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SERAP to UN: Demand Answers Over 37 Deaths in NSCDC Custody, Minna Shootings The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged four United Nations Special Rapporteurs to urgently intervene over the reported deaths of…
RECALLS EFFORTS MADE BY BABANGIDA TO CARVE A ROLE FOR TRADITIONAL RULERS IN THE CONSTITUTION. PRAISES MAKINDE The President General of Okpe Union, Prof Igho Natufe, has described as unfortunate the recent endorsement of…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu mourns the passing of elder statesman, renowned businessman, and former Governor of the old Gongola State, Alhaji Bamanga Muhammad Tukur, who died at age 90. President Tinubu describes the passing…
NIGER DELTA FAMILIES PRAISE VERONICA IKPEERHA EBIRERI Two established families in the Niger Delta Region on Thursday heaped praise on the Late Chief Executive Officer of Oghene Ochuko Motors, Chief Veronica Ikpeerha Ebireri. They…
EFCC News Desk Official Reporter September 10, 2026 • 10:36 PM The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has charged the Oyo State Government to enact a registration…
PRESS RELEASE Â Â The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated renowned scholar, columnist and novelist, Prof. Adebayo Williams, on his 75th birthday. Â Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a congratulatory message issued on…
CANAAN LAND GOLF CLUB HOSTS INDEPENDENCE DAY KITTY GOLFERS EYE LARGE PRIZE FUND Local, national and international golfers will roll out drums and clink glasses in celebration of the country's independence anniversary in Delta State.…
Two Extradited to U.S. for Alleged Child Exploitation, Sextortion The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, facilitated the extradition of the duo of Mudashiru…
By Prof. M. K. Othman I first met Prof. Michael Oladimeji Faborode in September 1999 at the annual conference of the Nigerian Society of Agricultural Engineers (NSAE) at Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, where I served as…
PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES MARYAM IBRAHIM DAN’ AZUMI ON WINNING KING ABDULAZIZ INTERNATIONAL QUR’ANIC COMPETITION President Bola Ahmed Tinubu warmly congratulates Maryam Ibrahim Dan’ Azumi, a remarkable daughter of Gombe State and proud Nigerian, for emerging…