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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a National Action Committee (NAC) for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. He ratified the pact at the 12th Extraordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Heads of ...
Read More »WHO report highlights global progress in fighting tobacco use E-cigarettes, new marketing techniques threaten gains By Edu Abade
A report issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that countries have made significant progress in tackling the global tobacco epidemic. But tobacco companies that continually find new ways to market cigarettes to young people, fight life-saving tobacco ...
Read More »Ondo assembly’s ceiling caves in after snake chased legislators off plenary
There was pandemonium at Ondo State House of Assembly as the ceilings of the chamber eventually caved in during plenary. It was a day after a snake chased the lawmakers out of the building during Yoruba sitting. According to a ...
Read More »Naval chief advocates common network for maritime security in West Africa
Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has called on navies in West Africa to develop a common network that would facilitate greater integration for seamless information sharing across the sub-region. Ibas gave this charge at the 60th ...
Read More »Cross River links reduced crime on waterways to navy, judiciary synergy
Cross River State government has expressed optimism that the collaboration between the navy and the judiciary would go a long way in reducing crime on Nigeria’s waterways. The deputy governor, Prof. Evara Esu, stated this at a law conference organised ...
Read More »NUJ urges Buhari to overhaul security architecture as Kolade, Anya seek re-programming
President of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Chris Isiguzo, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently overhaul the security architecture to arrest the insecurity of lives and property across the country. He stated this in Lokoja, at the grand ...
Read More »HOMEF faults GMO crops’ rescue claim to world’s population growth
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has faulted the claim that genetically modified (GM) crops remain the veritable source of food to world’s projected 10 billion population. Puncturing the assertion at a dialogue with civil society organisations (CSOs) hosted ...
Read More »Osoba, Okurounmu feud may worsen Afenifere crisis, Yoruba leaders warn
Yoruba leaders have warned that, if not nipped in the bud, the dispute between former governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba and Senator Femi Okunrounmu, may deepen the over two decades of crisis in the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere. ...
Read More »Kano Governor Ganduje, INEC reject Abba’s witness at election tribunal
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have rejected Abba Kabiru Yusuf’s witness at the election tribunal for alleged impersonation. Objecting to the appearance of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) witness during resumed hearing of ...
Read More »Troops intercept ISWAP logistics network in Borno State
Troops of 159 Task Force Battalion along Road Gubio-Damasak have disclosed that they intercepted the Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) logistics network and arrested two Toyota Hilux vans conveying its illegal items. This follows its ongoing counter-insurgency operations ...
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