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By Deborah Nnamdi The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has described as ‘cheap blackmail’ the allegations by Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL) that the Nigerian Navy was frustrating the fight against crude oil theft. The Chairman of TSSNL, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, made the allegation while hosting the National Leadership of…

By Deborah Nnamdi Former Governor of Anambra State and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi has called for increased investment in the agriculture sector as a solution to Nigeria’s worsening hunger crisis. According to a statement on Thursday via X, Obi made the appeal during a visit to…

The Nigerian Senate has approved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s request for a $2.21bn external loan, barely 48 hours after the request was made. Tinubu made the request, which is about N1.8tn in the 2024 Appropriation Act, in a letter sent to the Senate recently. Tinubu had stated that the external…

By Deborah Nnamdi The National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) has raised the alarm that young girls are being used in suicide missions and exploited as sex slaves by terrorist groups wreaking havoc in various parts of the country. This is just as the United Nations sought the establishment of a…

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has distributed N1.411 trillion among the Federal Government, States, and Local Government Councils (LGCs) for October. This was contained in a communiqué from FAAC, signed by Bawa Mokwa, the Director of Press and Public Relations at the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation,…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has uncovered the presence of substandard and unregistered sugar products in Nigerian markets. According to a statement issued by Ondaje Ijagwu, Director of Corporate Affairs of the commission, these include smuggled brands from Brazil, such as Grupo Moreno, Terous,…

By Deborah Nnamdi There is palpable tension in the Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State following an attack by unknown gunmen, which led to the death of several policemen, in the early hours of Wednesday. Eyewitnesses’ accounts indicated that the incident occurred around 7:30 am in the Ebem and…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has confirmed an attack by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists on troops deployed at a stabilization operation pro-force and defence site in Gubio LGA of Borno State. A statement by the Director of Defence, Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, said five soldiers were killed…

The Chairman of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo) has frowned at the recent faceoff between officers of the Nigerian Navy and his men in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, during the interception of an alleged rogue vessel. Tompolo spoke at the fact-finding visit of the…

By Deborah Nnamdi A police orderly was killed in an apparent assassination bid on the House of Representatives member representing Isiala-Ngwa North/South Constituency, Ginger Onwusibe, in Umuahia, the state capital, on Sunday evening. The incident, which was said to have occurred on Sunday around 8:30 pm, led to the death…