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Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has reassigned Police Commissioner Tunji Disu from the Rivers State Police Command to lead the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command. As part of the redeployment, Abaniwonda Olufemi, formerly Delta State’s Commissioner of Police, will now head the Rivers State Police Command, while Peter Opara, the …

Zamfara governor, Dauda Lawal, has described the death of 40 people in a boat accident on Sunday the Bakin Kasuwa River of Uban Dawaki community, Gummi Local Government Area of the state as a monumental disaster. They died when the boat that was carrying more than 40 people capsized in …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), has released estimated prices that petrol being trucked out fom the Dangote Refinery will be sold in retail stations nationwide. The NNPC Ltd in a statement early Monday said petrol from the Dangote Refinery will be sold at N950.22 kobo in Lagos. …

Borno governor, Babagana Zulum, has called for the support of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other stakeholders to resettle victims of the flood disaster in Maiduguri, the state capital in their respective communities. Zulum who made the call while receiving the Director- General of NEMA, in Maiduguri said …

A Ghana-based Nigerian businessman, Liberty Isaac, has urged the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, to prosecute some policemen who allegedly brutalised and extorted N3 million from him at gunpoint in Bayelsa State. Isaac, who said he had returned to the country to attend a friend’s traditional marriage ceremony in August …

Parents of students attending Lagos Model Colleges have demanded the reversal of a recent 200% increase in boarding fees. Surv. Dapo Dawodu, Chairman of the Parents’ Forum of Lagos Model Colleges, reportedly raised the alarm on Saturday during the Forum’s meeting in Lagos. In a letter addressed to parents, a …

THE National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has appealed to the Federal Government to address all the demands of the association with utmost urgency. National President of the association, Michael Nnachi, made the appeal at a news conference after its meeting with officials of the Federal Ministry of …

Decries wickedness, victimisation against members across Nigeria ASUU condemns alleged victimisation ASUU PLASU protests non-implementation of Nimi Briggs Committee report THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has decried the alleged victimisation, intimidation, harassment and dehumanisation of its members in some public universities. This was contained in a statement issued …

It is amazing but not shocking: Ogun under Dapo Abiodun, boardroom guru and business mogul, has been taking the business of social engineering extremely seriously. Particularly in the last couple of days, the Gateway state has been in the news for positive things, with the critics of the governor habitually …

The Lagos State Government has announced the 23rd of September 2024 as the commencement of the e-call-up system for managing truck movements within the Lekki-Epe Free Trade Zone corridor. This is to avert severe congestion by articulated trucks and improve the efficiency of logistics operations within the axis. This was …