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Betty Otimenyin has assumed duty as the 49th and first female Commissioner of Police in Edo State. Addressing journalists shortly after inspecting the guard of honour, Betty said the command under her watch will work to drastically reduce the crime level in the state. She said the command will be tough on violence against women…

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said politicians should be made to lose their seat for defecting to other political parties. Atiku made the recommendation as part of necessary reforms to protect democracy. The former vice president who spoke on Monday at the National Conference on Strengthening Democracy,…

The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), since its establishment, has successfully facilitated the issuance of over 340 patent certificates to researchers and institutions, Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Uche Nnaji, has said. The minister disclosed this on Monday during the presentation of patent certificates to 18 innovators in Abuja. Nnaji said…

President Bola Tinubu on Monday declared that unity is the only formula that works for national progress, urging Nigerian leaders to draw lessons from the natural confluence of River Niger and River Benue in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. Specifically, he said the confluence of the two rivers in Kogi is a metaphor for the…

The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) has called for the involvement of traditional institutions in addressing the persistent insecurity in the Lake Chad region. Mohammed Alkali, Managing Director of the NEDC, made the appeal on Monday during the Regional Meeting of Traditional Rulers of the Lake Chad Basin in Maiduguri. “We are particularly pleased that this…