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Benjamin Hundeyin The Lagos State Police Command has accused the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army of peddling falsehood over a clash between some cops and army personnel last week. It had been reported that Inspector Monday Orukpe attached to Ojo Division of Lagos Police Command was beaten to death by …

Pastor Enoch Adeboye Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has reflected on his ordeal after he lost one of his sons, Dare Adeboye. Dare Adeboye, the son of the clergy, was also a pastor of RCCG in Eket, Akwa Ibom State. …

Seplat, Mobil The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of Seplat Energy’s acquisition of the shares of Exxon Mobil Corporation, insisting that status quo remains. NUPRC had in May declined to approve the proposed acquisition due to “overriding national interest”. However, exercising his capacity as minister of petroleum, …

Jandor Olajide Adediran, alias Jandor, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, has said the party is ready to sack Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of the state and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. Jandor who spoke at a strategic stakeholders’ meeting and official presentation of the …

…warns Ebira people against copying bad behaviour Rotimi Akeredolu Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo State governor, has confirmed the arrest five of the terrorists who carried out the horrendous massacre of worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo on June 5. The governor, however, noted that some of the attackers were still on …

APC, Oyetola Governor Oyetola at the Tribunal in Osogbo on Friday… Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday filed a petition before the Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Osun State High Court, Osogbo over the July 16 governorship election in the state. The …

Festus Keyamo, Minister of States for Labour and Employment, has said that Nigeria Fares better than major countries in the word in terms of the percentage of rise in inflation rate. Keyamo who made this statement while appearing as a guest on Channels TV Political programme, Politics Today, said the nation …

Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, on Friday said it was unrealistic for the Federal Government to borrow money to end the months-long strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. He made the comment while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Should we go and borrow …

Tafa Balogun Mustapha (Tafa) Balogun, a former Nigerian Inspector-General of Police (IGP), is dead. Balogun who became IGP under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2002, died on Thursday, according to family sources. Details of his death, however, remain sketchy at the moment. The late Balogun was born on …

Posers and panic reign and run riot in the mind of the average Polaris Bank customer and shareholder. This came about as indications emerged this week that the bank might be up for sale by the Central Bank of Nigeria. What is even more bewildering is that Auwal Lawan Abdullahi, …