By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu will join world leaders in Paris on Thursday to review and sign a New Global Financial Pact that places vulnerable countries on priority list. These countries would enjoy support and investment, following devastating impact of climate change, energy crisis and after effect of theContinue Reading
By Mohammed Tijjani The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen Olufemi Akinjobi, says the army has adopted realistic training that will enhance its operations against insecurity. The GOC stated this at the 1 Division Operation planning cadre for officers within the 1 Division Area of Responsibility onContinue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested no fewer than 31,675 drug offenders including 35 barons in 29 months. The Chairman, NDLEA, retired, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa said this at a briefing to mark the 2023 United Nations Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit DrugContinue Reading
By Aderogba George The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has started a nationwide mop-up of unregistered herbal medicines. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Monday. She said that the action followed aContinue Reading
By Zainab Oyekan An Area Court sitting in Jos on Monday sentenced a 24-year-old butcher, Mathew Danjuma, to one year imprisonment for stabbing his colleague. The judge, Mr hawomi Bokkos, who jailed Danjuma after he confessed to the crime, however, gave him an option of N50,000 fine. He also orderedContinue Reading
By George Edomwonyi Managing Director of Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority, Mr Saliu Ahmed says the N8 billion Jattu Dam in Edo will be completed in 2028. Ahmed made the declaration on Saturday at the dam site in Ayoghena, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo during site visitation andContinue Reading
By Temitope Ponle President of ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray on Saturday condoled with families of Monday’s boat mishap in Kwara. “ECOWAS Commission received with shock, the tragic news of the boat mishap that led to the death of 100 persons and the disappearance of several others in Kwara onContinue Reading
By Muhammad Nur Tijani Kano State Government has resumed application for postgraduate scholarship for the state indegenes with first class honour degrees. This is contained in a statement by Sunusi Bature, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf, on Friday in Kano. The statement said applications are invited from qualifiedContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi Chief Olusegun Runsewe, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) has said that a six-storey building of “Nigeria Culture House” would soon be inaugurated in Abuja to market the nation’s cultural heritage. Runsewe disclosed this during a familiarisation visit of the building with travel writers onContinue Reading
By Femi Ogunshola The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to introduce palliative measures to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Sani Madaki (NNPP-Kano) on the floor of the House in AbujaContinue Reading
