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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), FCT command, has seized 2,265.677 kilograms of different drugs between January and March in the territory. The FCT Commander of the agency, Mr Kabir Tsakuwa, made this known  in an interview with the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Tsakuwa said...

The Times, a British national daily, says Chinese nationals in the mining sector are funding terrorist groups in parts of Nigeria to secure access to the country’s mineral reserves. In an exclusive report published on Saturday, the newspaper said through bribes and illegal transactions, “Beijing could be indirectly funding terror...

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, has backed the calls to increase the tax payable on Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSB) to reduce diabetes and other ailments related to sugary product consumption in the country. He said this in Abuja, when he hosted the management of Corporate Accountability...

No fewer than 29 people have been killed in a fresh attack by bandits on Runji Village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack which occurred at about 10 pm on Saturday night comes barely three days after bandits killed eight people at the Atak’Njei community...

By Olugbenga Salami House of Representatives member-elect for Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo State, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, said he has uncovered an alleged plan by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to force its officers resume collations of Saturday’s supplementary elections in the...

A social activist and author, Reno Omokri, has said forensic analysis of the lresidential election result of the February 25, 2023 showed that there were over voting in more than 10,000 polling units, which represents almost 8% of all PUs. He, however, told the the Nigerian judiciary that the world...

Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund has charged Nigerian tertiary institutions to utilise 2023 N320,3 45,040,835.74 billion intervention funds in the most efficient and effective way. The Executive Secretary, TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono who gave this charge during a press conference assured that mechanism has been put in place for institutions...

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has handed over two of its uncompleted bridge projects in Bayelsa to the state government. The critical bridges are located at Akenfa and Polaku in Yenagoa local government area of the state. The Polaku bridge connects communities in Yenagoa with Sabagreia in Kolokuma/Opokuma local...

The Defence & Service Chiefs speak on President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment on massive procurement for the Nigerian Military and sustained efforts of the Multi National Joint Task Force(MNJTF), in the fight against insurgency. In the new Documentary video, each service Chiefs expressed appreciation to the Commander in Chief of the...