The Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) , an NGO, on Friday urged the Edo government to create awareness and enlightenment programmes in the state to tackle cancer. Sabina Idowu-Osehobo, Executive Director of LAPO, represented by Honestus Obadiora made the call during LAPO Community Campaign for Cancer Control(LAPO-C4) program on Friday …

Prof Faraday Orunmwense,Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin has advised alumni of the university to reconnect with one another in order to provide panacea to societal challenges. Prof Orunmwense gave the advise during the 40th Anniversary/Reunion of Faculty of Social Sciences, at the University Campus. READ ALSO: EFCC arrests Agbarho …

Men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Benin Zonal Office, have arrested a 34-year-old suspected Internet fraud kingpin, Akegor Omamuyorwi, in Ughelli, Delta State. According to the EFCC, the arrest of the man, who is a titled chief in Agbaro community, was triggered by a petition from a bank …

The governor of Bayelsa state, Seriake Dickson, has appointed 60 new special advisers, barely five weeks to the Bayelsa state gubernatorial election. The governor has also directed the state PDP caucuses to nominate women for appointment as special advisers next week, in areas where they have not been considered for …

A video in circulation showing Aisha Buhari in distress purportedly for being locked up in an apartment at the presidential villa after she returned to the country on Thursday is fake. The first lady has not returned from the UK, TheCable can report. The video, though undated, is an old …

President Muhammadu Buhari has bars all members of his cabinet, and heads of parastatals from foreign trips until the National Assembly wrap up the 2020 budget defence Director of information, office of secretary to the government of the federation, Willie Bassey, disclosed this in a statement release in Abuja. READ …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the discovery of hydrocarbon deposits in the Kolmani River II Well on the Upper Benue Trough, Gongola Basin, in the North-Eastern part of the country, saying that a Drill Stem Test is currently on-going to confirm the commercial viability and flow of …

Here is the full list of Nobel Peace Prize laureates from 1901, when the prize was first awarded. This year’s prize went on Friday to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for his efforts to resolve the long-running conflict with neighbouring foe Eritrea: 2019: Abiy Ahmed (Ethiopia) 2018: Denis Mukwege (DR …

The Appeal Court has sacked Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West senatorial district He said this in a tweet on his official Twitter handle. I just lost my election at the Appeal Court and Fresh election ordered. In all things I give God the Praise. He who started a good …

A one time President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, has advised the federal government of Nigeria to consider legislation on criminal immunity to Nigerians who have plundered the country, as this will lead to massive inflow of Nigeria’s money in foreign banks. The former President also …