NDLEA seizes 795kg hard drugs, arrests suspects in Imo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized 794.5kg of hard drugs and arrested 107 suspects in Imo between January and September. Mr Nse Inam, […]
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NOA urges people with Special Needs in Kaduna to empower selves through GEEP
The National Orientation Agency (NOA),Kaduna Directorate, on Friday urged people with Special Needs and other vulnerable groups, to avail themselves of opportunities provided by Government […]
Payment systems: CBN tasks financial institutions on technology
Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has urged financial institutions to leverage new knowledge and technology tools to enhance the efficiency and […]
Bello swears in 3 High Court Judges, calls on Judiciary to purge itself
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, on Tuesday wore in three newly-appointed judges of the state High Court with a call on the nation’s Judiciary to […]
Man bags 12 years imprisonment for raping 17-year-old girl
An FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Monday sentenced one Kabiru Oriyomi, 43, to 12 years in prison for raping a 17-year-old girl […]
Yoruba Forum urges agitators, Nigerian youths to embrace peace
A coalition under the aegis of the Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF), on Sunday cautioned Nigerian youths not to allow themselves to be used by some […]
My 61st Birthday Reflections, By Tony Iyare
Happenings in these states of the federation have always been dear to my heart. Lagos, Edo, Ogun, Osun, Kaduna, Plateau, Adamawa and Taraba. In a […]
COVID-19: NCDC registers additional 437 infections, 6 deaths in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday registered 437 additional COVID-19 infections, six deaths and 582 discharged across 17 states of the federation […]
Still on Southern Governors’ agitations
By Yusuf Alhaji LawanDespite the categorisation of democracy into full, flawed, hybrid and authoritarian and the groupings into pluralism, civil liberties and political culture, the […]
Why investors shun Nigeria – Gov Sani Bello
Niger State Governor and Chairman North Central States Governor’s Forum (NCSGF) Abubakar Sani Bello says negative publicity on the security challenges in Nigeria has continued […]
IDPs from Guma LGA of Benue still disenfranchised, Tondu tells INEC, seeks redress
A former Commissioner for Lands and Survey in Benue State, Surv. John Tondu, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to make immediate special arrangements […]
Buhari returns with ‘special assignment’ from UN Sec Gen
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a loaded weeklong engagements at the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly […]
Agbaegbu, biodiversity expert leads EWHC-Nigeria to Africa Climate Week
Biodiversity expert from Nigeria, Mrs Edel-Quinn Agbaegbu, is lined up to present a speech today as a stake holder invitee and also lead Every Woman […]
COVID-19: Bangladesh receives 5m doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China
Bangladesh has received a new batch of five million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine from China, the country’s health ministry spokesman, Maidul Islam Prodhan, told […]
Alleged N761.6m Subsidy Fraud: Court Admits More Evidence Against Ali Peters, Nadabo Energy Boss
Justice S.S. Ogunsanya of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, admitted in evidence several documents tendered by […]
EFCC Closes Case in N93.8m Contract Scam in Maiduguri
The ongoing N93, 800,000.00 (Ninety Three Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira) fraud trial of one Mohammed Suleiman Gumsuri before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno […]
NGO tasks Kuje Area Council on budget for adolescent health services
The Novel Association for Youth Advocacy (NAYA) an NGO, has called on the Kuje Area Council to create a separate budgetary allocation for Adolescent Youth […]
Ukomu Igala cries out over rampant kidnapping, violence, others
By Chimezie Godfrey The Ukomu Igala Organisation (UIO), the umbrella body for all socio-cultural and political organizations in Kogi East Senatorial District, has decried the […]
Sit-at-home order in South-East counter-productive, says Orji Kalu
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has described the sit-at-home in the South-East, ordered by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) […]
NASS to sustain synergy with executive, judiciary—Orji Kalu
Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, said on Tuesday in Abuja that the National Assembly would sustain its cooperation with the executive and judiciary […]
‘Etsu Nupe is a gift from God to humanity,’ says Sani Bello
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has hailed the Etsu Nupe and Chairman Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar as he marks […]
INVESTIGATION: Ailing six-month old baby, others rejected at Abuja hospital as doctors’ strike lingers
By Idris Ibrahim and Chimezie Godfrey Mr. and Mrs Micheal Sunday were distraught after visiting Wuse General Hospital with their ailing six-month old baby and […]
SDGs: Lagos, youth collaborate to engender development for common good
The Lagos State Government, through the Office of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Investment, says it is collaborating the youth on sustainable development to promote […]
Customs, NDLEA, DSS say Captagon pills dismantled from machine weigh 74.119kg
The ongoing joint operation by Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Department of State Service(DSS) in Apapa Port has discovered […]
FG reassures Nigerians of efficacy, safety of COVID-19 vaccines
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Thursday, reassured Nigerians of the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in the country. Executive Director, […]