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THE crisis rocking Rivers State judiciary has taken a new twist as embattled Justice Daisy Okocha has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt seeking to restrain the state

THE Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, Edo State has upheld a seven-year jail term for Temple Nwankwoala, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), convicted for bribe received in 2012. The convict,

THE Nigeria immigration Service in Kebbi has deported 500 illegal immigrants as part of security measures ahead of the forthcoming general elections. The Comptroller of the service in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Salahu,

DESPITE efforts to contain infectious diseases, Anambra State government has revealed that 14 new cases of Leprosy has been discovered in some communities in the state. The State Commissioner of Health, Dr.

A NIGERIAN woman who has campaigned against Islamist extremists Boko Haram was on Tuesday awarded a Japanese peace prize worth $170,000. Esther Ibanga, a pastor and activist in Nigeria, has kept up

RESIDENTS of Ondo state are to receive free medical attention from the state government in collaboration with some federal medical bodies beginning from the 10th of March. According to a

*As Fashola explains ‘no work, no pay’ policy DOCTORS in Lagos public hospitals have insisted that all outstanding pay owed by the state government must be paid, otherwise a fresh industrial action

• Lauds executive-legislative cooperation Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole Tuesday assured the people of the state that the Ultra Modern Central Hospital in Benin City, currently under construction would be completed and

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun State has said that it has distributed 72 per cent of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The INEC Public Relations Officer in the state,

THE Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) in Osun has said that the union will embark on three-day warning strike if its demands are not met by Thursday. The Chairman