The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 162,351 bottles of codeine based syrup from two containers at the Apapa seaport in Lagos. This is contained in a statement by its Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said operatives of the agency made the arrest during...
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Chief Tony Okocha, Chairman All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers Caretaker Committee on Sunday in Abuja, said that President Bola Tinubu’s achievements were grossly underreported. He said this while speaking at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) news forum, adding that there was need for his ministers to do more...
A former Deputy Director in Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Mr Yisa Usman, has filed a N12.5 million fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; Mabel Ishaku and others. Usman, in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1518/2024 and filed by his lawyer, Oseini Bamigbaiye, sued...
Chief Medical Director of Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital (AE-FETHA), Abakaliki, Prof. Robinson Onoh, has said the recent gas explosion in Ebonyi has claimed two lives. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred in Orokeonuoha community, Ebonyi Local Government Area of the state on Oct....
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) has emphasized its capacity to significantly enhance Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) through qualitative livestock production. This was revealed by the association’s National President, Dr. Moses Arokoyo, during a press briefing in Jos on Saturday ahead of NVMA’s...
The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee in Rivers, Chief Tony Okocha, has said that the party will continue to constructively criticise the Gov. Siminalayi Fubara-led government in the interest of the people of the state. Okocha, who stated this on Sunday in Abuja at the News...
The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee in Rivers, Chief Tony Okocha, has blamed the protracted political crisis in the state on struggle for political structures by some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) big wigs. Okocha, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in...
By HARUNA AHMED,Dutse – Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi has constituted a five-member committee to investigate allegation of infidelity leveled against the Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr Auwal Sankara. The Secretary to the State government, Mr Bala Ibrahim, disclosed this in a statement issued on Dutse on Sunday. Sankara...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he once suffered 25 per cent hearing loss without knowing it. Obasanjo stated this in Bauchi on Sunday when he paid homage to the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Suleiman-Adamu. According to him, many people in the world are deaf without knowing...
The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas, continues to rise, causing Nigerians to express concern about its impact on their expenses. Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has explained why it rejected two payment platforms of the federal government and insisted on University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), it created as alternative. ASUU had rejected the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), a platform the Federal Government uses...
The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos State, and other stakeholders in the sector have lamented the incessant hike in the price of egg just as they called for the Federal Government’s intervention. They also lamented that egg which used to be the cheapest source of protein was getting...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, has congratulated Hon. Ademola Bello Destiny on his election as the Chairman elect of Mopamuro LGA, saying his victory has ushered in a chapter of progress and development in Mopamuro Local Government Area....
The leadership of Labour Party has demanded the release of its National Vice Chairman, South-East, Mr Ceekay Igara, arrested by the police allegedly on the order of Abia governor, Dr Alex Otti. The party made this demand in a statement by its Deputy National Chairman, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi, on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Distribution Committee has verified more than 55,000 households over the past three weeks. The chairman of the committee, Engr. Baba Bukar Gujbawu, who disclosed this in an interview with reporters in Maiduguri, listed the areas covered to include Gwange...
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after a two-week working vacation in the United Kingdom (UK). Tinubu arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 7. 20 p.m. on Saturday, and was received by senior members of the administration. It will be...
Nyesom Wike on Saturday hit back at former vice president Atiku Abubakar, labelling the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flagbearer in the 2023 election as a serial loser. Atiku had taken a swipe at Wike – the Minister of the FCT and a former governor of Rivers State –...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Kogi state has cleared the 21 chairmanship positions and the 239 Councillorship seats in the Saturday Local Government elections in the state. Announcing the final results, late Saturday night, the chairman of the Kogi State Independent Electoral...
The Nigerian Army on Saturday pulled out 15 Generals of the Artillery Corps who retired from active military service. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that out of the 15 retired artillery officers pulled out of active service at the Nigerian Army School of Artillery (NASA), in Kachia...
Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM), has said the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have won the elections conducted in all the 23 local governments and 255 wards in the state. Hajara Mohammed, KADSIECOM’s Chairman, disclosed this on Saturday in Kaduna. Mohammed said: “The Electoral and Returning...