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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, and the leadership of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, on Monday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at implementing necessary measures to prevent corrupt practices in project implementation. Speaking at the brief MOU signing event at the Osun State Government House, Osogbo, the ICPC Chairman, Dr.

The Federal High Court in Benin on Monday dismissed a suit seeking the removal of Olumide Akpata as the Labour Party governorship candidate for the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. Justice Babatunde Quadri ruled that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the suit filed by Kenneth Imasuagbon, who competed with Akpata for

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, reinstated Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey, as the Project Coordinator of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project. This comes after massive protests on Monday by hundreds of youths and various groups from the Ogoni extraction in Rivers State. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, announced Zabbey’s reinstatement in a

The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that his businesses’ $30bn revenue target by the end of 2025 will boost the naira. Dangote said this on Sunday during a tour of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals and Dangote Fertiliser Limited by media executives, indicating a plan to attain independence from the Central Bank

Gunmen suspected to be armed herders, on Sunday, killed 13 people in separate attacks on Benue communities. According to locals, 12 people were reportedly killed in Egwuma in the Agatu Local Government Area, while one displaced person returning from a farm was killed in the Gwer West Local Government Area of the state. Some locals

Prominent figures, including the Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, and his Niger State counterpart, Muhammed Bago, will converge on Abuja on Wednesday, July 17, for the public presentation of a book titled, ‘The Inclined Leader:  Rediscovering the Principles for Your Personal Development and Growth’. The presentation of the book authored by a leadership expert

The Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed, on Monday, swore in six new judges for the state high court and 15 others for the Shari’a Court, charging them to uphold justice and fairness in the discharge of their duties. The governor called on them to align with his administration’s goal for good governance and

The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned a 21-year-old, Collins Ibiang, on Monday, for allegedly attempting armed robbery. He was arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court, Yaba, before Magistrate Patrick Nwaka. The defendant was charged with two counts of attempting to commit a felony, to wit armed robbery and breach of peace. The charges alleged

Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has called on youths in the state to take advantage of the various skills acquisition programmes introduced by his administration so that they can become self-reliant. He made this admonition via a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Abubakar Bawa, which was issued to newsmen in Sokoto on Sunday

The police on Monday arraigned a 47-year-old man Sadiku Rasaki, who allegedly impersonated as an educational consultant to Tai Solarin University of Education and obtained the sum of N600,000, from the father of a student of the school. Rasaki was arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrate Court sitting in Ebute-Metta, on three counts of obtaining, stealing

The Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Muhammad, has disclosed that his government’s commitment to over N300 million for new advanced mechanised agricultural projects in the state is yielding the desired results. Mohammed who disclosed this at the launch of the 2024 Rainfed Agricultural season, sales of fertiliser as well as other farm implements equally announced