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Ex-Niger Delta militants in Ondo State have called on President Bola Tinubu to decentralise the N42 billion pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Tantita Security Services, belonging to former agitator, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo. The contract which was awarded to Tompolo by former President Muhammadu Buhari expired in August and as Nigerians await the FG’s next action towards …

At least five women died when a container crushed a commercial bus in Anambra State on Friday. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Mr. Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to journalists in Awka. He said the container fell off a trailer and crushed the nearby bus along the Nteje-Awka Road at 7:30 a.m., …

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Olayemi Michael Cardoso as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Cardoso will replace the suspended governor, Godwin Emefiele. He will serve for a term of five years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by the Nigerian Senate. Tinubu in a statement issued Fridayby his Special Adviser to the President on …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the immediate implementation of new wage award for the payment of N35,000 to each federal civil servant as palliative to cushion the harsh effects of the removal of fuel subsidy. The new pay will be effective from September 1, 2023, as contained in a memo from the Presidency and signed by the Chairman, Chief …

A 40-foot trailer with a faulty brake system on Thursday evening killed a middle-aged female pedestrian along the Ezeiweka axis of the Onitsha-Owerri Road, an official of FRSC has confirmed. FRSC’s Sector Commander in Anambra, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Awka, the state capital. “According to eyewitnesses, the trailer was …

Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso are working on a political and monetary alliance. The Nigerien military leader, Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, announced the move that could mark a further break with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on national television on Sunday night. Tchiani, who did not give a timeline or details about the project, said it was one …

Amnesty International, on Friday, stated that three years after the #EndSARS demonstration in 2020, fifteen demonstrators from that event were still being arbitrarily detained. The majority of the protestors are being held in Lagos’ Kirikiri Medium Security Correctional Centre and Ikoyi Medium Security Correctional Centre, according to a statement issued by Isa Sanusi, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria. The group …

The Three Lionesses of England have secured their place in the final of the 2023 Women’s World Cup. England, who knocked out the Super Falcons of Nigeria in the round of 16, had gone all the way to the final of the tournament. The Lionesses saw off hosts Australia in a thrilling semifinal clash on Wednesday to set up a …

Embattled Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, faces fresh charges relating to procurement fraud, conspiracy and conferring corrupt advantages on his associates. The charges signed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Federal Ministry of Justice, Mohammed Abubakar; Deputy Director, Public Prosecution, Mrs N Jones-Nebo and eight other ministry officials on Tuesday, revealed that Emefiele will be arraigned …

The proprietor of Great Leaders International School in Agbor-Obi has been taken into custody, according to the Delta State Command of the Nigerian Police Force, on suspicion of raping a four-year-old female student. The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, made this disclosure in response to a social media post on Thursday. Edafe said that the police …