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Founder/CEO, Making of Champions (MoC), Bambo Akini, on Wednesday disclosed that over 2,000 athletes will participate in the three-day sporting event tagged MTN Champs Athletics Competition, taking place in Benin, the Edo State capital. The MTN Champs, which is a track and field athletics competition in partnership with Making of Champions (MoC), will be held…

The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has trained members of the Kano State Parole Board on strengthening their capacity for effective justice delivery. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the training held in Kano on Wednesday was conducted under the Advancing Implementation of Non-Custodial Solutions (AI-NCS) Project. NAN also reports that the…

Business activities at the Ibadan branch of MTN Nigeria were paralysed on Wednesday by a protest staged by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the students’ body, under the Joint Campus Committee (JCC) in Oyo State, carried placards with inscriptions protesting the hike in telecommunication tariffs.…

A group of nine surveyors who had been abducted in Ondo about a week ago have been released by their abductors after a sum of ₦20 million ransom was paid to secure their freedom. They were working in a field in Ilu-Abo, a community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, when unknown…

Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) rescued seven kidnapped victims in Riyom Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State yesterday. The rescue mission followed offensive operations conducted by troops of OPSH under the ongoing Operation LAFIYAN JAMA’A at Attakar high grounds in the Ganawuri district of Riyom LGA. The operations, carried out based on intelligence…

The High Court of Justice of Adamawa State, sitting in the Yola Judicial Division, has issued a significant court order directing the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest and produce Mr. Hudu Yunusa Ari, the former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa State, over allegations surrounding his conduct during the 2023 governorship…

A pregnant woman Safiya Wada on Wednesday dragged her co-wife, Izzatu Ado before a Shari’a court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna for calling her names. The complainant told the court that Ado also curses her. READ ALSO:Enforcement of land use tax takes off in Kogi ”She told me that I was carrying a load that…

The Executive Chairman of the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service, Sule Salihu Enehe, has flagged off the implementation of the Land Use Charge Law to boost the internal revenue of the state. Enehe said the implementation of the Land Use Charge is aimed at strengthening the revenue base for sustainable development. The Guardian reports that…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to compensate the family of a 12-year-old student who tragically lost his life following a diphtheria outbreak at King’s College, Lagos. Adopting a motion of urgent national importance by Rep. Akin Rotimi, the House also called on the Federal Ministry of Education to take immediate…

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Resources Authority (NMDPRA), Eket Field Office, has sealed 10 Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) retail outlets in Akwa Ibom for various offences. The state Coordinator of NMDPRA, Mr. Ikechukwu Eseka, said this at the end of surveillance operation in Uyo on Wednesday. He said that the LPG retail outlets were…