A socio-cultural and professional group has made a case for the inclusion of the Southeast and South-south regions in the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Project. The group, Odinala Cultural Heritage Foundation otherwise known as (OCHIE Igbo) which comprises young Igbo professionals from across the world, hinged its demand on the abundant natural gas in the two regions…
Abia State Task Force on Infrastructure Abuse, an agency established by the State Government to sanitise Umuahia and Aba, the State’s commercial hub, has started enforcement. In what appears as signaling the commencement of the formal enforcement of laws against street trading and other sundry abuses on infrastructural facilities, across the state, some vehicle owners…
In a move to ensure the smooth completion of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway rehabilitation, Minister of Works, Mr David Umahi, has ordered the arrest of traders on the completed section in Aba. Expressing disappointment during his project inspection, the minister emphasized the need for Nigerians to support government efforts and avoid hindering progress. Umahi stated,…
Officials of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Brazilian returnee, Udechukwu Ekene Theophilus at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja Lagos over 60wraps of cocaine ingested. Details of Theophilus’ arrest were made public, by Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi BabaFemi via a statement released Sunday, 28th of January, 2024. The suspect was…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested three suspects involved in the diversion of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas, in Akwa Ibom State. Mr Eluyemi Eluwade, the State Commandant of NSCDC, disclosed this during a press briefing at the command’s headquarters in Uyo. He revealed that the arrests…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has declared an ex-beauty queen, Ms Aderinoye Queen Christmas, also known as Ms Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye. According to a statement issued on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, the suspect, who was Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture 2015/2016 and founder of Queen Christmas Foundation,…
The ongoing strike by primary school teachers of Local Education Authority (LEA) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has been halted. The primary school teachers in the FCT had since January embarked on a strike over the nonpayment of their 25-month national minimum wage arrears and non-implementation of the 40 per cent peculiar allowance, by…
All efforts of the security operatives to tackle the security crisis in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, both killings and kidnapping of residents have proven abortive. Although the security operatives recently recorded successes in the battle against terrorism in the city by rescuing kidnap victims and arresting suspects, our correspondent gathered that some of…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has made four new appointments amid the State House Assembly voting to override him to pass four new bills into law. The governor on Friday appointed Goodlife Ben as the Acting Chairman, Local Government Service Commission, Tonte Davies as the Acting Administrator of New Cities Development Authority, NCDA, and Ine…
Three mobile policemen attached to PMF 51, Oghara, have been reportedly abducted by suspected herdsmen in the Ohoror community of the East-West Road in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. According to reports the kidnappers also carted away the service AK47 rifles with ammunition of the policemen who were marched into the…
