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NCC backtracks on Starlink statement, calls it “error”

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has withdrawn its recent press statement regarding Starlink’s operations, admitting that the statement was released in error. In...

Let go of Rivers State, you can’t win all battles, Fubara cautions Wike

Rivers Gov. Siminalayi Fubara has urged his predecessor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, to relinquish his grip on...

FCT CP Disu assumes duty, promises to tackle insecurity

Newly appointed Federal Capital Territory Police Commissioner Olatunji Disu has acknowledged the security challenges facing Nigeria’s capital and pledged to work tirelessly towards...

Court slashes bail to N5m for #EndBadGovernance protesters

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted a bail variation for five #EndBadGovernance protesters on Monday, reducing the...

NAFDAC workers embark on indefinite strike over promotion, welfare issues 

The Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies (SSASCGOC), an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), has embarked on an...

Leave Fubara to govern Rivers in peace, Wike’s ex-commissioner, Tam-George, tells Wike

Mr. Austin Tam-George, a former Commissioner for Information in ex-Gov. Nyesom Wike’s administration in Rivers State, has advised Wike to concentrate on his...

Police unseal Rivers LG secretariats as newly elected council chairmen, councillors assume duties

Rivers State Police Commissioner Bala Mustapha has ordered the immediate unsealing of the secretariats of the 23 local government areas in the state...

Just in: APP wins 22 out of 23 chairmanship seats in Rivers LG poll

The Action People’s Party (APP) has won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in the Rivers State Local Government election held on Saturday,...

Rivers LG poll: Gunmen disrupt elections in Obio/Akpor LGA, injure one person

Violence erupted in Rumuepirikom Community in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State as unidentified gunmen opened fire on voters, seizing control...

Toyin Abraham reacts to allegations of unpaid debt to fashion designer

Nollywood actress and movie producer, Toyin Abraham, has addressed the recent allegations regarding an unpaid debt to a fashion designer, which sparked controversy...

FG launches emergency evacuation of Nigerians from Lebanon amid crisis

Following the country’s ongoing crisis, the Federal Government has initiated plans to evacuate Nigerians who are willing to return home from Lebanon. The...

Police release detained Lagos Oct. 1 protesters on bail, hand them over to Sowore

Protesters arrested at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park at Ojota, Lagos, on October 1 have been granted bail, according to the State Police...

In Lagos, man arrested for stabbing father to death

Chibunnma Chimelie, a 25-year-old man, has been arrested for fatally stabbing his 68-year-old father in Aswani, Lagos. The incident occurred on Thursday at...

Protesters storm RSIEC office, demand election proceeds as scheduled

Defying the early rain, angry protesters thronged the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) on Friday, demanding that the local government elections proceed...

Gov. Fubara foils alleged police attempt to seize election materials at RSIEC office

Rivers Gov. Siminalayi Fubara took swift action on Friday morning, storming the state’s Independent Electoral Commission’s (RSIEC) office to foil an alleged plot...

Just in: Court bars VIO from seizing vehicles, imposing fines on motorists

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has barred the Directorate of Road Traffic Services and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) from seizing or...