The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has expressed satisfaction with the current high level of interest in the agricultural sector of Nigeria and the tremendous impact made across various value chains in the sector within the past six years. Emefiele, while addressing journalists during an...
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Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has reminded the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba that Hijab does not protect female officers from AK-47 bullets. HURIWA, in a statement on Sunday, also faulted the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to gift $1 million to Afghanistan through...
A mother has confessed to having sex with her biological son just to have a baby for her husband. Matina Agawua, a native of Yelwata, in Nasarawa State lost her first husband to herdsmen attack in Northern Nigeria. Her first marriage produced a son. She remarried years after the death of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has congratulated former president Olusegun Obasanjo on the occasion of his 85th birthday. Lawan, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by Mr Ola Awoniyi, his Special Adviser on Media, joined Obasanjo’s family members, friends, and well-wishers...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted no fewer than 294,440 tablets of Tramadol, Diazepam, Swinol, Rohyphnol, and Exol-5, along with other illicit drugs in major operations. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media, and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday, in Abuja....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday departed Abuja for a routine medical check-up in London. Recalled that the president had initially planned to embark on the trip from Nairobi, Kenya after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at 50 in that country. The president’s...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said it has arrested no fewer than 41 suspects in Abuja and Kaduna State for drug related crimes. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, said about 30...
The Commissioner for Information and Communication in Plateau, Mr Dan Manjang, has suggested that state governors should be given more control over security apparatuses in their domain for effective community policing. Mr. Manjang spoke during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Jos. He...
Accomplished international journalist and the current Special Assistant to the Nigerian President on New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi sits with Chude Jideonwo, the co-founder of Joy, Inc. and host of #WithChude to discuss a host of topics including his historic Naomi Campell tweet, the CNN interview and his work leading...
Some Nigerians in war-torn Ukraine have rejected the Federal Government’s offer to evacuate them, insisting that it was more dangerous to return home. As of Saturday morning, nearly a thousand Nigerians who fled Ukraine to either Poland or other neighbouring countries, have been evacuated. However, not every Nigerian affected...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to probe the spending on the country’s four refineries, and alleged corruption and...
Nigerians living in South Africa have asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to protect them and their properties from xenophobic attacks. The Nigerian community in that country made the request amid the recent wave of hostilities against foreigners in South Africa. The Nigerian community, under the aegis of Nigeria Union South...
A new batch of 306 Nigerians returned home from war-ravaged Ukraine on Sunday. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) stated that they arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 00:30 a.m. aboard Air Peace Boeing 777-300 Flight APK7534.through Budapest. The arrivals increased the number of Nigerians evacuated...
Many Nigerian students trapped in Sumy, Ukraine have called for urgent evacuation back home amid a Russian invasion. Sumy, in North-East Ukraine, is close to the Russian border. The Federal government has evacuated more than 1,000 Nigerians who made it out of Ukraine to neigbouring countries such as Poland...
Following the scarcity of fuel in cities across the country, the situation in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has taken a different dimension as residents now sleep in filling stations in anticipation of arrival of tankers laden with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. The scarcity, which...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – At the end of a two-day National Stakeholders Summit recently held in Abuja by Ashcraft Centre for Social Science Research, stakeholders who participated have suggested ways to stamp out the challenges of infrastructure vandalism and destruction of business assets in Nigeria. In a communiqué...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Usman kadafur has commended the Directorate of state Security Service for discussing wide range of security issues with regard to the lingering insecurity crisis in the north-east during their quarterly security conference held in Maiduguri weekend. Hon. Kadufur gave...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – Yobe State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (YSCHMA) on Saturday flagged off one month mass social mobilisation campaign with Keke Napep Riders Association using strategic and targeted messaging for wider public. Flagging off the campaign in Damaturu, the Executive Secretary of YSCHMA, Dr Babagana Tijjani,...
If indications from two separate but related events that were held last December are anything to go by, then one of Nigeria’s most vulnerable groups may be on the verge of experiencing better times. The events, hosted in two separate states/regions and separated by a 20-day interval, held at...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, has ordered the arrest of all persons involved in sharing some kegs containing PMS (petrol) as souvenirs in a party. Recall that the Kegs of petrol were seen handed to guests at the installation of Pearl Chidinma...