Targeting proceeds of crime ll serve as punishment and deterrence - Marwa
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday 29th July 2025, conducted a public auction of forfeited houses which were either acquired through proceeds of drug trafficking or used as instrumentality of committing the crime.
The exercise...
Former vice president of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says that the insecurity in Niger State is pathetic.
Alhaji Abubakar who was also the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections stated this when he paid courtesy visit to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State at...
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has warned the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, against treating the traditional institution in Yorubaland with levity.
Alaafin said unlike in some tribes, where there was nothing attached to their traditional institutions, the Yoruba traditional institution was “ancestral and spiritual.”
The monarch...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has launched an empowerment package worth N1,000,000,000 targeting thousands of young residents, mostly GSM repairers and technicians.
The initiative targets 1,050 youths who will be trained on phone repairs and maintenance; about 3,000 other apprentices will receive cash.
Each of them will receive a...
Zamfara state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has endorsed the Presidential ambition of Sokoto state Governor, Aminu Tambuwal.
Governor Tambuwal who visited the state earlier today is consulting with leaders of PDP across the 36 states of the Federation in a bid to emerge as the Presidential candidate of...
Ecobank Plc has temporarily closed its Wuse II Abuja branch.
The bank said it took the decision after the death of one of its customers who happened to be the first death case from coronavirus in Nigeria.
According to a statement by the bank, the deceased visited the branch on March...
urges party members to close ranks, eschew bitterness
The Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, swept all the 30 Local Government Areas and Ife-East Area Office in the just-concluded Governorship Primary Election of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Oyetola polled 222,169 votes to defeat the duo of Mr. Adeoti Moshood Olalekan...
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has approved the immediate provision of Group Life/Group Personal Accident Assurance Policy for all medical doctors in the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital, Parklane, Enugu.
In a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Simon Ortuanya, the ‘assurance’...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said construction of ten flyovers in Port Harcourt and Obio-Akpor councils by his administration is aimed addressing the chaotic traffic situation experienced in the State capital.
The governor said by the time the Orochiri-Worukwo and Oroabali flyovers are completed in a few weeks...
Polaris Bank has announced a donation of 400 specialised hospital beds, complete with mattresses and accessories, to aid the fight against coronavirus.
The beds, according to the bank, will be handed over to the Lagos State Government – being the state most hit by the pandemic – the Nigeria Centre...
