Tinubu makes key appointments into NUC, NERDC, NEPAD, SMDF
President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of chief executive officers for the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), the Solid Minerals Development…
NAN editor kidnapped in Imo
Dec. 6, 2024 An editor with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Gregory Maduakolam, has been kidnapped. A statement by the management of the agency in Abuja said Maduakolam was…
Gunmen shoot two security operatives, burn vehicles at Anambra checkpoint
Gunmen have attacked a police checkpoint at Ajali, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, shooting two security operatives and setting two patrol vehicles ablaze, says Police Public Relations…
Police detain 2 suspected gunrunners in Kaduna
Dec. 6, 2024 The Police Command in Kaduna State, says its has apprehended two suspected gunrunners along Zaria – Jos Road. The command said it recovered eight locally made pump…
N/Delta: Shell to finalise its 3rd community content plan next year
Dec. 6, 2024 Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) on Friday said is third community content plan for host communities inn the Niger Delta is expected to be…
No foreign military will establish a base in Nigeria – CDS clarifies
Dec. 6, 2024 The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has dismissed the reports alleging that permission had been granted to France to establish an expeditionary military base…
Nigeria’s Senate seeks to criminalise corn exports to tackle hunger
December 6, 2024 Nigeria’s Senate has passed a bill seeking to make it a crime to export large quantities of unprocessed corn in an effort to alleviate hunger in the…
Misconduct: PSC approves the dismissal of 19 Senior officers, demotion of 19 others
Dec. 6, 2024 The Police Service Commission has approved the dismissal of 19 senior officers comprising ten Assistant Superintendents, six Deputy Superintendents, two Chief Superintendents and one Superintendent. The Commission…
Reps demand reduction of checkpoints along Onitsha-Enugu highway
The House of Representatives has called on security agencies to reduce the number of checkpoints on the Onitsha-Enugu expressway. The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a…
Omo-Agege welcomes Ibori-Suenu to APC from fractious PDP
The Deputy President of the Senate in the 9th assembly, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has described joining the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the member representing the Ethiope Federal…