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Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:53:03 +0000Addax: Don’t abandon $1b project, committee tells Buhari
By John Ofikhenua, Abuja The Senator Magnus Abe- led Committee on Compensatory Contracts and other incentives for Kaztec Engineering Limited has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse and not to abandon the $1billion project on which Addax Pet...
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:46:05 +0000Energy drink: Firm files contempt charge against NBC, MD
By Ambrose Nnaji Rite Foods Limited, a Foods and Beverages Company, has filed an application of committal against the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) and its Managing Director at a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged contempt of court. The Rite F...
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:45:56 +0000BREAKING: National Sports Festival continues in Edo – FG
By Samuel Oamen The Federal Government has declared the 20th ongoing National Sports Festival in Edo State will continue as planned. It countered the announcement by the Local Organising Committee that the festival will end abruptly 12noon on Thursda...
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:15:43 +0000JUST IN: Tension as gunmen attack another Imo police station, kidnap officer
By Chris Njoku and Damian Duruiheoma, Owerri Apprehension has engulfed communities in Imo, especially those hosting divisional police headquarters, as gunmen have attacked the Mbieri Divisional Police Headquarters in Mbaitoli council area of the stat...
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:10:51 +0000Three killed in Anambra cult clash
By Nwanosike Onu, Awka Three persons have been killed in a clash between rival cult groups in Anambra State. The clash happened Wednesday afternoon at different locations in Awka, the state capital. One youth was killed in Umubele, while the other tw...
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:00:46 +0000Four Ondo churches sealed for fetish activities
By Osagie Otabor, Akure Four branches of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church (C&S) in Ondo State have been sealed after the presiding pastors were allegedly caught engaging in fetish activities. President of Ondo State Unification of Leaders of C...
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 07:55:44 +0000‘How to avoid pitfalls in politics’
By Bisi Olaniyi, Southsouth Bureau Chief Politicians can avoid pitfalls in politics, when they listen to their followers. This was made known on Wednesday in Benin, the Edo State capital by a former Special Adviser on Political Matters to ex-Edo Gove...
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 07:50:41 +0000Man fleeing with customer’s car arrested on way to Benin Republic
By Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta A carwash man Kazeem Olanrewaju, who allegedly absconded in Lagos with a customer’s Toyota Venza car, has been arrested by the police. The owner had left the car at a carwash for washing and went to a barbershop for ...
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 07:47:29 +0000IG: I will battle banditry, kidnapping, secessionists
By Gbenga Omokhunu, and Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja Osinbajo: there’s a lot to do Police too centralised to be effective, says Oyetola Acting Inspector-General of Police Usman Alkali Baba began his tenure on Wednesday with a pledge to confront “increa...
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 07:45:36 +0000Oyetola’s govt all-inclusive, says APC chair
By Toba Adedeji, Osogbo The Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Prince Gboyega Famodun, has said Governor Adegboyega Oyetola’s administration is all-inclusive. Read Also: Police too centralised to be effectiv...