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Politics

Edo State Shuts Down Two Illegal Mining Sites in Joint Operation

Politics

Akpabio’s Wife Defends Husband, Rejects Sexual Harassment Allegations

Ekaette Akpabio called Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan's claims false, citing the families' long friendship and vowing to seek legal redress over them.

Politics

Supreme Court Reinstates Amaewhule-Led Rivers Assembly

Justices ordered federal allocations withheld until a lawful Appropriation Act is passed, faulted Governor Fubara and imposed N5 million costs.

News

Psquare Brother, Jude Okoye in EFCC Net Over N1.38Bn Fraud

The former manager pleaded not guilty to seven counts and was remanded in Ikoyi, with bail heard Friday.

Politics

Edo State: Shaibu Hails Okpebholo’s First 100 Days in Office

The former deputy governor says federal backing absent under Obaseki will free state resources, and urged residents to support Okpebholo.

Politics

Brighter Side of Nigeria Is Arising Says Tinubu

The president told an APC caucus meeting that security is improving, citing farmers returning to their fields in Zamfara.

Niger Delta

Nigerian Navy Destroys Illegal Refining Sites in Delta

Personnel from Forward Operating Base Escravos seized stolen crude and refined diesel at Omadino during Operation Delta Sanity II.

News

DESTMA Warns Traders Against Roadside Trading in Delta State

Board chairman Peter Idion took the message to Baleke Market in Agbor, then cleared two congested streets in a two-hour operation.

News

Rivers Police Arrest Woman Over ATM Fraud Worth ₦500,000

Blessing Oleru allegedly posed as a helper at a Garrison-area ATM, swapping a customer's card and withdrawing ₦523,600.

News

Governor Okpebholo Condemns Deadly Clashes, Orders Additional Security

Twenty-four died in Ovia South-West farm clashes and a suspected herder attack in Okpekpe, with support promised to affected communities.

News

Family Seeks Justice After Father’s Corpse Goes Missing from Effurun Mortuary

The relatives petitioned Ekpan police, but the navy hospital says no such body was ever registered at its mortuary.

Politics

Senator Kalu Calls for Posthumous Recognition of Abiola as President

The Abia North senator, citing Babangida's memoir, also wants the annulment's culprits named and Abiola's portrait hung in the Villa.

News

Labour Slams Akpabio Over Claim That Only 30% of Nigerians Pay Taxes

NLC, TUC and NECA say evasion persists because funds lack transparency, urging better healthcare, education and infrastructure to justify taxes.

Community

Oborevwori Meets Ijaw Leaders, Commits to Resolving Ogbe-Ijoh and Aladja Crisis

The governor told traditional rulers his administration is impartial, and cited the approved Ayakoromo Bridge, more teachers and tertiary institutions.

Education

Delta Police Investigate Alleged Assault on Student Union President

An officer has been detained over a video in which the polytechnic student leader says he was slapped for refusing N500.

News

100L Student Arrested After Car Crash Kills One in Delta Campus, Boyfriend Flees

Police say the learner driver lost control in Agbor, killing a final-year nursing student and injuring two others now in hospital.

Community

Seven Dead in Violent Clash Between Cocoa Farmers and Suspected Thieves in Edo State

Six others are being treated after vigilantes hired to guard a cocoa farm killed four suspected thieves, police say.

Education

UNIZIK Expels Student for Assaulting Lecturer in Viral Video

The disciplinary committee found the history student guilty of gross misconduct after a corridor TikTok row turned violent.