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By Habibu Harisu The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya says the Nigerian Army will hold periodic sensitization programmes against drugs abuse and other related issues in all its formations nationwide.  Yahaya gave the assurance when he declared open a drug and narcotics control awareness conference, on Thursday...

By Yakubu Salisu The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, says his public life as the Chief Law Officer of the Federation stood out as the most challenging period of his professional career. Malami said this at the launch and public presentation of his...

A Kaduna Sharia Court Judge, Muhammad Adamu-Shehu, on Thursday, ordered a divorce-seeking woman, Fatima Muhammad, to return N80,000 dowry received in exchange for a divorce. Adamu-Shehu gave the ruling and advised her to file another suit to claim custody of their only three-year-old child. Earlier, the woman told the court...

The Ghana Standard Authority together with the Police, on Thursday arrested two Nigerians and seven Chinese for manufacturing electrical cables and copper rods without certification. According to the Ghana News Agency, the seven Chinese and Nigerians were picked up at the manufacturing site at Bueko, in Tsopoli, a town in...

By Palma Ileye Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola yesterday has charged the newly promoted officers in both Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS and Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS to live above board through in the discharge of theirs new responsibilities. According to a press release issued yesterday by Afonja Fatai Ajibola,...

By Paul Williams The Governor Simon Lalong led administration has been cautioned not to take steps or decisions that will be enemical to the State going forward. The call was made by the Executive Director, Youth Initiative Against Violence and Human Rights Abuse (YIAVHA), Comrade Pwakim Jacob Choji, while briefing...

A total of 15 retired senior officers were flown out today by the Nigerian Air Force. The fly out ceremony was part of activities marking the NAFs 59th anniversary ceremony holding in Enugu. The affected officers comprised 5 Air Vice Marshals and 10 Air Commodores, who retired from the Service...

The much anticipated prestigious National Daily Awards will hold on Friday May 12, 2023, at the Grand BallRoom of Oriental Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos, with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo as Special Guest of Honour and keynote Speaker, under the chairmanship of Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi. The National Daily Awards is a...

One hundred and twenty-eight Nigerians evacuated from war-torn Sudan arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Wednesday. The commission made this known via its Twitter handle. According to the commission, the 128 make up the eleventh batch of evacuees to arrive in Nigeria, bringing the total number...

A baby has been born having three people’s deoxyribonucleic acid for the first time in Britain. Most of the child’s DNA came from their two parents but about 0.1 per cent was from a third person, another woman. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority said “less than five” babies have...