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The Niger State Police Command has arrested one Habibu Umaru and two accomplices for the alleged m8rder of his sister in Bosso Local Government Area of the state.      The State Commissioner of Police, CP Shawulu Danmamman, who disclosed this during the end of the year press briefing at the police headquarters in Minna on Thursday, December 12, 2024, …

The Niger State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old boy, one Fatiyah Abdulhakeem for killing an ex-Permanent Secretary of the State Government, Adamu Jagaba.      Jagaba, who retired from the State Ministry of Environment and Climate Change was stabbed to d3ath at his block moulding industry at the Eastern Bye Pass in Minna on Saturday after, December 7, 2024.  …

Cobhams Asuquo has asked why despite having some of the most brilliant minds, Nigerians are being led by people who are not the best of the lot.   The singer/music producer shared this while reacting to a video of Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, struggling to pronounce the figures for the state’s 2025 budget.   While unveiling the Appropriation Bill, the governor …

A video of Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, struggling to pronounce the figure for the state’s 2025 budget has gone viral on social media.    The governor was at the state House of Assembly earlier today December 10 and presented an estimated N605 billion for the 2025 fiscal year at the Edo State House of Assembly. The budget, titled …

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany will arrive in Nigeria on Tuesday, December 10 on a state visit for two days, the German Embassy to Nigeria has revealed. In a statement, the Embassy said that President Steinmeier will meet with Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the President of the Commission of Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Alieu Omar Touray. …

A pastor was subjected to a humiliating experience as members of his community paraded him before he was arrested by police for allegedly having intimate relations with a married woman in Edo state. There are conflicting reports about how the pastor was caught. Some unconfirmed reports claim he was caught in a hotel with a married female chorister. Several videos have been shared …

A dramatic real-life story unfolded recently involving a suspect named Blessing Okoi.    The incident started on October 31 when Miss Lydia Jonah Gabriel reported the disappearance of her 4-year-old son, Hope Evans, from Community Primary School Azubie in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.    According to the FCT police command spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, the school officials said an unidentified …

A retired Permanent Secretary in the Niger State Ministry of Works, Architect Adamu Jagaba, was stabbed to d3ath by an unknown assailant in Minna.     It was gathered that Jagaba was stabbed multiple times in his block industry located along the PDP Secretariat on Saturday afternoon, December 7, 2024.     Arc. Jagaba, a respected community leader, was also …

Mixed reactions have continued to trail the harmonised bride price of the people of Eggon ethnic group in Nasarawa State.    The Aren Eggon, HRH Justice Ahmed Ubangari Alaku (Rtd) pegged N5,000 as the bride price with four basins of traditional butter beans known as Ebyekpyen as the maximum requirements to be met by the groom in order to marry an …

Delta state gov’s aide, Ossai Ovie Success, has knocked billionaire businessman Jowizaza for wearing a face cap and a black shirt while receiving prayers from his in-law during his traditional marriage.   The marriage rites for the businessman and his woman took place yesterday, November 28, and videos  from the ceremony surfaced online last night.    Expressing his disappointment at …