A 23-year-old Nigerian lady, Damilola Grace Olakanmi, who was studying law in the UK died after eating a sweet made with cannabis. Evening Standard reports that the lady bought the gummies through an online messaging app and they were delivered to her house. After consuming the deliveries, she and her...
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PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has criticized the Federal Government over its plans to disparage as well as antagonize the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), describing its efforts as highly unpatriotic. The Union noted that the Nigerian government failed in its duties...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it has arrested a notorious queen of drug cartel, Lami Rigima, who is supplying psychoactive substances to traffickers in Taraba. In a statement, The NDLEA Spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said the anti-drug agency arrested...
A large number of soldiers would have been killed by suspected gunmen in Kaduna State, if not for the intervention of aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), a video clip obtained by PRNigeria has shown. The gunmen who were bandit-terrorists launched an attack on a military base at...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called for more robust election security management as it prepares for 2023 general elections. National Commissioner and Chairman of the Board of The Electoral Institute, Prof. Abdullahi Zuru disclosed this on Wednesday in Nasarawa State during the...
…tweeps call for his suspension Leke Adeboye, the son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, slammed erring pastors of the church, calling them ‘goats’ for preaching their sermons after the G.O. had finished speaking and preaching. This generated outrage on social...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has launched twenty brand new 18 seater Toyota Hiace buses for Yobe Transport Corporation and the State Road Traffic Management Agency (YOROTA). Speaking on Tuesday during the launching at the Government House Damaturu, Buni said “the occasion reiterated...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made a haul of 1,399kg of drugs in Kaduna in March. It sealed a shop and four houses in the process. Commander of the NDLEA in the state, Mr Umar Adoro, gave the breakdown of drugs seized as 997.121kg of Indian...
A Deacon at the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Onikoko, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has slumped and died while preaching in the church on Sunday. The Deacon, Chief Francis Oluwole Ogunnusi Awas the Baale of Onikoko community, near Panseke area of Abeokuta. Accordingly to dailypost, Ogunnusi was at the pulpit...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – No fewer than 7 suspects have been arrested by operatives of The Ogun State Police Command following the discovery of a large expanse of land cultivated for planting Indian hemp. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command, Dsp Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this...
A bill seeking to amend the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (2013) and also outlaw cross-dressing in Nigeria has been introduced for first reading at the House of Representatives. Referencing Section 4 of the same-sex Marriage Prohibition Act (2013) Honourable Muda Lawal Ulnar who sponsored the bill on Tuesday during...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has launched a two-year $9.5 million advancing nutrition programme to improve the nutritional health of Nigerians in Bauchi, Kebbi, and Sokoto states. The programme will address the immediate and underlying causes of malnutrition, provide technical support, share innovations,...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says its has received and investigating almost 100 petitions on recruitment scam from victim institutions and complicit individuals. The Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, revealed this at the policy dialogue on “Entrenching Transparency in Public Service Recruitment Process...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senate, on Tuesday, passed a bill to reposition the National Human Rights Commission by establishing the National Human Rights Fund in Nigeria’s annual budget. The Fund when established, would be used particularly for interventions on sexual and gender-based violence and other unforeseen human...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff, LT General Farouq Yahaya on Tuesday warned members the Boko Haram insurgents, Islamic State of West African Province ( ISWAP), bandits, kidnappers, and other criminals to surrendered their weapons and embrace peace, as time is against them. General Yahaya...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised political parties to adhere strictly to internal democracy and electoral laws in the conduct of their primaries, ahead of general elections. The commission gave the advice in a statement by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and...
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) says that the Basic Health Care Provision (BHCPF), will guarantee emergency medical treatment for all Nigerians at the point of care. Dr Chris Isokpunwu, Secretary of the Ministerial Oversight committee, for BHCPF, FMOH, said this on Monday at a two-day capacity building with...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has criticised the House of Representatives, for falsely accusing the Board of imposing multiple fees on candidates preparing to take the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Oloyede expressed...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed a total sum of N3,592,846,301.74billion to the six Area Councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for the month of February 2022. The figure indicated a slight increase in revenue...
The Senate has extended the implementation of 2021 budget from March 31 to May 31. This followed the consideration of a bill to Amend the 2021 Appropriation Act. The Senate before considering the bill suspended Rule 78(1) of the Senate Standing Orders 2022 (as amended), to enable the upper...