Winifred Bosa A Brazilian returnee, Igwedum Uche Benson, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos with pellets of cocaine concealed in his private part. According to a press release by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy , […]

The Zamfara State Government has directed residents of the state to obtain guns in order to defend themselves against bandits who appear to be ravaging the state. The directive was contained in a statement by the Commissioner for Information Mr. Ibrahim Dosara . According the government, the measure became necessary following the deteriorating security situation […]

On this year’s World Drug Day, the Christ Against Drug Abuse Ministry, CADAM, has admonished everyone suffering under the scourge of Drug and Substance Abuse not to shy away due to stigma and ostracisation associated with the condition but speak up and reach out for help. CADAM, a faith-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) under the auspices […]

Nigerian writer, speaker and feminist icon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has called for an urgent need to aggressively tackle malaria and other diseases that continue to plague the continent. She spoke on recently at the Kigali Summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) held on the sideline of the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) […]

The Organised Private Sector Exporters Association (OPEXA) has appealed to the National Assembly (NASS) to urgently ratify the approval of the N375 billion Export Expansion Grants (EEG) for exporters.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the N375 billion represents the backlog of the EEG from 2017 to 2020, whose payment was delayed due to […]

Leading Cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement Plc, has launched the Dangote Articulated Truck Driving School in a move aimed at inculcating safe driving culture in its drivers so as to stem the tide of road crashes. The opening of the school in partnership with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the Company management reasoned, would also […]

The newly licensed Mobile Money Payment Service Bank Limited (MOMO PSB) a banking subsidiary of MTN Communications Limited has in less than a month operations suffered a massive fraud worth over N22 billion on its network. Court processes in a suit instituted by the Mobile Money Bank against 18 Banks and obtained by our correspondent […]