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Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, on Wednesday said he resigned from his government appointment to support former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in 2019. Atiku had run for Nigerian Presidency during the 2019 elections under the Peoples Democratic Party. In his latest post, Edochie stated that he supported Atiku because he wanted a positive turn around for…

The Lagos State Government has given insight into what led to the presence of soldiers “ during the EndSARS protests in the state in October 2020, adding that the military officers were invited to forestall break down of law and order in the nation’s economic capital. The Babajide-Sanwo-Olu government stated this in its White Paper…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday announced the confirmation of the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. NCDC let this out in a statement signed by the Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa. According to the agency, two cases of the variant were discovered through genomic sequencing. It albeit linked the…

Punch A man, Opeyemi Rufai, has allegedly stabbed a food seller, Olayinka Ogunleye, during an argument bordering on N400 at the Baonik Hotel, Magboro, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Rufai, while lodging at the hotel, told Olayinka to prepare noodles for him. But after placing the…

Kwara State High Court in Ilorin, the state capital on Monday sentenced a 29-year-old ex-convict, Joshua Oluwatobi, to twenty eight years Imprisonment for impersonating the Dean of Student Affairs, University of Ilorin, and others to defraud unsuspecting students seeking to pay school fees and hostel accommodation. Recall that, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja honoured two civil servants, Muhammad Ahmad and Nelson Okoronkwo and a Nigerian student in Japan for exhibiting exemplary acts of honesty and integrity. Mr Tukur, an Assistant Commander of Narcotics, works at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. He recently recovered and declared to the Agency 24,500…

The management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has honoured the overall best student of the institution, Henry Ogorchukwu Abanum, with the “Osasere Osifo Prize for Academic Excellence” award at the just concluded 46th and 47th combined convocation ceremony of the institution. The Academic Excellence Prize is an initiative of a former President of the…