An Ogun State-based businesswoman, Olayinka Adisa, travelling to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for Umrah (lesser Hajj) has been arrested by operatives of the National Law Drug Enforcement Agency for allegedly ingesting 80 pellets of cocaine. Adisa was arrested on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at the boarding screening area of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, during […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that the public sector is critical for national development, very vital for governance, and quality public service delivery. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Monday at the commissioning of the new multi-billion-naira civil service secretariat complex in Asaba, Delta State capital, which was named after the Asagba of Asaba […]
CHAIRMAN of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, yesterday, insisted that devolving policing to various levels, including the local level, is the only solution to the myriad of security challenges facing the country noting that multi-level policing, which would give birth to state police, is an idea that nothing can […]
The chairman of the Lagos State branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, says Nigeria should embrace rotational presidency as convention. He spoke in Lagos Monday while receiving members of the Association of Religion Reporters who paid him a courtesy visit. Adegbite said the arrangement would save the polity of undue […]
A federal high court in Abuja has fixed January 17, 2022 for the arraignment of Ikedi Ohakim, a former governor of Imo state. The IGP had preferred a five-count charge against Ohakim and one Chinedu Okpareke, following a petition by one Chinyere Amuchienwa who accused both men of harassment and threatening to release her nude […]
The South-East Amalgamated Markets Traders Association (SEAMATA), has criticised and rejected the recent “astronomical and indiscriminate” increment in the import duty on cargoes charged by Nigerian Customs. SEAMATA is the umbrella union of traders in all the markets in the South-East Geo-political Zone and traders of South-East extraction doing business across the states in the […]
The Nigerian government has reassured the Republic of South Africa that it will continue to strengthen bilateral ties between both countries for the mutual benefits of both country’s citizens and economies. Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said this on Monday at the closing of the Ministerial Meeting of the 10th Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra has said it is not against restructuring of Nigeria. The Media and Publicity Secretary of the secessionist group, Emma Powerful, said this on Monday in a statement made available to our correspondent in Awka, Anambra State. The group, however, said its major demand was for a referendum to decide whether […]
The FCT High court sitting in Apo and presided by Justice Mohammed has granted the application for a judicial review filed by Spokesperson of the CUPP, Ikenga Imo inyere to restrain the Wuse Chief Magistrate from going ahead with the trial of a case of criminal defamation brought against him by the Inspector General of […]
The federal government says it will release a new travel protocol on Tuesday as a proactive measure to prevent the Omicron COVID variant from entering Nigeria. Mukhtar Muhammad, the national incident manager of the presidential taskforce on COVID-19, said this on Monday at a media briefing in Abuja. The index case of Omicron was detected […]
