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An electricity cables vandal has been arrested while stealing power cables and other items from an electricity transformer in Calabar, the Cross River State. The suspect whose name is given as Okon was arrested at Marian by Atekong Drive, the hub of nightlife in Calabar by members of the community who handed him over to […]

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has launched a manhunt for a Lekki, Lagos-based notorious drug dealer, Sowunmi Ayodeji Kayode, who is now on the run after driving his luxury car to crush an officer of the Agency in his bid to escape arrest when operatives were on a search of his house last weekend. […]

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has urged prepaid meter users to update their meters before November 2024. NERC shared the update on its X handle (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday. The electricity regulatory commission added that the update, which is free of charge, would not affect the current prepaid units of users. It further advised users […]

The House of Representatives has issued a final warning to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government who failed to appear before it. Rep. Yusuf Gagdi, the Chairman Ad hoc committee probing job racketeering and mismanagement of Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), gave the warning at its resumed sitting in Abuja on Wednesday. […]

Minister of Education,Prof. Tahir Mamman, SAN, has said the federal government is committed to repositioning and revitalizing the entire education sector for a quickened socio-economic development of Nigeria. He said the president,Bola Ahmed Tinubu has since demonstrated his commitment to effecting positive changes in the sector through some of his major pronouncements since assuming leadership […]

Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have apprehended 39 suspected criminals for various offences ranging from banditry to kidnapping, armed robbery, and illegal possession of firearms as well as recovery of arms and hard drugs in the Joint Operation Area of Operation Hakorin Damisa IV. The OPSH Media Information Officer, Captain Oya James, in a […]

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), via its Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), has come out to say it will crush all impounded vehicles and prosecute owners of rickety vehicles and those operating illegal motor parks. DRTS’ Head of Operations, Mrs Deborah Osho, stated this in Abuja on Tuesday during the ongoing operations to […]

Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued a twenty-seven-year-old Chibok schoolgirl Mary Nkeki, nine years after her abduction. She was paraded at the headquarters of Operation Hadin Kai Theatre command in Maiduguri, Borno State on Monday. Being number fifty-five on the list of abducted schoolgirls, Mary said her Boko Haram husband Adam facilitated her escape […]

Former President of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria’s oil minister, the United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Tuesday. Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail since first being arrested in London in October 2015. She will appear […]

On resumption of office as the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong has promised to resolve all pending labour disputes by working closely with the two labour groups – the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria. (TUC) Lalong also assured to address with strong determination the new minimum wage and […]