By Ibironke Ariyo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it intercepted 532 parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp) at the Tincan Seaport, Lagos State. The agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the drugs, which […]
By Mohammed Tijjani No fewer than 273 Army Officers on Sunday began a week-long Senior Staff Course Qualifying Examination(SSCQE),held at the Jaji Military Cantonment, Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)reports that the examination is being conducted by the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Nigerian Army. The President of the Examination Board, Maj.-Gen. Kelvin […]
By Usman Aliyu Benin, Aug. 9, 2024 (NAN) The University of Benin has said that Sen. Daisy Ehanire-Danjuma was the donor of the newly inaugurated girls hostel in the institution. It also said that the lady was undertaking the construction of a second hostel. The university made the clarification in a statement signed by its […]
BY Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu says ECOWAS will continue to persuade the military leaders of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso to return their nations to the fold. President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, reaffirmed this position at a meeting with ECOWAS Chiefs of Defence […]
By Constance Athekame The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has invested $500 million to boost power supply in the Ogun and Lagos axis. The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, made the disclosure on Friday when Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun paid him a courtesy visit. Adelabu, in a statement issued on Friday in […]
Raid By Monday Ijeh Abuja, Aug. 9, 2024 (NAN) The Nigeria Police Force said the Aug. 7 raid on Labour House in Abuja by its operatives was not targeted at the secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Friday in Abuja, said […]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has criticised far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich over his controversial statements about starving Palestinians. According to Israeli media reports, Smotrich said that a blockade of aid supplied to the Gaza Strip was justified to free the hostages abducted to Gaza during the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks. […]
By Emmanuel Antswen The Benue Government has confirmed the killing of over 30 persons by local militia in Ayati village, Ukum Local Government Area of Benue on Thursday night. Mr Matthew Aboh, Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism stated this while addressing newsmen on Friday in Makurdi. Aboh said that adequate security has been deployed […]
The Israeli army has launched a new military operation in the Khan Younis area in the southern Gaza Strip. Intelligence had revealed that there were fighters in the area and that they had reorganised themselves there since the last withdrawal of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the military said on Friday. In addition, the air […]
By Suleiman Shehu Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, has arrested four suspected human traffickers and rescued nine persons used as prostitutes in the state. The command also said it had recovered smuggled 55 30-litre kegs of petrol around Gwagwasu Moore Road, Kishi in the northern part of the state. NSCDC […]
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