Spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Olumuyiwa Adejobi has warned drivers in Nigeria that fixing additional headlamps on vehicles and tricycles is an offence. The warning was issued in a tweet via his official X handle on Thursday, Adejobi emphasized that such cases could be treated as either a traffic or criminal offence depending…
Seychelles President, Wavel Ramkalawan, has declared a state of emergency in response to an explosion at a store and heavy rainfall causing flooding. The president’s statement mentioned that the explosion at the CCCL explosives store caused massive damage, and the flooding from heavy rains resulted in major destruction. As a result, all schools will be…
A former confidential informant for the US Drug Enforcement Administration has pleaded guilty to conspiring to assassinate President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti, whose killing in 2021 caused unprecedented turmoil in the Caribbean nation. Joseph Vincent, a dual Haitian-American citizen who lived in the US and attended meetings in south Florida and Haiti ahead of the…
Operatives from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) were brutally attacked by armed hoodlums in Opuje community, located in the Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State. The hoodlums had blocked all roads leading to the community, aiming to hinder the NDLEA operatives’ access to forest warehouses. These warehouses reportedly contained a significant…
Adams Oshiomhole has encouraged coordinated work to ensure a N35,000 pay grant for all Nigerian laborers with an end goal to moderate the impacts of the deficiency of petroleum subsidy preceding Christmas. The former governor of Edo State and president of the Nigeria Labour Congress stressed that both public and private companies should cover this…
The Founder and General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries (OPM) Worldwide, Chibuzor Chinyere, has disclosed that OPM has rehabilitated over 17,000 repented kidnappers, armed robbers and cultists in the past 10 years. Chinyere revealed this when he led another batch of repented criminals to the headquarters of the Rivers State Police Command, Moscow Road, Port…
Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), in collaboration with the Taraba State Agency for Mass Education, graduates its first set of adult literacy in Taraba, totalling seventy graduates. The programmes National coordinator Dr. Fatima Aliyu, while delivering her address at the graduation ceremony in Jalingo disclosed that VCDP does not only support Agricultural production but also…
Humanitarian affairs advocates are billed to brainstorm on the pervasiveness of gender–based violence, to commemorate the 16 Days of Activism. The event, holds on 8th, December, and organised by the African Youth Growth Foundation (AYGF), according to its Executive Director, Dr Arome Salifu. Arome said: “AYGF launched a social media campaign on #16daysofactivism to educate…
Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu, The Minister of State for Education, has said that the initially proposed Student loan scheme is not up for debates and must commence by January 2024. He made this known during an appearance on Arise TV on Thursday morning, after disclosing that the federal government is already committed to the cause….
The executive Governor of Ebonyi state, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonnaya Nwifuru presented the state house with the 2024 state budget of 204 billion Naira, he noted that the proposed budget will heavily represent the “People’s chatter of needs” in Ebonyi state. Governor Nwifuru disclosed this in Abakaliki during the community-based input event on proposed 2024…
