James Harisson, Abuja Residents of Estates around the Efab bridge along the Abuja Kubwa Express Road are living in fear as kidnappers, robbers and other criminal elements have besieged the area to attack unsuspecting people. For the past two weeks residents of Efab Metropolitan Estate, Mab Global Estate, IPENT Estate, Efab Queens estate and many…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it is ready to partner with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, UNITAR, to find solutions to the environmental challenges hampering the efforts to develop the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, stated this during a courtesy visit by the team leader…
The presidency has issued a stern warning to Senator Adams Oshiomhole, instructing him to distance himself from the campaign activities of Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the upcoming Edo State election. The development follows complaints from several APC chieftains who accused Oshiomhole of undermining Okpebholo’s campaign with the spread…
*Dedicates ‘Icon Of Community Development’ Award To Tinubu The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has urged Nigerian students to always demonstrate patriotism and commitment towards the development and unity of the nation. Otuaro, offered the advice while making his remarks at the inaugural National Tech Summit themed “Empowering Nigerian Students Through…
In a tragic turn of events, Yahuza Umar Labbo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Kirikasamma Local Government election in Jigawa State, has passed away just days before the polls. At the age of 55, Labbo succumbed to a brief illness, leaving behind a grieving family of three wives and fifteen children. The…
Chief Adeniyi Ajayi, a traditional ruler, the Eletu of Oke-Eletu in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, has been accused of forcefully taking over a landed property belonging to a septuagenarian Mrs. Olaitan Ogunseye. The property, located at Chris Aghanenu Street, Eyita, Ikorodu, was purchased by Mrs. Ogunseye 24 years ago. However, in July 2024, Ajayi’s…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has successfully apprehended five female suspects linked to a drug trafficking ring at the Seme border. The arrests occurred on Wednesday, August 21st, as the individuals were returning to Lagos from Ghana. Olaribigbe Bashirat Feyisara, a 42-year-old woman identified as the leader of the group, had been previously…
Rotimi Oguneso, a Nigerian lawyer with ties to President Bola Tinubu, pocketed $170,000 as legal fees for his services on the arbitration panel that awarded $70 million against Nigeria over a botched free trade zone deal involving Ogun state and Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Ltd. Mr Oguneso, a senior lawyer who defended Bola Tinubu at the…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new directors-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS). Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed is the new director-general of the NIA. Mr Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi is the new director-general of the DSS. Ambassador Mohammed has had an illustrious career in the foreign service…
Civil servants in Kebbi State have lamented that the state governor, Nasir Idris, dashed their hopes by not paying salaries based on the N70,000 new national minimum wage structure as promised.Some of the civil servants also accused the state government of deducting from their wages after failing to pay the new minimum wage as approved…
