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NDLEA seizes UK-bound drug shipment hidden in duvet at Lagos airport, arrests two suspects
By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a consignment of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, concealed in duvets, packaged for export to the United Kingdom through the cargo shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. According to a statement…
Read More »Soldiers neutralize 13 illegal refineries, arrest 15 suspects in N’Delta
By Deborah Nnamdi The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army has dismantled 13 illegal refining sites, recovered 300,000 liters of stolen crude oil, and arrested 15 suspected oil thieves. This was achieved in a major operation targeting oil theft in the Niger Delta in one week. The Acting Deputy Director…
Read More »22 soldiers, over 70 insurgents killed in Borno clash -DHQ
By Deborah Nnamdi The Defence Headquarters has confirmed the death of 22 soldiers and over 70 insurgents during a military operation in the Timbuktu Triangle, a notorious terrorist stronghold in Borno State. The operation, conducted by troops of Operation Hadin Kai, according to the DHQ, began on January 16, 2025,…
Read More »Tinubu strengthened Nigeria’s economy, recovered 5% GDP that was previously wasted– Wale Edun
The Minister of Finance, Mr. Wale Edun, has commended President Bola Tinubu for implementing critical reforms that have stabilized Nigeria’s economy and reclaimed 5% of the nation’s GDP that was previously lost to inefficiencies within the federal government and fiscal authorities. Speaking to Bloomberg during the World Economic Forum (WEF)…
Read More »FG denies report of N50,000 child support grant
By Deborah Nnamdi The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction has described as fake the purported Federal Government’s N50,000 Child Support Grant for all Nigerian Parents trending on social media. Mrs Rhoda Iliya, the Director of Information in the ministry, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, described…
Read More »Police raid terrorist camp in Imo, kill six
By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have bursted a terrorist hideout in Ihube, Okigwe Local Government Area, and killed six members. The gang was alleged to be the masterminds behind the attack on the Correctional Centre Owerri, the murder of five policemen, the burning of Arondizuogu…
Read More »Wike, Fubara, snub each other during meeting with Tinubu
By Deborah Nnamdi The two major combatants in the worsening Rivers state political crisis, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara allegedly refused to exchange pleasantries when they met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the Villa on Tuesday. Both Wike and Governor Fubara were…
Read More »‘Tackle illegal mining as oil theft was done’ – Oshiomhole tells Tinubu
By Douglas Maha, Abuja A former Edo State Governor and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, has fingered retired military generals for the widespread illegal mining operations in Nigeria. Speaking at a Senate Committee session on Thursday, Oshiomhole warned that Nigeria’s economic diversification efforts could fail…
Read More »Tinubu names Prof Akinyemi, Ganduje others as chair of FG boards, parastatals
By Sodeeq Kamsela National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje and eminent jurist Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, SAN, are among the prominent Nigerians President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed as board chairpersons for 42 federal organisations and a Secretary to the Board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons…
Read More »N116.184bn disbursed so far to students across the country– NELFUND
By Deborah Nnamdi The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has said that as of 1st January, 2025, it has disbursed N116.184 billion for the upkeep of students across 176,252 beneficiary institutions in the country. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja during the budget defence session with Senator Dandutse Muntari, APC, Katsina…
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