Low turnout, late arrival of voting materials mar Edo LG poll
*Commercial bus drivers, motorists, traders say 'exercise not credible'; youths play football at voting venue The Edo Local Government Area...
FAAN hails Fubara over Port Harcourt Airport certification
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has praised Governor Siminalayi Fubara for supporting upgrades that secured global safety certification...
Fubara presents N1.85trn budget for 2026 fiscal year
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, on Friday, presented the 2026 appropriation bill of N1.85 trillion to the Rivers State...
Catholic Archbishop of Benin, Akubeze, is dead
Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has mourned the passing of Archbishop Augustine Akubeze, the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese...
Man arrested for allegedly killing father over sharing of family property
The Police Command in Rivers State has confirmed the arrest of a man alleged to have killed his father in...
Alleged illegality, constitutional violations: PDP, ADC withdraw from Edo LG election
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Edo State have withdrawn from Saturday’s local government...
Father, son arrested for unlawful possession of firearms
The Bayelsa State Police Command says it has arrested a 68-year-old man and his 36-year-old son for alleged unlawful possession...
Insecurity: Diri dethrones Bayelsa monarch
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has removed King Wilcox Seiyefa as the Ebeniken (paramount ruler) of Swali Community of...
Assembly declares seat vacant as APC lawmaker defects to NDC
The Delta State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, declared the Udu Constituency seat vacant, after Mr Collins Ogbetamah, representing the...
ASUU threatens indefinite strike in varsities; warns Okpebholo, Oborevwori, Aiyedatiwa
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Benin Zone, has given the governments of Edo, Delta and Ondo states until...
Boat mishap claims siblings; driver arrested
Two siblings have died after a boat carrying them and five other passengers capsized on a river in Ahoada Town,...
Nwifuru to Wike: I will consume, destroy you
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has threatened to deal with FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. To the governor of the...
Police recover pistol hidden in loaf of bread, arrest suspect
The Police Command in Rivers State has recovered an illegal firearm concealed inside a loaf of bread and arrested a...
Uzodimma seeks stronger intelligence collaboration to tackle insecurity
*Meets with Defence Intelligence College members The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has called for stronger collaboration among security...
Disu: Police not responsible for delay in establishment of state police
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has denied that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) was responsible for the delay...
Oba of Benin orders spiritual warfare against banditry
The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, has directed traditionalists across Edo South Senatorial District to...
Police recover lifeless bodies of twins from drain, detain parents
The Anambra State Police Command has recovered the lifeless bodies of a set of twins inside a drain in Okpoko,...
PDP wins Rivers South-East Senatorial by-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Wogu Olaka Johnson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner...
Insecurity: Oba of Benin summons native doctors, priests, others
The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, has summoned native doctors, traditional priests and priestesses to...
Death of Nollywood actor, Alex Ekubo, huge loss to Abia, says Otti
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has described the death of a renowned Nollywood actor, Alex Ekubo, as a profound...
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