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Yahaya Bello Faces Trial For Misappropriation of Public Funds Tracy Ohovwore, Benin City The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in a statement on the ongoing case against former governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello regarding the embezzlement of school fee payments and funds from international firms that were diverted to his children’s account. Justice…
The Right Livelihood Foundation has just welcomed Nnimmo Bassey, a true champion of environmental justice and recipient of the 2010 Right Livelihood Award, to its Board. Starting October 1, 2025, Bassey will serve a four-year term, bringing his passion and experience to the organisation’s mission of driving positive change. Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF)…
Koton-Karfe Jailbreak: Five Fleeing Inmates Recaptured.…Nationwide Probe of Custodian Centres Initiated The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said five fleeing inmates from the jailbreak at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Koton-Karfe, Kogi State, have been recaptured. The NCoS, in a statement on Monday by its Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Umar, said the manhunt is ongoing…
By Tracy Ohovwore The Edo State Government has intensified its digital transformation drive with the graduation of 100 residents from a specialised training in Data Analysis with Power BI. The programme, organised by the Edo State Information and Communications Technology Agency (ICTA) in partnership with Sidol Solutions Nigeria Limited and the PIP Community, held at…
Building Collapse kills One, Injures Another In Rivers By: Barikui Felix, Port Harcourt A middle-aged man identified as Udeme from Akwa-Ibom State has been reportedly killed in an incident involving a collapsed 2-storey building under construction at the Egbelu-Mgbaraja axis of Ogbogoro Community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The is comes less…
Lawyer Defrauds Client 73M Over Land A businessman, Oketola Benson Adewole, has narrated before a Lagos Special Offences Court how a lawyer, Ironsi Emmanuel Okoroafor, allegedly defrauded him of N73 million to obtain a land title. Adewole, in his testimony before Justice Olubusola Okunuga, said the defendant, Okoroafor, was his lawyer. Led in evidence by…
A call has gone to Ogoni youths to ensure that the Ogoni stories are told and heard in the right way. The call was made on Thursday to 100 Ogoni youths trained by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) in Creative Arts at the Theatre Arts Department, University of Port Harcourt by the Project Coordinator,…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has trained 250 personnel in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja command in non-verbal communication skills (sign language) to boost intelligence gathering and further combat insecurity in the country’s capital. The five-week training programme in sign language organised by the FCT command, NSCDC highlights the importance of capacity…
Bandits have abducted 25 students of Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS), Maga, in the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, in a deadly overnight attack that also claimed the life of the school’s Vice Principal. The gunmen stormed the school late Sunday, operating unhindered as they seized the schoolgirls and unleashed panic…
Nigeria has affirmed its commitment to entrenching democracy in Africa. The country’s commitment was communicated by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu when she paid host to the Republic of Malawi’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Nancy Gladys Tembo on Monday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tafawa Balewa House, Abuja….