By Bukola Adetoye The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ogun Command, has successfully destroyed a six-hectare hemp farmland in Alaka village, Ogun. The agency’s state commandant, Mr Tijani Rabe, revealed the tactical operation at a news conference organised in Abeokuta on Thursday while presenting the agency’s 2024 scorecard. Rabe said four persons were arrested […]
By Adepote Arowojobe A Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr Moses Mafowosofo, has advised those suffering from erectile dysfunction to seek medical and psychological attention fast to rebuild their confidence. Mafowosofo, a Co-founder of M2 Specialist Hospital, gave the advice during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. Mafowosofo […]
An international war crimes prosecutor Stephen Rapp said evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run “machinery of death” under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad. According to Rapp more than 100,000 people have been tortured and murdered since 2013. Speaking after visiting two mass grave sites in the towns of Qutayfah and […]
By Okeoghene Akubuike The National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) says kidnapping incidence in the country is estimated at 2,235,954 between May 2023 and April 2024. The NBS revealed this in its Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey (CESPS) 2024 released in Abuja on Tuesday. The CESPS is a household-based survey, which provides an in-depth […]
By Kingsley Okoye Security has been beefed up at the National Assembly Complex ahead of presentation of 2025 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reportes that budget presentation which was earlier slated to hold on Tuesday, Dec 17 was […]
By Sumaila Ogbaje The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, says effective arms control requires strong legal framework, enduring partnerships, continuous training, resource allocation and shared sense of responsibility. Ribadu said this at a workshop on “Review of the Firearms Act of 1959”, organised by the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms […]
Award By Victor Okoye Abuja, Dec. 16, 2024 (NAN) Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman on Monday scooped the Africa Player of the Year award at the 2024 CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lookman was the biggest winner at a star-studded 2024 CAF Awards in Marrakech, as Africa’s best […]
Rukayat Adeyemi Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd. (SNEPCo), a subsidiary of Shell plc, says it made a Final Investment Decision (FID) on Bonga North, a deep-water project off the coast of Nigeria. Ms Zoë Yujnovich, Shell’s Integrated Gas and Upstream Director, disclosed this in a statementon Monday in Lagos. Yujnovich said Bonga North […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, has called for increased humanitarian aid in Syria amid “immense” changes that offer hope to a nation emerging from a 13-year-long war. Pedersen arrived in Damascus over the weekend and held meetings on Sunday with key figures in the region. Among those he […]
By Abdullahi Mohammed The Borno Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Prof. Baba Mallam, has blamed the rate at which Nigerian women die during child birth on indecision by most families. Mallam spoke on Monday, when he received a donation of two tricycle (keke) ambulances from an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Doctors Without Borders, in […]