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The  Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, has said that the Agency is ready to tackle issues of fake and substandard products coming into Nigeria, with the approval of African Continental Free Trade Agreement, ACFTA, by the government. This was disclosed ...

The alleged inflation of a water hyacinth contract from N2.5 billion to N65 billion by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has elicited reactions. The Senate Public Account probing the development has summoned the commission’s Acting Managing Director, Dr. Enyia ...

The Governor Ifeanyi Okowa administration has committed itself to the continued partnerships with vigilante groups and security agencies for better protection of lives and properties in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, made the pledge at Onicha-Ugbo while ...

General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) has challenged government, private sector and other stakeholders to work out modalities that will facilitate the introduction of drug addiction studies in the nation’s tertiary institutions. Marwa said this would go a long way in ...

The Rivers State command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested no fewer than 16 persons suspected to be engaged in diversion of stolen crude oil and other petroleum products. While parading the suspects yesterday in ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Sokoto Zonal Office has arraigned Aminu Umar Gagi, Ibrahim Ahmed and Aliyu Suleiman before Justice Isah Muhammad Bargaja of the Sokoto State High Court on three-count charges bordering on conspiracy and bribery. Trouble ...

The United Nations (UN) and Economic Community of West Africa, States (ECOWAS) has urged government of member countries, civil societies and other regional partners to join in the campaign against statelessness in the region. This followed disclosure that the region ...

World Bank tasks governments on policies to drive penetration For Nigeria and other African countries to achieve universal, affordable and good quality Internet access by 2030, the region will require an investment of over $100 billion. This was contained in ...

The trial of human rights activist and journalist, Agba Jalingo, has again been stalled at the Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State. When the matter came up for hearing on Wednesday, it was adjourned at the instance of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured of Federal Government’s readiness to support the development of Calabar and open it up to the rest of the country. A statement issued by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, revealed that ...