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Ibrahim Oloriegbe, chairman of the senate committee on health, has faulted the bill seeking to mandate medical and dental practitioners to practice for five years before relocating abroad. Oloriegbe…
10 months after attack, Owo Church reopens
Ten months after Francis Catholic Church located in Owo, Ondo State, was attacked by gunmen, the Church on Sunday, April 9, reopen for religious activities. The PUNCH reports that…
DAILIES TOP STORIES: Tinubu may return Monday, race for National Assembly seats hots up
Sunday 09 April 2023 There’s problem when everybody questions Supreme Court judgment – Agbakoba Panic as Lagos monarch demands settlement from landlords EASTER: Obi, govs, PDP, clerics, others preach…
Suspected herdsmen kill 35 in Benue IDP camp
No fewer than 35 persons have been reportedly killed with scores injured in Ngban, Nyiev Council Ward of Guma Local Government area by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Most of the…
Imo community petitions IGP over assault, oppression by monarch
The People of Okpanku Village in Adakam Amumara Autonomous Community, Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, have petitioned the Inspector General of Police over alleged assault and…
Reports: Terrorists Kidnap 80 Children In Zamfara
Not less than 80 children have been kidnapped by terrorists on Friday morning during a fresh operation in the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. This was confirmed…
Imo Labour Party candidate released after days in police custody
The candidate of the Labour Party for the Imo State House of Assembly election for Owerri Municipal state Constituency, Clinton Amadi, has been released from the police custody. Amadi,…
Incoming Govt Must End Divisions Caused By 2023 Polls – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the outcome of this year’s general elections has made Nigeria more divided than ever before. He said the administration after President Muhammadu Buhari’s…
‘Japa’: Reps consider bill seeking 5-year mandatory practice for Nigerian-trained doctors
A bill seeking to mandate Nigerian-trained medical and dental practitioners to practice for a minimum of five years in the country before being granted a full licence has passed…
LP Leadership Crisis Deepens As Factional Chairman Emerges
Some members of the National Working Committee of the Labour Party (LP) led by the Deputy National Chairman of the party (South) Lamidi Apapa have taken over the affairs…
Gunmen kill three policemen
Gunmen on Thursday killed three policemen at Agor, along the Igarra-Auchi Road in Edo State. The cops were killed while they were resuming duty, Okeomanews gathered. A fourth policeman…
Buhari Approves N320.3bn Intervention Fund For Tertiary Institutions
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N320.3 billion as the 2023 Intervention Funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country. The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust…
Court remands Lagos Eze Igbo over inciting comment
The Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, on Wednesday, ordered that the Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Fredrick Nwajagu, be remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre. Nwajagu was arrested…
Customs intercept contraband worth N2.8bn in Owerri, arrest13 suspects
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ’C’, Owerri, of the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted contraband goods valued N2.8 billion between January 25 and March 25. The unit also arrested 13…
Zamfara men arrested for printing fake naira, dollar notes
Men of the Zamfara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corpse have arrested three suspects for their alleged involvement in printing and spending fake naira and…