FG, EU, UNODC commend Agency for initiative
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that drug users and addicts no longer have excuse not to seek treatment with the commissioning of a modern 24/7 call centre set up...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday night in Lisbon, Portugal gave assurances of a free hand to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, reiterating the commitment of his administration to ensure that the Commission (INEC) delivers peaceful, transparent, free, fair and credible elections next year.
Speaking at a meeting with representatives...
The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to open more petrol depots across the country as part of urgent measures to curb the scarcity of the product.
It also called for proper regulation of the operations of private depots that received supplies from...
A former Deputy President of the Senate Ike Ekweremadu on Thursday appeared before the Uxbridge Magistrate court in the UK over organ harvesting charges.
The prosecutor claims that David Ukpo, who alleged that he was coerced to donate his kidney to the Senator’s daughter, is 15 years.
The case has been...
The Delta APC Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation has hailed the emergence of the immediate past Deputy Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Friday Ossai Osanebi as running mate to Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the Delta APC governorship candidate in next year's election.
Osanebi who was nominated yesterday in a...
The Senate has confirmed seven persons nominated as ministers by President Muhammadu Buhari.
They were confirmed on Wednesday following a screening at the upper chamber of the National Assembly. The exercise was presided over by Senate President Ahmed Lawan.
The development came days after President Buhari appointed the ministers and wrote...
Rapper, Abdulrasheed Bello popularly known as JJC Skillz has announced his separation from his wife, actress Funke Akindele.
JJC announced via his official Instagram handle on Thursday morning stating that his marriage with Akindele has had issues for the last two years.
He stated that he had to move out of...
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved projects to shore up power supply across the country.
Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, briefed State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Mr Aliyu said that the...
R&B star, R Kelly, on Wednesday, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking.
This is coming months after he was convicted on all nine-count charge in a high-profile sex trafficking case
According to prosecutors, the American artiste “preyed upon children and young women for his own sexual gratification...
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri Wednesday alongside teacher Baba Clarkson Bansi commissioned a 4km Jada township road in Jada Local Government Area of Adamawa state.
According to the Governor, the 4km Jada township road is a standard asphalt finished road completed with concrete-lined drains to ensure efficiency and serviceability to the...
