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The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Mbo Council of Akwa Ibom State, has arrested 13 suspected smugglers and seized 2,053 bags of rice weighing 50kg each from them. Parading the suspects yesterday in Ibaka, the Commanding Officer, FOB, ...

Swears in Ekpenyong as representative of A’Ibom North West The Senate has charged the Federal Ministry of Aviation on the need for proper surveillance of all persons arriving from China, especially Chinese citizens from Nigeria who traveled for the Chinese ...

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan again visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja where he met with President Muhammadu Buhari. The former president was sighted when he was being ushered into the president’s office about 1.45pm. It is unclear whether the meeting ...

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Bwari, has dismissed a suit seeking the removal of Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, over allegations of perjury against him. Justice Othman Musa, who dismissed the suit for lacking in merit, ...

Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has approved the payment of N500 million as compensation for the 1,500 hectares of land acquired by the state government for the construction of the proposed cargo airport in Obudu Council. This came after ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) of Bayelsa have begun school enrolment drive across communities in the state. In collaboration with the state government, UNICEF, last week, commenced school enrolment campaign in ...

Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has decried the inability of Nigeria to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets, blaming governments’ attitude to the programme. The governor bared his mind when the Presidential Management Team of SDGs led by its ...

Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joi Nunieh, has denied nursing ambition to become governor, insisting that her target is to revamp the commission to serve the interest of the region and the country. Nunieh ...

The Guinea Conakry community in Nigeria has solicited President Mohammaddu Buhari and other African leaders’s support to discourage President Alpha Konde from his third term bid. Konde, who was the first democratically elected president of the country, has been in ...

The National Sugar Institute (NSI), Kanpur, India and the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Abuja, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the establishment of a Sugar Institute in Nigeria. Executive Secretary of NSDC, Dr. Lateef Busari and Director ...