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Tribunal Set to Deliver Judgment in PDP Petition Delta Police Trail, Arrest Kidnappers in Rivers, Kogi, Recover 3 AK-47 RiflesSecurity Agencies Urged to Investigate Rivers Ex-HoS over Outburst against FubaraKorea Cooperation Agency to Begin Second Phase of Intervention at the Ekiti Smart SchoolBloombreed Schools Make History with Groundbreaking TEDx EventKatsina PDP Leaders to Join Atiku’s Coalition against APCCherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Marks 100 Years of Spiritual ExcellenceBREAKING: President Tinubu Sacks NNPCL CEO Mele Kyari, Board, Appoints Bayo OjulariBaptist Family Consoles Lagos APC Chairman, Ojelabi, over Wife’s DemiseCardoso Jubilant as Net FX Reserves Hit 3-year High, Swells to $23.1bnTinubu Sacks Kyari, Akinyelure, Appoints Bayo Ojulari as New GCEO of NNPCL$5bn Africa Energy Bank Gains Momentum with Contributions from Nigeria, Angola, GhanaChina Delays $23bn Sale of Panama Canal Ports to US-backed BlackRock ConsortiumFG Revokes Provisional Allocation of Houses Under NHPNECA Commends FG’s Appointment of NHIA’s ChairmanLASG, LIFC Council Seek Investors’ Support for Lagos International Financial CentreSave Contributory Pensioners from Poverty, APC Chieftain Appeals to TinubuMohammed Binji: Law Anchors Society, Good GovernanceNDDC Using Sports Festival To Unite Oil-Rich Niger DeltaEdo Extrajudicial Killing and the Demolishing of Obaseki’s Security ArchitectureNigeria’s 2025 Budget: Boosting Affordable Housing, Smart Cities, and Economic GrowthUniversity Don Identifies Accounting, Taxation as Tool for Economic DevelopmentON THE HOME FRONTNWOSU AND THE SENATE’S AMNESIAHAPPY BIRTHDAY, TUNDEON UROMI 16 AND JUNGLE JUSTICEA SACRILEGIOUS ATTACK ON HUMAN LIVESHeroic Welcome for Natasha Despite Kogi’s Ban on Rally, ProcessionBREAKING: Nigerian Police Officers Injured As Vehicle Somersaults Into Gully On Aba/Owerri RoadSokoto Gov Seeks Collective Effort to Combat BanditryWhy Nigerian Governments Pay Lip Service to Civil Service ReformsAdeleke to Royal Fathers: Sustain Peace or Be DethronedKogi Bans Rallies, Public Gatherings to Avoid Breach of Peace, Tranquility Gov Okpebholo in Kano, Promises Compensation for Uromi Victims’ FamiliesUS Embassies Tell Suppliers to Comply with Trump Ban on Diversity PoliciesMakinde: We’ve Achieved Economic Stability with N24bn Monthly Salary Payment, OthersRivers Will Emerge Stronger from Political Crisis, Fubara Optimistic During Eid VisitsNaira-for-Crude Policy Expires, HURIWA Seeks Continuation2027: Oil & Gas Host Communities’ Leaders Canvass Tinubu’s Re-electionTinubu Rejoices with Banking Guru, Jim Ovia, on Admission to Freedom of City of LondonShettima: National Unity, Peaceful Co-existence Must Be Our Gift To One Another Stakeholders Laud PINL on Pipeline Security, Demand Fairness from FGOpenAI to Raise $40 Billion in SoftBank-led New Funding RoundGlo Foundation Donates Food Packs to Lagos CommunityKatsina PDP Leaders to Join Atiku’s Coalition Against APCFG To Establish ‘Renewed Hope Cultural Villages’ Nationwide, Says Abdulkareem Concern Mounts over House of Reps Threat to Arrest NIMC DGMinister Advocates Public-Private Collaboration to Foster Sustainable Art IndustryNigerian Billionaire, Adebayo Ogunlesi, Leads BlackRock’s $23bn