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ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Government, on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, disowned a fake website set up by fraudsters (https://Inkbitz.com) asking Ogun indigenes to log in their details in order to received palliative funds from the Federal Government. In a statement issued by the Chief Economic Adviser to the Governor, …

ABEOKUTA – Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has condoled Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, representing Ogun West senatorial district, over the killing of his aide, Mr. Adeniyi Sanni, on Saturday, August 5, 2023 in Lagos. The governor, in a statement issued by his media office in Abeokuta, the Ogun State …

ABUJA – The Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, has disbanded the team of Edo State Police Command who were responsible for running over a citizen at Ekpoma. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l Magazine and online – www.startrendinternational.com by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, …

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has expressed strong disapproval of the distressing incident in which a police team ran a vehicle over a civilian in Ekpoma, Edo State, on Thursday, June 29, 2023. The incident, captured in a viral video, shows the victim’s hands and legs bound …

For the record: Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Minister of Finance and current Director General of the WTO, recently shared a disturbing account of her experience with the petrol subsidy issue in Nigeria. She revealed that many of those benefiting from the flawed system were powerful individuals in society who held …

LAGOS – Despite the concerted and tough measures being taken by the federal, state and local governments to rid Nigeria of illicit and criminal methods of material wealth acquisition, criminally-minded persons in their desperate bid to get rich quick are not relenting in their crook means and methods. Trafficking in …

ABEOKUTA – Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has restated his administration’s commitment to the fight against cultism and related criminal activities, warning that Ogun under his watch will not be a safe haven for cultists and their sponsors. Abiodun equally threatened that his administration would not hesitate to bring …

MAKURDI – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 arraigned Kichime Gomwalk, the Branch Manager of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Makurdi, before Justice P. S. Gang of the Plateau State High Court Jos. Others are Michael Damkas Buayam of Tan Global Energy Limited, and …

LAGOS – The celebrated Nigerian female hip-hop crooner, Tiwa Savage has confirmed escaping from a security breach at her residence – widely reported online as a kidnap attempt. Tiwa, the talented singer, made the revelation on her Instagram handle via a statement signed by her management. It reads in part: …

ABUJA – The Nigerian Police authority has condemned in it’s totality the disturbing act of assault, allegedly committed by some members of the Nigerian Police, on a Nigerian in Port Harcourt. According to CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, the Force PPRO, “I wonder how a man, a reasonable man, would be flogging …