The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 52-year-old businessman at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, for trafficking cocaine. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. According to him, the suspect, who operates boutiques in Lagos and Onitsha,…
Three commissioners in Akwa Ibom have resigned their appointments following Governor Umo Eno’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Also, out of 26 lawmakers in the state House of Assembly, 15 members have refused to join Eno in APC, while 11 members reluctantly followed. The…
The Federal Government has congratulated incoming President Donald Trump on his victory as the next President of the United States of America. Amb. Eche Abu-Obe, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja on outcome of the U.S.presidential election. Abu-Obesaid, “The Federal Republic of Nigeria wishes to…
The Zamfara Good Governance Forum has accused Governor Dauda Lawal Dare of orchestrating politically driven evictions at Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata Mafara. In a statement on Friday, the Forum described the removal of three staff members from the Rima River Basin Development Authority Staff Quarters as “unlawful, vindictive and a gross abuse of power.”…
Elder statesman and Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, is dead. The announcement of the passing away of the prominent Ijaw leader was made in a statement issued on Tuesday by the family and signed by Prof. C. Clark. “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo town, Delta, wishes to announce the…
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday approved Bavarian Nordic’s (BAVA.CO) new tab mpox vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. It said the age group is considered especially vulnerable to outbreaks of the disease that has triggered global concern. The WHO said in a statement that it gave the Jynneos vaccine prequalification for adolescents…
Dozens of people are feared dead after two migrant boats overturned off the coast of Djibouti, according to the United Nations on Wednesday. The boats left Yemen with 310 people on board, the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said in a post on social media platform X on Tuesday. So far, 45 people have…
The 2023 PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), has returned to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Adediran announced his return to APC at a news conference on Monday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Adediran, leader of the Lagos4Lagos Movement, announced his resignation from the PDP…
Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged the country’s media industry to become active promoters of democratic values and national development narratives, describing the press as a cornerstone of democracy. The president, represented by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, delivered the message during the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) 70th…
By Oludele Shalom, Abuja A Federal High Court Sitting in Kano on Thursday, 22nd December, affirmed Mohammad Sani Abacha as the duly elected governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Kano State. It will be recalled that sometimes in July, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Abacha, through his lawyer, Bar Reuben O. Atabo, SAN,…
