The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has dismantled an illegal bunkering site in the Ukwa East Local Government, Abia State. A statement signed by the NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, on Wednesday, said the operatives impounded 9,000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil from oil thieves in the state. Afolabi said the operations were conducted by…
The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, FESTAC Mega Axis Headquarters, Lagos State, has given cash gifts, food items and grants to widows as well as vulnerable families. A statement on Wednesday said this was in a bid to put smiles on the faces of widows, the needy, indigent students and the less privileged amidst…
A near-fatal incident was averted on Wednesday after the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, and his family escaped being killed in a fire incident at his official residence in Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, who insinuated that the incident…
The United Nations Office on Drug and Crime has donated wildlife monitoring and enforcement equipment to the Federal Government in a bid to bring an end to wildlife trafficking from Nigeria. UNODC presented that equipment to the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, which is an organisation of the Federal Government in charge of …
Following the Wednesday deadline for the sales of Expression of Interest and Nomination forms, the ruling All Progressives Congress has raised N720m from 16 governorship aspirants jostling for the party ticket in Ondo State ahead of the April 20 primary election. The sales, which started on March 27, ended on Wednesday. The ruling party has…
A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general elections, Dr. Sam Ohuabunwa, has said the involvement of Igbo governors and leaders in the affairs of pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, will fast-track the economic development and stem the tide of insecurity in the South-East geo-political zone….
Former chairman of All Progressive Congress in Enugu State, Dr Ben Nwoye, has called on the party’s National Vice Chairman, South-East, Dr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu, to wade into the crisis rocking the party in the state. Nowye, who spoke on Tuesday during a press briefing over the lingering crisis in the party advised that an investigative…
The Senator representing Anambra North, Tony Nwoye, has expressed shock over the level of infrastructural decay and non-availability of major books at the 58-year-old Onitsha Library. Nwoye expressed the shock when he paid an unscheduled visit to the library on Wednesday. The library was inaugurated in 1966 by the then Military Administrator of the defunct…
The Chief Economist, African Development Bank, Prof. Kevin Urama, says financing has remained the major constraint of accelerated transformation in Africa. Urama, also the Vice-President, Governance and Knowledge Management in AfDB, said this at the pre-media conference held virtually on Wednesday, to herald the 2024 AfDB Annual Meetings. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that…
The Federal Government has disclosed plans to assemble 120 Nigerian researchers, startups, and stakeholders in Artificial Intelligence to formulate a cohesive framework for AI implementation throughout the nation. The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, made this announcement in a statement posted on Thursday on his X account. The Minister said the…
A call has gone to the Federal Government to, as a matter of necessity; approve the unconditional release of all pro-Biafra activists and other Nigerians incarcerated for self-determination agitations in fulfillment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s promised commitment to a free society. The group under the aegis of Concerned Igbo Citizens Council made the call…
The Department of State Services, on Wednesday, obtained a court order to detain a Nigerian, Emmanuel Osase, who is accused of being a member of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja said the DSS could detain the suspect for 60 days. The order followed…