President Muhammadu Buhari is visiting Ogun State on Saturday, May 25, to commission a number of projects embarked upon by the Governor Ibikunle Amosun administration. The governor made the disclosure while inspecting some of the projects billed for inauguration, adding ...
Read More »Customs FOU seizes N15 billion worth of animal skins
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized two containers of animal skins worth N15 billion and meant for export. Comptroller of FOU Zone A, Ikeja, Aliyu Mohammed, said the hides were being dried when ...
Read More »Prof. Wole Soyinka backs Olusegun Obasanjo on Fulanisation of Nigeria claim
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has backed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s submission that the Boko Haram insurgency was no longer about lack of jobs for the youths, but a full-blown ‘Fulanisation’ of West Africa, Islamisation of Africa and globally organised ...
Read More »Airports lack security architecture to check drug cartels, says Dabiri-Erewa
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the country’s airports lacked requisite security infrastructure to check activities of drug cartels, especially those that incriminate unsuspecting travelers. Addressing an ad hoc committee on the plight of ...
Read More »National Assembly approves roads fund, federal audit service commission bills, imposes N1 levy per litre on petroleum products
The National Assembly has passed the National Roads Fund Bill to ensure periodic maintenance of the highways. To actualise the move, the House of Representatives endorsed the conference report on the piece of legislation co-chaired by Senator Kabiru Gaya and ...
Read More »Activist petitions EFCC over new Ponzi scheme, says it’s a scam
A human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a new Ponzi scheme called Loom, which promises a return of N13, 000 for every N1, 000 ‘investment’ and N104, 000 for N13, 000 ...
Read More »Police arrest 14 suspected kidnappers in Nasarawa State
The Nasarawa State police command has arrested 14 suspected kidnappers along Mararaba/Odege road in Nasarawa Council. The Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, said the arrest was made possible following a tip-off from members of the public. Longe gave the hint ...
Read More »Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill one in Kogi as burial of corpse found in battlefield sparks row in Jos
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly killed a 35-year-old farmer, Mr. Ariyo Aina, on his way to the farm at Ogga community in Yagba West Council of Kogi State. National president of Ogga Progressive Union (OPU) Mr. Bamidele Olure, told journalists ...
Read More »Peace workshop on Bayelsa State guber election holds tomorrow
Ahead of the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State, the Ijaw Professionals Association (IPA) will, tomorrow, hold a workshop in Yenagoa towards achieving credible, violence-free polls. IPA is organising the workshop in collaboration with Ijaw Nations Forum (INF), ...
Read More »Use dynamic policies, capable managers to drive economy cleric tells Buhari
The Federal Government has been advised to put in place dynamic policies and bring on board capable economic managers that will drive the economy. Chairman, Wilson Badejo Foundation and General Overseer Emeritus, Foursquare Gospel Church Nigeria, Dr. Wilson Adebogun Badejo, ...
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