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By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State Police Command said it arrested 5,176 suspects for various offences in the last six months. The Commissioner of Police (CP), Mamman Bitrus Giwa, who disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday, said that the achievements were as a result of what he described as "proactive policing" adopted by the Command. Giwa, who was reviewing the Command's crime fighting efforts within the period, said that "our proactive approach has yielded impressive results in combating serious crimes across the state. Within the six months review period, we arrested 5,176 suspects for various offences." The police boss stated…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi About 21 days after the emergence of Hon. Alfred Emberga as new Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly, new principal officers have been appointed to run the Assembly's affairs. Moving the motion to effect changes in the Assembly leadership, on Thursday, on the floor of the Assembly, which was presided over by the Speaker, the former Deputy Majority Leader, Hon. Douglas Akya (APC/Makurdi South), stressed the need to change the principal officers. Hon. Akya, in his submission, pointed out that since he is from the same Local Government Area (LGA) as the Speaker, it would…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State has been confirmed as host of the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) 2025. The announcement was made in Enugu by Director-General (DG), National Council for Arts and Culture, Obi Asika, during the Culture and Creative Economy Summit, which was held at Landmark Nike Lake Resort Hotel, Enugu. At the event, Asika also formally handed over the symbolic NAFEST Gong to the Enugu State Government, noting that the festival, which would run from November 22 to 29, 2025, would be the first time Enugu would host NAFEST since 2008. State Governor Peter Mbah…

By our reporter Picking a shorter name, Benue State House of Assembly, again, modified the statute on the name of the state-owned university, Rev Fr Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi, the state capital. Seeing this name as unwieldy, cumbersome, tongue-twisting and bumpy to pronounce, the lawmakers renamed it simply as Father Adasu University Makurdi (FAUM). Lawmakers reached the decision during today’s plenary after considering the report of the House Standing Committee on Higher Education. Leading the debate, Majority Leader, Hon. Saater Tiseer (APC/Mbagwa) explained that the earlier name, “Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi,” was unnecessarily lengthy. The University…

*As First Lady Remi Tinubu Unveils Nationwide RHI Green Challenge By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State has bagged a N100 million award as the cleanest state as the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, unveiled the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Green Nigeria Challenge. The Challenge is a nationwide environmental competition aimed at families, youth groups, communities, and states to engage in tree planting and environmental cleanliness. She unveiled the Challenge at the quarterly meeting with wives of State Governors and RHI Coordinators at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday. The Challenge, with the motto 'Go Green Today for a Greener…

For the first time ever, Larry Ellison has climbed to the very top of the billionaire leaderboard—overtaking Elon Musk, who had ruled the number one spot for nearly a year. Ellison’s net worth skyrocketed after Oracle, the software giant he co-founded back in the ’70s, smashed Wall Street expectations with its latest earnings. By mid-morning in New York, his fortune had jumped a record-breaking $101 billion in a single day—bringing his total wealth to $393 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. Musk now trails in second with $385 billion. It’s not just a new personal milestone for Ellison, who’s 81…

By our reporter The national electricity grid collapsed today, sparking widespread economic panic as blackout hit many businesses, homes and offices in what appears,like the raging insecurity, another unresolved problem by government. Data from the Independent System Operator (ISO) indicated that power generation dropped sharply from 2,917.83 megawatts (mw) to a mere 1.5mw between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm. Recall that last year alone, by December 11, the grid had collapsed 12 times. Recall too that National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had stated that there was no grid collapse throughout the first quarter of this year (2025). Nigeria is presently…

*Threatens To Withdraw Certificates Of Graduates Who Falsely Attack Alma Mater By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Acting Vice Chancellor (VC), Rev Fr Moses Orshio Adasu University Makurdi (MOAUM), Professor Simon Terver Ubwa, has assured that the Benue State Government and the university management were doing everything possible to meet the remaining demands of the institution's striking unions. The unions embarked on strike few days ago following their claims that the university management had not paid staff the new national minimum wage. Interacting with the Forum of Investigative Journalists in Benue State in his office, Professor Ubwa revealed that some issues affecting…

*100 Others Receive N50,000, Items By Samuel Tyav, Makurdi No fewer than 20 women farmers have been empowered with N20 million to boost their agricultural activities in Benue State. Besides, the Federal Government (FG), which handed them the incentive, also gave 100 other Benue women involved in small-scale businesses the sum of N50,000 each to expand their ventures. FG also presented 400 bags of rice, 10 bags of clothes, 200 ladies' cloth-wrappers, four grinding machines, and four sewing machines to female victims of gender-based violence (GBV). Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, who disclosed these interventions…

By Rosemary Ameh, Sokoto Two motions were presented on the floor of the Sokoto State House of Assembly today, highlighting the need for urgent infrastructure development in key areas in the North-West state. Moving a motion calling for reconstruction of Shehu Kamba Road, which links several residential areas, schools, and business districts in Sokoto North Local Government Area, Hussaini Tukur Faru, lawmaker representing Sokoto North II constituency, described the proposed reconstruction work as vital. He said that not only would it speed up socio-economic development of the area, but would open up contiguous areas for overall development. The motion was…