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The Police Command in Akwa Ibom said its officers killed four suspected pirates who specialised in terrorising fishermen in Ibeno waterways in the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Macdon Odiko, disclosed this...

The Bayelsa State Chapter of Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) on Sunday said it has suspended the industrial action embarked upon by its members on Feb 12. Mr. Barnabas Simon, Chairman of...

Delta Government says the Asaba Airport Concession will fetch more than N80 billion revenue at the end of the 30-year period. Prof. Sylvester Monye, Senior Policy Adviser to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, said this while briefing...

Delta Government says it will, by May, revoke the Certificates of Occupancy (Cs of O) of undeveloped plots issued in the last two years in the urban areas of the state. The state Commissioner for...

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Monday swore in two new Special Advisers, Dr. Augustine Obidi and Chief Ebikeme Clark. The governor, who performed the function at the Government House, Asaba, said that his administration...

Cross River Government has demolished a building belonging to a suspected kidnapper. The government also destroyed a brothel for allegedly housing underage persons for prostitution. The buildings situated in Calabar were demolished by the state security...

Delta State Government, on Friday, approved the widening and rehabilitation of the 2.1 kilometres Orhunwhorun Road in Udu Local Government Area of the state at a total cost of N398.2 million. This was part of...

Delta State government has empowered beneficiaries of the Women Empowerment Skills Acquisition Programme (WESAP) with the sum of N60, 000 each to rent shops. Presenting the money to the beneficiaries, in Asaba, on Wednesday, the...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested 751 suspects for various crimes in 2020 in Edo. Mr. George Edem, the commandant of the corps in the state, said this in an...

Calm has finally been restored to Peremabiri Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa, following the intervention of the government after a period of violence in the past week. Some yet to be...

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has granted amnesty to 11 inmates serving various jail terms in correctional centres in the state to mark the beginning of 2021. Mr. Olusegun Ajiboye, Chief Press Secretary to...

Chairman of Owan West Council in Edo State, Hon Frank Ilaboya says the elderly in the council would from January enjoy a mobile healthcare program. The Council Boss announced this when he hosted the elderly...

Edo Government on Monday urged residents in the state to ensure they protected the elderly, adjudged most vulnerable to COVID-19, following the outbreak of a second wave of the pandemic. The Secretary to the State...