…Says imprisonment will strengthen deterrent effect of drug supply reduction efforts The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has secured jail sentences totalling three hundred and two (302) years in prison for three kingpins and 16 other offenders convicted of drug trafficking. The offence also include punishment for convicts dealing in illicit drugs such as cocaine,…
Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, a Chinese firm has released one of the seized Nigeria’s presidential jets. Recall that Zhongshan, the Chinese firm had secured a court order to confiscate three Nigerian presidential jets pending when Zhongshan receives $74.5 million awarded to it against Nigeria. The spokesperson of the company who made this known…
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, swore in the new Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack. Walson-Jack took the oath of office at about 1 pm at the Council Chamber of the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Monday, just before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council meeting. She succeeds Dr. Folashade…
United States Vice President, Kamala Harris, is expected to take on companies unfairly jacking up prices as she sets out her economic agenda Friday in her first major policy announcement as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. The vice president, who replaced President Joe Biden atop the ticket last month, has been carried by surging enthusiasm,…
Russia said Friday that it had repelled a night-time attack using 12 US-made missiles on the landmark Crimea bridge built on the orders of President Vladimir Putin after Moscow annexed the peninsula. “Air defences were used last night to deflect a group strike by 12 ATACMS missiles made in the US on the Crimean bridge….
Governor Dauda Lawal has described the Federal College of Education (Technical) as a platform that nurtures and produces qualified teachers for public schools in Zamfara. The governing council of the Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau paid a courtesy visit to Governor Lawal at the Zamfara State Government House on Wednesday. A statement by the…
Pakistan said Friday it had confirmed a case of mpox, a day after Sweden recorded the first infection outside of Africa involving a new, more dangerous strain of the virus that has killed hundreds in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The mpox surge in Africa — which has also affected Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda…
We have seen, heard, and read the response of the National Working Committee of our great party, the party under H.E Alhaji Umar Ganduje, over Monday’s court judgment reinstating and reinforcing the pendancy of tenure of the Executives elected on the 16th day of October 2021 and cascading to other layers below, in Rivers State….
As the Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic begins the process of electing councilorship candidates for the party, towards the forthcoming local government election, Hon Sunday Bisi, chairman of the party, has enjoined leaders and members to conduct themselves in an orderly and peaceful manner, with a view to setting the right standards for…
The labour leaders in Osun have conferred a high performance rate on Governor Ademola Adeleke for his excellent delivery of governance in the state, especially as it concerns workers’ welfare in Osun. The Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Osun State Chapter, Comrade Christopher Arapasopo made this known in his address at the two days…
