Following rising reports of alleged rape, sexual abuse of minors at private lesson centres, the Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Patrick Ukah has ordered the closure of lesson centres. Ukah said the decision was taken in the public interest.
There was pandemonium on Saturday at the Ariport Junction, Omuagwa Community, Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State, following the shooting of a trailer driver by a yet-to-be-identified soldier. The incident reportedly happened at an Army Checkpoint along Port Harcourt-Airport-Owerri Road, Omagwa, at about
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday obtained the permission of a Federal High Court in Abuja to destroy forfeited narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances, weighing 15.660kg and valued at about N150million. Justice Inyang Ekwo in a ruling on Friday, granted
A Federal High Court in Lagos Friday sentenced to four years imprisonment an awaiting trial inmate, Osaro Egberamwen, who organised an Indian hemp smuggling operation from his cell in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre (Ikoyi Prison). Egberamwen, a.k.a. Osas, contacted one Perpetual Sixtus Okpa
The news making rounds about the release of the Kagara students are rumors and speculations, Niger state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has said. He said that no victim have been released but he is hopeful that they would be released anytime soon.
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Friday questioned the Niger State government’s negotiation with bandits that kidnapped 27 students and three teachers. The incidents occurred last Wednesday at Government Science College, Kagara in Rafi Local Government Area. Reacting to the development
Some pupils and members of staff of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, who escaped the kidnap, have recalled how they made it. On Thursday, the government released names of pupils and members of staff who were abducted. The police intensified their search
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday thanked the Republic of Chad for what he described as the effective “security back-up” given to Nigeria in fighting against insurgency. The President stated this at State House, Abuja, while receiving in the audience Mr. Ahmat Oumar Ahmat,
By Eric Ikhilae, Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit that sought the arrest, probe and prosecution of the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof George Obiozor and other leaders of the group over alleged contempt. In a ruling
By Justina Asishana, Minna The Secretary to the Government of Niger State (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane has appealed to bandits to embrace dialogue, reconciliation and lay down their arms. The SSG who accompanied Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmed Abubakar Gumi to meet the
BY EMMANUEL MGBEAHURIKE, Owerri The former deputy governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere has
As the world steps into 2025, Mr. Okwuosa Charles Chinedu, CEO of Birotojob, has called
As the dawn of a new year brings renewed hope and aspirations to homes across
In continuation of her mobilization and sensation exercise before its workshop, the Imo State GIZ