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NDLEA Officer Killed In Bonny Island Drug Raid, Six Suspects Arrested

NewsDeskNgFeb 10, 2026February 10, 20260

NDLEA officer dies during Bonny Island drug raid as operatives arrest six suspects and recover assorted illicit drugs. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed the death of one of its officers during a drug raid in Bonny Island, Rivers State, where six suspected drug traffickers were arrested....

Anambra Government Vows To Continually Inspect, Shut Shops That Fail to Open On Mondays

NewsDeskNgFeb 10, 2026February 10, 20260

Anambra government insists Monday market inspections will continue, warning traders that closed shops risk being shut. The Anambra State Government has said it will continue inspecting markets every Monday and shutting shops whose owners fail to open for business. The Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, stated this while responding...

Senate Approves Electronic Transmission of Polling Unit Results, Retains Form EC8A As Backup

NewsDeskNgFeb 10, 2026February 10, 20260

Senate approves amended Clause 60(3), allowing electronic transmission of polling unit results with safeguards for technical failure. The Senate has approved a proposal allowing the electronic transmission of election results from polling units. The new position followed a motion moved by the Senate Chief Whip, Mohammed Monguno, seeking to rescind...

Audi’s leadership reforms reposition NSCDC, says CWAI

NewsDeskNgFeb 10, 2026February 10, 20260

The Citizen Watch Advocacy Initiative (CWAI) has commended the leadership of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for what it described as far-reaching reforms that have transformed the Service and strengthened national security despite funding constraints. In a statement signed by Mahmud Bello, Director of Media and Stakeholders...

Bespoke Urban Luxury Ltd Donates 600 Bags of Cement to Boost NUJ FCT Ultramodern Congress Hall Project

NewsDeskNgFeb 10, 2026February 10, 20260

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, has received a significant boost toward the completion of its Ultramodern Congress Hall project, following the donation of 600 bags of cement by indigenous firm, Bespoke Urban Luxury Limited At a brief handover ceremony in Abuja supervised by Arc Junias John Akaito...

Mass defection hits APC in Abia as ex-lawmaker, 200 others join Labour Party

NewsDeskNgFeb 9, 2026February 9, 20260

Former member of the Abia State House of Assembly, representing Ukwa East state Constituency, Chief Paul Taribo, Mrs. Theresa Oxford Nwabara and their supporters numbering over 100, have defected to the Labour Party in the state. Speaking at the event held at the Ikwueke East Ward, Taribo, who was until...

Dr Enenche, Wife Takes The Goodnews Of Healings, Deliverance, Kindness To Ankpa, Gboko, Makurdi.

NewsDeskNgFeb 9, 2026February 9, 20260

Senior pastors of Dunamis international gospel centre (Digc), Dr Paul and Dr Mrs Becky Enenche took the message of healings, deliverances, hope, faith, kindness, restoration and massive medical ministeration to the people of Ankpa-Kogi State, Gboko & Makurdi in Benue State. The week long event began in Ankpa Kogi State...

Kano: Ganduje’s son empowers farmers, SMEs with 120 irrigation pumps,160 solar systems

NewsDeskNgFeb 9, 2026February 9, 20260

The Executive Director, Technical Services of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Engr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, has empowered farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs with solar equipment and irrigation facilities in Kano state. At an elaborate empowerment programme held Sunday evening in Kano, Ganduje distributed solar-powered irrigation pumps to 120 young farmers and...

APGA begs Soludo to fire underperforming appointees

NewsDeskNgFeb 9, 2026February 9, 20260

Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance in Anambra State, Ben Obi, also known as “Igwe APGA”, has advised the Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, not to retain non-performing commissioners and advisers in his second term of office. Obi said non-performing commissioners and advisers constitute over 80 per...

Drama as Deji Adeyanju rejects Tinubu’s trademark cap at birthday party

NewsDeskNgFeb 9, 2026February 9, 20260

Human rights activist and outspoken government critic, Deji Adeyanju, has set the social media on frenzy after a video showed him declining a cap bearing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s insignia at a high-profile birthday party in Delta State. The brief moment occurred during the celebration of a Delta-based billionaire over...