FG approves N350bn to support dams, irrigation facilities – Minister
Sept. 29, 2024 The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, says the Federal Government under Renewed Hope Infrastructure Fund has approved over N350 billion to support dams…
Troops foil ISWAP insurgents’ attack, recover weapons in Borno
Sept. 29, 2024 Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Operation Hadin Kai, Sector 3, have foiled an attempted attack by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP)…
Tragedy as lion kills handler at Obasanjo Presidential Library Zoological garden
Sept. 29, 2024 The Police Command in Ogun says a male lion has killed its handler at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Zoological garden in Abeokuta. SP Omolola Odutola,…
NDLEA arrests 2 wanted kingpins, 2 ex-convicts for drug trafficking
Sept 29, 2024 …Intercepts illicit consignments going to US, UK, Canada, Australia, Thailand Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Wednesday 25th September arrested a wanted drug…
A national prayer fetish, by Ken Ugbechie
Nigeria has elevated religion and all its accoutrements to a fetish. The two major religions of the world, Christianity and Islam, live in Nigeria. They bloom in the south and…
NDLEA arrests auto parts dealer over drugs concealed in lamps, sofa legs
Agency arrests 2 wanted kingpins, 2 ex-convicts for drug trafficking Intercepts drugs going to US, UK, Canada, Australia, Thailand Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA,…
Obi in Athens, says insecurity in Africa linked to poverty, unemployment, corruption
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has said that the security challenges bedeviling Africa are directly linked to poverty, with over 50%…