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The Ondo State Government on Monday denied selling a cocoa plantation and sending farmers away from their farmlands at Ilua Community in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The farmers residing in the community on Saturday staged a protest alleging that the government had sold their cocoa plantations and other farmlands to some […]
The National Commission for the Coordination and Control of Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons has said it plans to employ and train about 300,000 personnel across the federation to tackle illegal arms proliferation. The commission said about 7,000 personnel would be engaged in each state of the federation including the FCT. […]
Mavin artiste, Charles Chibuezechukwu, aka Crayon, has revealed he once had plans of becoming a professional footballer but his dream never came to being. Crayon, in an interview with a media outlet on Thursday, disclosed that he had gone for a football screening at the National Stadium. The singer added that he wasn’t […]
Popular American comedian and actor, Kevin Hart, has explained how he’s been left confined to a wheelchair for a while. His confinement followed an accident that occurred during a race with a friend, former NFL player Stevan Ridley. In the video shared on his Instagram page on Thursday, Hart explained how his age […]
Gunmen have killed a retired President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Makurdi, Benue State, Justice Margaret Igbetar. Her remains were said to have been discovered by her son at her residence located at Wantor Kwange Street, opposite the School of Medicine, Benue State University, Gboko Road, Thursday night. A source close to […]
Some bandits have demanded n4 million as ransom to secure the release of one of the national youth service corp (nysc) members abducted within the zamfara state territory. The armed bandits reportedly abducted eight members of the national youth service corps (nysc) along a highway within zamfara state on friday. The recent graduates […]
The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Omar Touray, says the regional organisation has not declared war on the people of Niger Republic nor is there any plan to invade the country. Touray, who made the assertion on Friday while addressing journalists in Abuja, was unequivocal that use of military force […]
The military is currently conducting a mass burial for personnel who died during an ambush and air crash in Niger state. Bandits had ambushed the troops in Niger state on August 14, 2023, killing 14 soldiers while seven were injured. The incident necessitated the deployment of the Air Force evacuation aircraft. The aircraft, however, was said […]
The National Working Committee of the New Nigeria People’s Party has announced the suspension of two of its members. The members are Boniface Aniebonam, a founding member of the party, and Agbo Major, its National Publicity Secretary. In a statement signed by the party’s acting National Chairman, Mallam Abba Kawu Alli, the party […]
Former President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, was arrested at a Georgia jail Thursday on racketeering and conspiracy charges and released on a $200,000 bond after having a historic mug shot taken. Trump, who is accused of colluding with 18 other defendants to overturn the 2020 election result in the southern state, […]
