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Gunmen have kidnapped the Anambra State Commissioner for Youth Development, Patrick Aghamba, and his wife. The attackers also shot dead the commissioner’s aide who was traveling with them. READ ALSO: Gunmen attack police patrol team, kill one officer in Anambra The couple were on their way to Awka to attend the wedding of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s daughter scheduled for Saturday …

The Independent Electoral Commission (ELC) has rejected claims of discrepancies between the results of the 2023 presidential election published on its website and those made by counting officials at the National Counting Centre in Abuja. The commission made the clarification in a letter dated August 15 and addressed to the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCIJ). CCIJ in its latest …

  The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has made a clarion call for collaboration between the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the DICON Act into law for technological development in education and empowerment of the national economy. General Musa made the call on …

The Ogun state government has said it was not informed of a Paris court order granting Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd the right to seize three Nigerian presidential jets. The jets were seized over a dispute involving an arbitration ruling in favor of a Chinese company. The court ruled that the Chinese firm must use three jets at Paris-Le …

Floods have killed 16 people and destroyed 3,936 houses in Jigawa State. Executive Secretary of the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr. Haruna Mariga, who disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday, said the floods also inundated 2,744 hectares of farmland following heavy rains since the start of the 2024 rainy season. He added that the disaster affected 10 local …

The Plateau State government has lifted the curfew imposed on the Jos-Bukuru metropolis in the state. Governor Caleb Mutfwang imposed a 24-hour curfew in the area following looting and destruction of property by hoodlums during the latest #EndBadGovernance protests in the state. He later reviewed the curfew in response to the improving security situation in the area. The governor’s Director …

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  ●Says Olokola Deep Sea Port, LNG project to come soon Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday said the location of the proposed Nigerian Customs Service Zonal Office and Training School at the Gateway Agro-Cargo International Airport would be an opportunity to enhance the state’s status as an industrial hub of the nation. The project, he added, would …

The Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the scrabble game at the latest Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) event, Passfine Chinkere, has lauded the organisers of the first edition of the All-Amazon Scrabble Championship scheduled to hold between August 30 and 31, 2024. The two-day women’s championship, which will be held in Benin City, Edo State, was organised by Words and …

Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Thursday, ordered the provisional seizure of $2.04 million and seven properties linked to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The judge gave the order while ruling on an application filed by the Commission for the Eradication of Economic and Financial Crimes (KPK). The commission had previously indicted …