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By Prince Woke The Azikiwe Police Division in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday evening, June 24, 2025, questioned staff of a private school located in Eagle Island over the alleged burning of a 14-year-old female student with a hot pressing iron by the school principal. It was gathered that residents at Amazing Grace Junction…
President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of former Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr Christopher Kolade, describing the late diplomat as the “finest of men.” The veteran broadcaster and elder statesman died on Wednesday, he was aged 92. In a statement on Thursday, Tinubu paid glowing tributes to Kolade, saying he received…
The Edo State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mitchell Ofoyeju, has decorated seven officers who were promoted to the rank of Deputy Commander of Narcotics by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa. Decorating the officers, Ofoyeju charged them to see their elevation as a call to greater action…
Zulum Opens Banki Cattle Market, Two Others Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has inaugurated the International Cattle Market and two other projects in Banki town of Bama Local Government Area. According to a statement signed by the governor’s spokesman, Mallam Dauda Iliya, the International Cattle Market was designed to foster economic growth and enhance…
A university don, Prof. Ben Binebai, has applauded the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) for throwing its weight behind the quest for justice and fairness by the marginalised Ijaw and Urhobo communities in the Warri Federal Constituency of Delta State. Binebai, a professor of Theatre Arts with the Niger Delta University (NDU), lauded…
Zulum Inaugurates Three Boards, Overhaul Health Sector Borno State Governor Prof. Babagana Zulum has inaugurated three boards in the health sector as he directs a comprehensive overhaul of the state’s health care service delivery. The event was held Thursday at the Council Chamber of the Government House in Maiduguri. The newly inaugurated boards include the…
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested six suspects and rescued 14 victims in two separate cases of transnational human trafficking in the state. The spokesperson of the command, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday. According to the statement, on January 22, 2026, a Togolese national, Meale Yaoili, reported at…
Tuggar: Nigeria Can Be Propelled To Economic Growth With Effective Harnessing of Her Diaspora Strength Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has said that with the effective harnessing of the strengths of Nigerians in Diaspora, the country can be propelled to economic growth, social development, and international standing. Speaking on Thursday at the Diaspora…
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Ndubuisi Iheukwumere John before Justice Agbaje Olufunmilola Adetutu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Asaba, Delta State for fraud. He was arraigned on a two-count charge, bordering on advance fee fraud and obtaining by false pretence to the tune…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has dismantled two major drug cartels behind six cocaine consignments destined for the United Kingdom. The operations, carried out over three weeks across Lagos, led to the arrest of six suspects, including the alleged kingpin, Alhaji Hammed Ode. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a…