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By Onogwu Muhammed The growing number of inmates on death row in Nigeria, currently standing at 3,833 has drawn renewed attention to a complex and deeply sensitive issue: the persistent reluctance of many state governors to sign execution warrants. These condemned individuals live for years, sometimes decades, in a state of psychological torment and uncertainty….
By Isaiah Eka The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Kunle Nafiu, has urged employers to promote the welfare and safety of corps members posted to their organisations. Nafiu made the call in a keynote address delivered at the 2025 NYSC/Corps Employers’ Workshop in Uyo on Thursday. Represented by Mr Ede Ezekiel, the Assistant…
By Peter Akpah. A recent article by Dan’Aseb Muhammad, a public affairs commentator and punished by nigeriantimes on the 22 July 2025, has sparked controversy by questioning Governor Caleb Mutfwang’s commitment to security in Plateau State. The article alleges that the governor’s actions are driven by political gains rather than a genuine desire to address…
By Stephen Adeleye The Police command in Kogi says the suspected killer of Mr Ayo Aiyepeku, a photo-journalist, Mr Jacob Adebayo Pelumi, has allegedly committed suicide. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lokoja. Ovye-Aya said Pelumi’s corpse was found in a…
By Thompson Yamput The Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU) in Anyigba has resumed its Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme after a decade-long suspension. This is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Abdulazeez Adams, on Thursday in Lokoja. The resumption, he said, followed the National Universities Commission (NUC’s)…
By Emmanuel Mogbede Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, the newly elected National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has pledged to grow the party’s membership and secure a resounding victory in the 2027 general elections. Yilwatda made the promise while addressing the APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) on Thursday in Abuja upon assuming office. The News…
By Admin The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday chose Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, from Plateau, as its new National Chairman. Chairman of the Progressive Governors and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodima, raised the motion to appoint the Humanitarian minister as Chairman and was seconded by Speaker, House of Representatives, Abba Tajudeen The 56 year old…
By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Police Command on Wednesday said it has launched a manhunt for a suspected ritual killer of Mr Ayo Aiyepeku, a photo-journalist in the state. Aiyepeku was reportedly gruesomely murdered on Tuesday night in an office located around the Government House/GRA axis of Lokoja, where he and his suspected assailant repotedly…
By Isaiah Eka Baba Azare, the Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, says the police is fully committed to implementing polices that will promote the wellbeing of retired officers. Azare made the statement in Uyo on Wednesday when the National Association of Retired Police Officers of Nigeria (NARPON), Akwa Ibom Chapter, visited him. He said…
By Thompson Yamput A Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (Rtd), says that committing the nation’s teeming youths to radical structural transformation is key to taming insurgency and other vices. Buratai made the assertion on Wednesday while delivering the Federal University Lokoja (FUL’s) 18th Distinguished Public Lecture in Lokoja. The public…
