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By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Hitting the ground running, new Police Commissioner (CP) for Benue State, Emenari Ifeanyi, has deployed Tactical Commanders to troubled areas in the insecurity-ridden Middle Belt state with a charge to restratigize and confront security challenges bedeviling communities in the state. The CP issued the directive during an emergency meeting with Senior Police Officers (SUPOLS), Area Commanders, Tactical Commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) held at Police Officers Mess, Makurdi on May 3, 2025. A statement today by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the State Police Command, Sewuese Catherine Anene, which contained these, revealed that…

Some journalists brave the warm spring sun, others seek respite in the shade of the Vatican’s colonnades. Whatever their strategy, the aim is the same: to spot the red-capped cardinals emerging from Synod Hall and try to elicit from them a clue as to who will succeed Pope Francis. The men responsible for picking a new pontiff are enjoying rock-star status in Rome this week as they prepare for conclave: the secret, centuries-old ritual of electing a leader of the Catholic church that is due to begin on May 7. Marina García Diéguez is among the journalists partaking in the…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have nabbed three suspected fraudsters linked with Q-net scam in the country. The suspects, Olaniyan Joshua, Oyetunde Julius Akano, and Victor Oluwale who are currently undergoing interrogation in the Commission, were arrested on Wednesday, May 1, 2025, in Abuja. Operating under the name, Mighty Infinity Millionaire Limited, the trio falsely claimed to be representatives of Q-net, a global e-commerce and direct selling company. While Q-net has since denied any link with the suspects and their activities, investigations further revealed that the suspects were equally running a fraudulent university training in pavilions and under trees, offering fake Bachelor of Science degrees in Medicine, Nursing, Cybersecurity, Computer Studies, and Geology, among others with a false claim of affiliation with Quest International University,…

By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has expressed dismay over the dilapidated nature of roads linking Taraba State to sister states in North-East Nigeria. National President, SSANU, Comrade Mohammed Haruna Ibrahim, spoke while delivering an address during the body's 11th regular Zonal Executive Council (ZEC) meeting held in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital. Comrade Ibrahim, who called on the Federal Government (FG) and others to wake up to their responsibilities, pointed out that the North-East is not getting its just due as a region. The SSANU leader revealed that he is "a bonafide indigene of…

Mrs. Patricia Okereke (Nee Onwubiko), the eldest sister of founder of foremost civil rights advocacy group in Nigeria, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has passed on, May 1, 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria's capital. Confirmation of the unfortunate news came in a statement by the National Coordinator, HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, the activist who was a National Commissioner of the Nigerian Human Rights Commission. The HURIWA founder disclosed that Mrs. Okereke, who was a mother of six and had many grand children, died after a very brief illness in the wee hours of May 1, 2025. Comrade Onwubiko said…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Authorities of Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University (former Benue State University), Makurdi, Benue State, have denied allegations that some management staff of the institution pocketed about N2 billion in a sleaze claim currently rocking the institution. Denying the embezzlement allegation when journalists under the auspices of the Forum of Investigative Journalists visited the university, the Vice Chancellor (VC), Professor Joe Tor Iorapuu, who was represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC), Administration, Professor Mike Odey, explained that since the institution depended largely on internally generated revenue for sustenance, the alleged siphoning of money would have…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan To ensure a seamless and credible process, Ekiti State chapter of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced a shift in the date for its Local Government congress. Initially scheduled for May 3, the congress will now hold on May 7, following logistical adjustments deemed necessary by the party. The party's Caretaker Committee Chairman, Chief Dare Adeleke, has assured the party that it would be a seamless exercise. He informed members and stakeholders of the party’s commitment to transparency, unity and due process. According to Adeleke, the decision to postpone the congress was informed by…

In a groundbreaking initiative aimed at advancing entrepreneurship and sustainable innovation among young Nigerians, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Education Secretariat, in collaboration with Brunel University, London, has launched the Abuja Innovation Challenge. Speaking during the training of teachers on entrepreneurship education, the Director/ Secretary, FCT Secondary Education Board (SEB), Dr Sani Mohammed Ladan, said the Challenge is part of a wider programme designed to nurture creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills among secondary school students in the Territory while building a better and prosperous capital city. Dr Ladan explained that the theme of the Challenge which is 'Building a Better…

By our reporter An operative of the Department of State Service (DSS) and witness of the Federal Government (FG) in the terrorism trial of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, today told the Federal High Court,Abuja, that no weapon of terrorism or violence was found on the IPOB leader when he was arrested in Lagos on October 15, 2015. That was during the Muhammadu Buhari presidency. Codenamed PWAAA, the witness who was in the team that arrested Kanu, spoke under cross examination by lawyer to the Biafra agitator, Kanu Agabi, SAN, a former Attorney General of the…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan, and other reports In their numbers, public and private sector workers converged on the Eagle Square, Abuja, Nigeria's capital, and indeed all parts of the country, today for this year's international Labour Day. The Federal Government (FG) had within the week announced the day as a public holiday. Employees unionized under the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) took part in the celebration. At the Eagle Square Abuja, workers, who arrived in different types of vehicles, were spotted chanting solidarity songs. Most of them were seen with placards bearing inscriptions of their various…