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File: Ijaw youths on procession The Ijaw nation renewed its demand for the creation of more homogeneous Ijaw states on Saturday when some leaders of the ethnic nationality met. The occasion which was the 25th remembrance anniversary of one of the founding fathers of Bayelsa and monarch of Kolokuma, late …

Arewa Youths Northern youths under the aegis of Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA), have berated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some civil society groups for sponsoring baseless conspiracy theories and underhand tactics for political gain and discrediting the leadership of the of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd), the …

Caverton Helicopter Caverton Offshore Support Group Plc, the parent company of Caverton Helicopters Limited, has recorded a loss of N5.9 billion in its unaudited full year 2021 results, ended December 31 2021, representing a deep nosedive from the N1.1 billion profit recorded in 2020. The loss comes on the back …

Abba Kyari Abba Kyari, the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) who was arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on drug trafficking charges on Monday, has begged the court not to remand him in prison. Kyari, through his lawyer, Mr. Kanu Agabi, SAN, prayed the court to …

Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwanne who are charged with drug trafficking alongside the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, have pleaded guilty to the charges. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had arraigned Kyari, alongside his co-defendants before the Federal High Court in Abuja for …

Sanni Bello, Niger state governor Abubakar Sanni-Bello, governor of Niger State, on Monday, arrived at the the National Headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to take over as the Chairman of the party’s Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). The Niger governor presided over a meeting of the committee …

Mild drama was witnessed on Monday afternoon when a member, representing North Central in the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Niger State Governor, Mr Abubakar Sani Bello, began presiding over the meeting of the party at the national secretariat of the …

 The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, adjourned till March 16 to rule on a motion on notice filed by Maxwell Opara Esq, which wants the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu and the DG of the Department of States Services, to give oral evidence …

Ayanwole Oluwabamise Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday have arrested the driver of a Bus Rapid Transit who drove murdered 22-year-old Oluwabamise Ayanwole. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Adekunle Ajisebutu, made this known in a chat with The PUNCH on Monday, even as he …

Oluwabamise Ayanwole The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the recovery of the dead body of Oluwabamise Ayanwole, a 22-year-old lady who got missing after boarding a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) at Chevron Bus Stop in Lekki area of the state. The corpse was found lying on the Carter Bridge by …