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The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the successful rescue of 20 prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who were abducted while travelling through Imo State. The victims, who are graduates from Oyo State, were reportedly travelling in two buses when they were intercepted and kidnapped along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway in Imo State….
The Nigerian Air Force has said that one of its helicopters that landed on a farmland in Makurdi, the Benue State capital was returning from an operation against suspected kidnappers along the Enugu-Benue boundary. It weas gathered that the aircraft, on Wednesday, landed on a farmland in Utur Tse-Igboji community, Bar Council Ward along Welfare…
The Federal Government has issued a fresh threat against contractors who collect mobilisation payments but fail to return to project sites. Minister of Works, David Umahi, said the government would no longer tolerate contractors who sit on public funds or give greater attention to state government projects after receiving money for federal jobs. Umahi issued…
A group known as the Initiative for Rural Development, Information and Legal Advocacy Centre (RUDILAC) has filed a suit challenging Governor Monday Okpebholo’s appointment of persons it claims have no indigenous ties to Edo State as members of the State Executive Council. The suit, filed before Justice Anthony Nosa Erabhor of the Edo State High…
A senior lecturer at the Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Dr. Matthew Uwuigbe, has slumped and died in a hotel room after an alleged sexual encounter with a 21-year-old commercial sex worker identified as Angela Defa Jacob. The incident happened on Sunday at a hotel in the Mosco area of Ekpoma, Esan West Local…
Communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have raised concerns over declining livelihoods, loss of biodiversity and restricted access to traditional sources of food and income, saying oil pollution and conservation measures have progressively deprived them of the natural resources on which they depend. The communities, namely, Apoi, Gbanraun and Kokolo Ama…
Edo South senatorial candidate of the National Democratic Party, Mathew Iduoriyekemwen has alleged that his father, Joseph Iduoriyekemwen, the Odionwere of Amagba community, was abducted by men suspected to be men of the Edo State Security Corp at about 4am on Tuesday morning. The senatorial candidate said the armed men whisked away his father without…
The Nigerian Air Force has released the names of five crew members and 20 passengers who lost their lives in the 931 aircraft accident which occurred in Igbokoda, Ondo State, on Monday. In a statement signed by Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, Nigerian Air Force, the NAF disclosed that…
The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa, has ordered an investigation into the fatal military aircraft crash that claimed the lives of several “brave officers and airmen”. “A comprehensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding this unfortunate crash has been ordered to ascertain the cause and ensure all necessary operational safety protocols are reinforced across our…
President Bola Tinubu has declared a three-day national mourning over the Ondo military aircraft crash and is also calling for a probe into the incident. He also directed that flags should be flown at half-mast throughout the country as a mark of respect to the officers. In a statement on Monday, presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga…
