archiveMay 2021

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided some eateries in Jos, the Plateau capital and recovered freshly baked cakes made with cannabis sativa. The Agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said additional 48.726 kilogrammes of assorted...

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, has joined others to celebrate the Nigerian media on the occasion of the World’s Press Freedom Day. In a statement signed yesterday on his behalf by the Director, Information, Office...

  The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has canvassed direct engagements between Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and regulatory agencies to effectively address communication gaps. Presenting the report of a study jointly sponsored by the chamber and the Centre for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), Dr. Muda Yusuf, Director-General,...

...says local, foreign investors making Oyo economy thrive Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, lauded both private and government workers in the state, for what he called their unflinching support and contributions towards the economic growth of the state. Governor Makinde, while speaking at the May Day celebration, held...

  Households in Nigeria spent up to N3.3 trillion on water, sanitation and hygiene in 2019, a NBS/UNICEF 2019 WASH -NORM II survey report says.This was revealed in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, by Mr Sunday Ichedi, Head, Public Affairs and International Relations Unit of National Bureau of...

 Prof. Abdulrauf Ambali, the Director, Academic Planning, Kwara State University, Malete, says there is nothing wrong to seek help from foreign countries to tackle insecurity in Nigeria. Ambali stated this on Saturday in Ilorin at the ‘Event for Workers Day Dialogue 02’, with the theme: Securing the Security Community. The...

  ...as Gov holds Iftar with Muslims Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has said that his administration will not allow agents of religious disharmony to destabilise the state. The governor, who was speaking at a special Iftar (breaking of fast) programme where he hosted Muslim faithful in the state at...

The President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has undertaken a critical assessment of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and concluded that the nation's helmsman has failed woefully. To this end, Oke who is also the presiding Bishop of The Sword of the Spirit...

  The Director of Baptist Mission Schools,  Nigerian Baptist Convention, Dr Tide Olalere has defended the N4,700 fee charged by the school for registration of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination  (UTME).Olalere, who at a news conference on Saturday in Ibadan, denied the news of extortion making the round on...

  Two motorcyclists were on Friday night crushed to death in an accident involving two motorcycles and a Leyland truck opposite Forte Oil filling station around Kotopo on the Abeokuta-lbadan road.Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria...