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Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has said there is no price too great for him to pay for peace to reign in the state.    The governor made this known while addressing a special convocation ceremony at the Pamo University of Medical Sciences on Tuesday, December 19.   Recall …

A Nigerian Juju musician known as Omoba De Jumbo Beats and his band members have been kidnapped.   They were attacked and abducted while returning from an event on Sunday, Dec. 17.   Another musucian, Adeyinka Adeboye, also known as Boyebest,  disclosed this on Instagram.   “A whole full band …

Materials used for the November 11 Kogi State governorship election have been moved by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from its office in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, to Abuja.   INEC’s chairman, Mahmood Yakubu reportedly ordered the relocation of the election materials. They were loaded in no fewer …

A Grade I Area Court in Dei-Dei, Abuja on Thursday, December 14, sentenced a 31-year-old man Lawal Babangida to six months imprisonment for impersonating a military officer.   Babangida, who lives in Tungamaji village Abuja was charged with impersonation criminal intimidation  and extortion.   The convict pleaded guilty to the charge …

A young man identified as Julius Tyotyev was reportedly murdered by unknown assailants in Abuja.      One Gyta Boy, who disclosed this in a Facebook post on Thursday, December 14, 2023, said the deceased was stabbed to death in his apartment.     According to him, Julius was killed …

Gunmen abducted twenty-three residents in Dei-Dei community under Bwari area council in the Federal Capital Territory.   According to Daily Trust, the victims were taken from their apartments within a single compound between 8 and 9 pm of the day on Saturday, December 9, 2023.      Mai Unguwar Dei-Dei …

one and two bedroom houses will be built to accommodate IDPs in states, as part of efforts to address multi dimensional poverty in the country. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Dr Betta Edu, on Tuesday inspected houses being built for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Idu area of …

The decomposing body of a young woman identified as Fecit Faith Banfa, has been discovered in her residence in Abuja.      The discovery was made on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, after neighbours forced the door open following an unpleasant stench that was oozing from her apartment.      Details …

Thugs have consistently disrupted tribunal activities, hindering the officials from carrying out their duties effectively. The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has ordered the relocation of the Kogi Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal from Lokoja to Abuja.

Commissioner of Police of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Haruna Garba has confirmed the arrest of five suspects in connection with the attempted infiltration of the NANS convention held on November 30.   Garba who warned against any form of disturbance of public peace, unlawful assembly, and criminal infiltration of …