By Muftau Ogunyemi Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), has charged soldiers to brace up in order to secure Nigerians better and tackle insurgency in the South-West. Oluyede gave the charge while addressing soldiers during his maiden operational visit to 32 Artillery Brigade Owena Cantonment, Akure. TheContinue Reading
By Isaiah Eka The Chief Judge (CJ) of Akwa Ibom, Justice Ekaette Obot, has rounded up a three-day visit to correctional centres and freed a total of 55 inmates in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 18 out of the 55 inmates were released on healthContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TMV) has described the17 billion dollars Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in the oil and gas industry in 2024 announced by Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. as phenomenal. Mr Chukwudi Enekwechi, Chairman of TMV, said the investment, a result of President Bola Tinubu`s administration’sContinue Reading
Investors in stock market traded 3.281 billion shares worth N63.517 billion in 60,782 transactions on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) during the week. NGX, in its weekly report made available in Lagos, said this was in contrast to 1.818 billion shares valued at N47.226 billion in 64,222 deals last week.Continue Reading
By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu An 11-year-old student, Miss Amazing-Grace Salami, from Greenspill International School, Abuja, has won the Spelling Bee in Nigeria (SpIN) competition. Salami defeated 63 other finalists from the United States and international schools in Nigeria to claim the top prize. The Acting U.S. Consul General, Ms JoEllen Gorg,Continue Reading
By Martins Abochol The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has hosted critical stakeholders in the petroleum and gas sector to address incessant incidences of tanker explosion in Taraba. Alhaji Abdullahi Bature, Coordinator of NMDPRA in the state, while addressing stakeholders at its first quarter stakeholders meeting inContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje Troops of Operation Delta Safe have continued to sustain the fight against activities of crude oil thieves in the Niger Delta, destroying 56 illegal refining sites in one week. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, disclosed this in the weekly report of the ongoing militaryContinue Reading
By David Adeoye The Oyo State government has begun training of 660 youths, women, and retirees on mushroom cultivation across all zones of the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye, made this known on Friday while speaking with newsmen. According to Olaleye who spoke throughContinue Reading
By Martins Abochol The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 1,149 jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), allegedly smuggled through the Dorofi and Kan Iyaka axis, along the Gembu-Cameroon border in Taraba. Comptroller General (C-G) of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this on Friday in Jalingo while auctioning the seized petroleumContinue Reading
By Eguonor Ighure The Chief Judge of Delta, Justice Theresa Diai, has granted freedom to a 24-year-old bike rider, an inmate of the Warri Correctional Centre, Tikor Kelvin. Kelvin regained his freedom out of a total of 336 cases of awaiting trial inmates reviewed at the Warri Correctional Centre duringContinue Reading
