The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested ten suspects for their alleged involvement in illegal mining activities at different mining sites in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. While parading the suspects in Umuahia on Friday, the State Commandant Usman Ishaq Alfadarai, said the arrest was made in strict compliance with the directives…
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has said that the South East Governors are working together to achieve regional integration, despite party leanings. Otti, who stated this while receiving a delegation of a joint body of South East Council of traditional rulers and representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops, led by the Obi of…
The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill for an Act to establish the South-East Development Commission (SEDC). The Bill was passed after it was read for the third time during the plenary of the upper chamber on Thursday and will be transmitted to President Bola Tinubu for assent. The Bill was initially passed by the…
Corpses in mortuaries in several Nigerian Army bases are reportedly decomposing due to the ongoing power outage, according to Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja. This was revealed by Lagbaja when he paid the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu a visit to seek intervention about its N42 billion debt to the Abuja Electricity…
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has declared that he would be contesting for the state’s top job in the forthcoming gubernatorial election. Aiyedatiwa stated this on Friday while featuring on a television programme shortly after the remains of his immediate predecessor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu were interred. Recall that Mr Aiyedatiwa was on December 27, 2023…
Authorities of the Bayelsa state police command have arraigned two persons in court over conspiracy and attempt to kidnap Mr. Ebi Ayama popularly known as Americana. Mr. Ebi Ayama, popularly known as Americana, is a brother to the state governor, Senator Douye Diri. The two suspects, identified as Lucky Oghenebrume, 53 years old and Omobowho…
The Zonal Command deployed more officers on an ad-hoc assignment to ensure compliance. The Zone ‘B” Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted two Niger Republic bound trucks loaded with grains, on Thursday. In the last few days, officials of the Nigeria Customs Service have intercepted grains including Maize, millet and beans,…
A man has stirred reactions online after a video of him carrying his little daughter in a nylon bag to protect her from the rain surfaced online. It was drizzling and the man didn’t want his daughter to be drenched after picking her up from school. He decided to put her in a nylon bag…
The federal government has reiterated its determination to protect and promote hardworking and honest Nigerians in the diaspora irrespective of their location.The government has acted as a guarantor for eight medical doctors to pursue further training in various medical specialties in the United States for the entirety of their training period. It emphasized that while…
In a significant stride towards combating crime in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area, the “Say No to Crime” security outfit has achieved a remarkable feat by apprehending poachers of palm fruits operating within the vicinity of Adapalm. Led by Mr. Innocent Nya, also known as Breaker, the local vigilante group has collaborated closely with the…
