BAYELSA BANS ILLEGAL MINING TO CURB INSECURITY
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR The Bayelsa State Government has stopped all illegal and unauthorized mining of minerals in communities within the eight local government areas of...
CHILDREN ABDUCTION IS LESSER EVIL THAN KILLING SOLDIERS
Islamic cleric Sheikh Gumi said that taking schoolchildren hostage is a "lesser evil" compared to killing soldiers. He told the BBC in an interview that...
CHRISTMAS: ENUGU REAFFIRMS BAN ON FIREWORKS
The police chief in Enugu State, Mr Mamman Giwa, has again said that selling and using fireworks, which are also called "knockouts" or "bangers," is...
FG REQUIRES MDAs TO UPLOAD 70 PERCENT OF 2025 BUDGET INTO 2026 FISCAL YEAR
The Federal Government has told Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to move 70 percent of their 2025 capital budget to the 2026 fiscal year. The...
LAGOS GOVT BEGINS STATEWIDE DISTRIBUTION OF PROCURED TEXTBOOKS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (PHOTOS)
By: Sefiu Ajape The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, on Tuesday launched the official distribution of newly procured textbooks...
CHINA EXECUTES FORMER SENIOR BANKER OVER BRIBE ALLEGATIONS
China executed a former executive of a top state-controlled asset management firm for corruption on Tuesday, state media reported. Bai Tianhui, the ex-general manager of...
UPDATE: ‘DETAINED’ C-130H AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE PORTUGAL BEFORE TECHNICAL ISSUES – DEFENCE MINISTRY & AIRFORCE CLARIFY
By 'Leke Yusuf Sources within the Nigerian Ministry of Defence have disclosed that the C-130H aircraft, earlier detained by Burkina Faso for violating its airspace,...
JUST IN: BURKINA FASO ACCUSES NIGERIA OF VIOLATION OF AIRSPACE AFTER AIRFORCE JET MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING (VIDEO)
By 'Leke Yusuf Nigeria has been accused of violation of airspace by the Alliance for Sahel States (AES) after a Nigerian military transport aircraft...