The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ogun Command, has successfully destroyed a six-hectare hemp farmland in Alaka village, Ogun. The agency’s state commandant, Mr Tijani Rabe, revealed the tactical operation at a news conference organised in Abeokuta on Thursday while presenting the agency’s 2024 scorecard. Rabe said four...
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The Edo Assets Verification Committee says it has uncovered some irregularities in award of contracts, including a N200 billion road contract debt in the last administration’s record. Dr Ernest Umakhihe, Chairman of the committee, told journalists on Thursday in Benin that some contractors even returned mobilization fees to government...
A State High Court in Kogi, on Thursday sentenced one Muhammad Ali-Shaibu to death over the March 28, 2022 cult clash in Kabawa Old Market. Delivering judgment, Justice M. Esu, also discharged and acquitted 12 other persons tried alongside with Ali-Shaibu over the case. The 12 defendants are Mustapha...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos- Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reduced the price of its Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, to N899.50k per litre to reduce transport cost for Nigerians ahead oof Christmas and New Year holiday. It would be recalled that Africa’s first privately-owned oil refinery...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Thursday, admitted the immediate past Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, to bail in the sum of N500 million with three sureties in like sum. Justice Maryann Anenih had, on Dec. 10, refused the ex-governor’s bail application, saying it was filed prematurely. While...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may have invited the suspended chairmen of the 18 local governments in Edo to its office for interrogation. The invitation was contained in a letter by EFFC Director of Investigation, Abdulkarim Chukkol and addressed to the Secretary to the State Government. Chukkol,...
The Federal Government in collaboration with relevant stakeholders is to implement ‘Proof of Address System Initiative’, to address insecurity across the 774 local government areas in the country. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, made the disclosure at the Stakeholders’ meeting for the Activation...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Sector 1 of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have repelled a coordinated attack by members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on a military base in Darak, Cameroon, neutralizing 10 terrorists. Chief Military Information Officer, MNJTF Headquarters, N’Djamena,...
Some of the released EndBadGovernance protesters arrested during the August 2024 nationwide protests in Kaduna said they were never tortured while in detention. They also stated that they never saw their alleged sponsor, Khalid while in detention. Narrating their accounts after their release, they said they were treated fairly...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has performed lesser Hajj (Umrah) at the Holy Mosque of Makkah (Masjid al-Haram) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications, Office of the Vice President, made this known in a statement on Thursday in...
Christmas: Borno First Lady disburses N30m, distributes palliatives to 600 Christian widows, orphans
Christmas: Borno First Lady disburses N30m, distributes palliatives to 600 Christian widows, orphans
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In the spirit of forthcoming Christmas celebration, the Borno State First Lady, Falmata Zulum has disbursed N30,000,000.00 (thirty million naira ) to 600 (six hundred) Christian widows and orphans . The First Day also distributed palliatives to the 600 widows and orphans at the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Academicians working towards the implementation of the Science, Technology Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), initiative in Nigeria has called for the integration of the scheme into pre-primary, primary and secondary schools to enhance growth in technological advancement. Speaking at the presentation of the STEAM...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- The Dangote Refinery has come out to clarify the details surrounding the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s (NNPCL) $1 billion investment in the refinery. The Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer at Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, said in a statement on Wednesday that the NNPCL’s...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the 2025 budget proposal presented by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing it as “unrealistic, opaque, and insincere.” PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in a statement on Wednesday said the budget was anti-people, warning that its implementation would worsen insecurity, poverty, and...
The embattled 18 Local Government Chairmen in Edo on Wednesday in Benin declared their suspension by the State House of Assembly as null and void. It would be recalled that the Governor, Monday Okpebholo had written to the House over the chairmen’s refusal to submit financial records to the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oguduokwor Ward in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi has expelled the National Vice Chairman of the party in the South East, Mr Ali Odefa from the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Odefa was suspended from the party on Sept....
The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu ,has assured that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State is not factionalised as being reported in a section of the media. He gave the assurance on Wednesday in Abuja ,when ,in company of the newly elected party executive in the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Lagos State for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, the deputy governor and cabinet members received the President at the Presidential Wing of Murtala Mohammed International Airport. “Before his departure to...
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has assured that his administration will make 2025 a better year for the people, through practical and good governance in the state. Okpebholo gave the assurance during 2024 Nine Lessons and Carol organised by the State House of Assembly on Wednesday in Benin. Okpebholo,...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has said the Nigerian Army will in coming months, invest more in modern technology to aid in training and ultimately fight the wars against insecurity. Oluyede made this known at the closing of the 2024 COAS Annual Conference on Wednesday...