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*Exercise Successfully Organized By WHO, Journalists, State PHC Board By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna To realize government's No More Zero Dose of Polio Immunization programme for children under five, a media group, Journalists Initiative on Polio Immunization (JAP), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Kaduna State Primary Healthcare Board, conducted a polio campaign. The exercise took place at Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) spots where some children who had never received the vaccines before, were immunized. The team was at the popular Mando Roundabout where FRSC officials carried out routine operation. The team met with several travelers coming…

By our reporter From Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, came shocking revelations of happenings before and during last weekend's attack on Yelwata community in Benue State which resulted in the killing of over 200 persons by suspected armed herdsmen. In some instances, entire families were wiped out during the attack while properties and other items were razed down even as many more persons sustained various degrees of injury. The attack and similar ones before in the crises-ridden state prompted a visit to the state on Wednesday by President Bola Tinubu, government's full security machinery in tow too.…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested seven internet fraudsters in Abuja. A statement from the Commission said they were arrested Thursday, June 19, 2025 in the Lifecamp and Kubwa axes of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Their arrest followed credible intelligence that linked them to fraudulent internet activities. Items recovered from them include eight high-end automobiles, expensive laptop computers and mobile phones. They will be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Benue State Police Command has reiterated its commitment to work in synergy with other security agencies to protect lives and property of people of the state. Briefing journalists on Thursday, June 19, at the State Police headquarters in Makurdi, the state capital, State Commissioner of Police (CP), Emenari Ifeanyi, expressed the Command's desire to ensure the safety of the people. The Police boss appreciated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his visit to the state, adding that it has brought hope to people in the affected communities and other areas. Ifeanyi, who lauded the Inspector General of…

By our reporter Apparently brimming with confidence, former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has beat his chest to say there is no way back to Aso Villa for President Bola Tinubu in 2027. El-Rufai, who alongside some opposition heavyweights, is in the political trenches plotting to stop Tinubu's second term aspiration, asserted that the dire socio-economic situation in the country has pitted Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) against majority Nigerians, who, he noted, are the victims of the government's economic policies. El-Rufai took the position in an interview shared on X. He noted that anybody…

Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday June 17, 2025 arrested a former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Moses Thomas Sule and 14 other members for alleged money laundering.  The 14 members are:  Gwottson Fom, Sani Abubakar, Jwe Philip Gwom, Thomas Dantong, Happiness Mathew Akawu, Cornelius Dotyok and Agbalak Ibrahim. Other members are:  Danjuma Azi,  Fwangje Bala Ndat,  Salome Tanimu Wanglet,  Namba Rimuyat, Nimchak Rims, Ishaku Maren and  Paul Datugun. The former legislators were arrested following claims by some concerned citizens of the state against them for…

*To Visit FCT Minister Soon By Prosper Okoye Association for Orphans and Vulnerable Children NGOs in Nigeria (AONN), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, has urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to urgently intervene in the ongoing strike by primary school teachers and primary healthcare workers in Abuja, Nigeria's capital. The call was made during the association’s quarterly meeting in Abuja. Teachers under the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) resumed an indefinite strike on March 24, 2025, over the non-payment of the ₦70,000 minimum wage. Similarly, primary healthcare workers under the Nigeria Union of Local Government…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has appreciated President Bola Tinubu for his visit, yesterday, to the crises-strewn state following the killings at Yelwata town in Guma Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Governor Alia also expressed strong belief on the President's assurance to work with the State Government to fashion out a framework to usher lasting peace in the North-Central State. A statement by the governor's Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Tersoo Kula, said the Governor also thumbed up the President's directives to security agencies to ensure the criminals who perpetrated the Yelwata and similar gruesome…

*'You Lack Authority To Speak For Us Over Ned Nwoko' Aniocha South Local Government Area (LGA) branch of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, South-South Nigeria, has slammed the party's branch Publicity Secretary, Prince P.C. Izediunor, over certain goings-on in the party. A press statement signed by the branch Secretary, Mr Sunday Ashibuogwu, berated the spokesman for taking a stand allegedly contrary to the party's general position on the re-election bid of Senator Ned Nwoko, who represents Delta North in the Senate. Apparently, the party's LG branch stands opposed to the senator's second term aspiration. Accusing the…

*Tor Tiv Challenges Notion Of Coexisting With Herders, Likens It To Living With Warriors By Sam Tyav, Makurdi President Bola Tinubu has assured that he would work with other stakeholders to bring lasting peace to Benue State in particular and Nigeria generally. Speaking in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, during a town hall meeting with stakeholders in the state, President Tinubu, who commiserated with the government and people of the state over the unrelenting killings, noted that his administration was interested in unity and peace of the people, insisting that Federal Government would restore permanent peace in the land. The…