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Burial rites by family and friends of the slain teacher, Adesiyan Adegboye, who lost his life during the deadly attack and abduction of students and teachers in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Adegboye, 49, one of the teachers killed during the attack, was laid in state at Ayegun Baptist Church, Ogbomoso, after…
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to partnering with media organisations and other stakeholders to address the country’s migration challenges. The organisation’s Chief of Mission in Nigeria, Ms. Sharon Dimanche, reaffirmed this on Thursday during her maiden parley with journalists in Abuja. Dimanche emphasised that knowledge sharing on IOM’s strategic…
By Tracy Ohovwore The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of five internet fraudsters before Justice M. Itsueli of the Edo State High Court in Benin City. This was disclosed in a statement by the anti-graft agency on Wednesday, which noted that credible intelligence exposed the…
…victim paralysed, unconscious The Edo State Migration Agency has rescued 27-year-old Godstime Uwoghiren who was allegedly poisoned by his friends for buying a motorbike in Burkina Faso. Uwoghiren touched ground at the Benin Airport on Wednesday at about 1:00pm alongside the Director-General of the agency, Lucky Agazuma and other staff, paralysed and unconscious. The victim…
2.5 million Daily Egg Production Farm Underway in Nigeria The China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) is to build a 2.5 million-egg-per-day production poultry farm in Nigeria. This is one of the major highlights of the ongoing visit to China by the Director-General of the NCSP, Joseph Tegbe. According to a statement on Monday, the delegation…
Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have arrested three suspected members of inter–state human trafficking syndicates who specialized in the recruitment, harbouring and trafficking of young girls from other parts of the Country to the Northern Nigeria for sexual exploitation. According to a statement by the press officer…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, has insisted there is no going back on the party’s national convention, billed for November in Ibadan, Oyo State. Damagum spoke on Tuesday during the inauguration of the 110-member National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC) in Abuja. “As you know, the 2025 National Convention is…
The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has expressed deep appreciation to President Bola Tinubu for strongly supporting the agency’s recent deployment of its foreign post-graduate scholarship beneficiaries. Otuaro said the PAP had, as at the last count, sent 161 post-graduate scholarship beneficiaries to universities in the U.K. for the 2025/2026 academic…
UK Announce Partnership to Address Climate Crisis, Boost Growth Efforts to address the climate crisis and boost growth in the Global South and at home will be enhanced under a partnership approach between the government and the UK financial sector, the UK’s Minister for Development Anneliese Dodds announced Monday The Minister announced up to £100…
By Tracy OhovworeFollowing a severe flood disaster that submerged hundreds of buildings, farmlands and household properties in Owan Community in Ovia North-East Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo State, the Edo State Emergency Management Agency (EdoSEMA), the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and officials of the Local Government Council have conducted a joint assessment visit…