advised to engage the services of independent experts to supervise various ongoing federal government road projects to ensure standard work delivery. Eng Nick Uzonsi, a highway road expert and former Chairman of Ụdị Local Government Area of Enugu State, stated this …

  The Minister of Agriculture Food and Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, has revealed that Nigeria’s borders may be “sealed” as part of efforts to bring down high prices of food. Kyari asserted this in Abuja on Friday during the Senate’s meeting with the nation’s economic team to address the rising …

Cross section of the Officiating Ministers and Children of the late Dn. Gamaliel O. Onosode, during the 40th anniversary of the church and the renaming of the multipurpose hall as Gamaliel Onosode Multipurpose Hall on Feb 4, 2024   …renames multipurpose hall after Gamaliel O. Onosode   Good News Baptist …

. Advise Olukoyede to shut out miscreants mistaking EFCC for political structure . Say latest charge against ex-Kogi Gov embarrassing, reflects victimization   Anti-Corruption Civil Society Organisations, on Wednesday, warned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, under the leadership of Ola Olukoyede, to refrain from allowing “cankerworms of the previous …

Retired Gen. Buba Marwa, NDLEA boss Fifteen Nigerian drug kingpins were jailed a total of 168 years in 2023 for various drug offences, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) disclosed on Wednesday. NDLEA’s Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) disclosed this while addressing commanders, officers and men …

  Nigerian population: Official says 88.4m Nigerians are living in extreme poverty The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Temitope Fadeshemi says 88.4 million Nigerians are living in extreme poverty. Fadeshemi spoke on Wednesday in Kaduna during the distribution of farm inputs and empowerment materials to …

Coalition Against Economic Saboteurs besiege National Assembly over ban on sale of alcoholic beverages in sachet and small bottles. The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the rationale behind the ban imposed on the production of alcoholic beverages in sachets and small bottles by the National Agency for Food …

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, will hold the second edition of its sectoral debates/dialogue as part of its periodic policy brief series. The second edition, according to a statement issued late Monday by House spokesman, Akin Rotimi, is “billed for the financial sector and is scheduled …

The leader of kidnap syndicate terrorising Ekiti, Kogi and Kwara states, one Pa Olowofela, has been arrested. His arrest came after the apprehension of one Baboga Alhaji, one of the suspected kidnappers responsible for the killing of the two Ekiti traditional rulers recently. Olowofela, an octogenarian, is based in Igbara …