Acquisition of Panama Canal PortsNSIA Grew Net Assets to N4.35tn in 2024, Recorded N1.86tn in Total Operating ProfitOutrage over Uromi Killings as Akpabio Okpebholo, Barau, NASFAT, Condemn ActFor Their Impact in Business, Politics, Media, Others, ARISE NEWS Honours 80 Unstoppable WomenHerdsmen Overrun Farm Settlements, Occupy Homes, Schools In Enugu’s Eha-Amufu Amid Government SilenceCentral Bank Of Nigeria Report Confirms Inflation Crisis Under Tinubu GovernmentN’ Delta Activist Decries Approval of Emergency Rule in Rivers by N’ Assembly Adaobi’s Marriage Claim to Ayeni False, Defamatory, Say Lawyers Minister Congratulates Tinubu at 73APC Women Leader Celebrates Tinubu at 73, Hails President’s Transformative LeadershipBREAKING: Young Graduate Butchered, Killed By Attackers Suspected To Be Herdsmen At Abuja Boys’ Brigade Camping EventMakinde: We’ve Achieved Economic Stability with N24bn Monthly Salary Payments, Others ICPC Seeks Partnership with YABATECH to Boost Performance Nigerian Boxing: Overcoming Obstacles and Embracing OpportunitiesObasa Defies Tinubu’s Intervention, Pushes Lawsuit Against Meranda, Other Lagos LawmakersUS Rep. Danny Davis, Urges Tinubu to Open Nigerian Consulate in ChicagoMaituraka: Opposition Forces Will Not Unseat Tinubu in 2027Varsity Unions Commend Sokoto Gov for Implementing Salary IncrementsFrom Sokoto To Edo To Abuja: Sowore Demands Justice For Victims Of Extrajudicial Killings Across NigeriaGlo Foundation Donates Food Packs to Lagos CommunitySightsavers Trains 25 PWDs with Nine-Month Cisco CCNA ProgrammeTinubu: Nigeria is Greater Than Anyone of Us, Including the President, Urges Brotherly Love at Eid-el-Fitr Trump Fails to Rule Out Running for Third Term in 2028Tinubu: I Contemplated Withdrawing From 2023 Presidential RaceBamidele: Nigeria Must Invest in Education to Produce Global Billionaires NEITI: N9.33tn Owed FG by Oil Firms Can Offset 72% of N13tn 2025 Budget DeficitDefunct Heritage Bank: NDIC  to Pay Depositors with Balances Above N5m ThresholdCAPPA Faults World Bank’s Reforms for Water Supply in Ekiti, Rivers, BauchiHouse Committee Recovers Additional $14m from Oil CompaniesWe’ll Deliver Sustainable Clean-up Project in Ogoni, Says HYPREP CoordinatorPolice Probe Attack on Emir Sanusi’s Convoy, Vigilance Official Killed YEIDEP: Keystone Bank Lauds FG for Empowering Nigerian YouthsTD Africa Aligns with EcoFlow to Boost Clean EnergyExperts Identify Areas for Growth in Nigeria’s Real Estate SectorCDS, CSO Decry Extrajudicial Killing of Hunters in EdoOnyejeocha Hails Tinubu at 73, Felicitates Muslims At Ramadan Wike’s Supporters Dare Bayelsa Gov, Diri, Vow to Go Ahead with RallyJohn Agboola Odeyemi Turns 86 April 4Tinubu Holds Bilateral Talks With Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and NevisFirst Lady, Barau Urge Empathy, Unity at Eid-el-Fitr
Wed. Apr 2nd, 2025

The Uromi 16 and the problem with Nigeria

The killing last Friday of 16 Northern travellers along the Uromi-Ubiaja road in Edo state is an event that will live in infamy. Twenty-five travellers from Port Harcourt going home to the North, Kano specifically for the Eid el-fitri celebrations, were intercepted by vigilantes along the way on the suspicion that they were kidnappers and […]

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