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March 31, 2025 No Responses

PDP Tackles Okpebholo Over Security Challenges In Edo

Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blamed Governor Monday Okpebholo for the ‘security situation” in the state, which the party linked to the recent killing of travelers in Uromi. In a statement signed by the Edo...

January 24, 2025 No Responses

Senate Rejects Securities Tribunal’s 2025 Budget

The Senate Committee on Capital Market has rejected the 2025 budget proposal of the Investments and Securities Tribunal (IST) owing to discrepancies and errors in the figures and items presented. The decision was made on Thursday during the tribunal’s budget...

December 27, 2024 No Responses

Nigerian Air Force Records 20,000 Flight Hours In 2024

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has commended operatives of the Nigerian Air Force for their resilience in 2024, saying the Force has logged nearly 20,000 flight hours in the course of its operations within the year....

December 23, 2024 No Responses

FG Lifts Ban On Mining In Zamfara

Five years after, the Federal Government has lifted the ban on mining activities in Zamfara State. A statement issued on Sunday by the Ministry’s spokesman, Segun Tomori explained that the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, disclosed t...

December 12, 2024 No Responses

NIMASA Harps On Support, Protection For Nigerian Dockworkers

The safety of dockworkers in their workplace is a right and not a privilege, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA),declared and Wednesday and urged employers of labour to renew their commitment to improved workplace safety for the Nig...

November 4, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Seizes N4.5b Cocaine At Lagos Airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has curtailed efforts by members of an international drug syndicate operating between Brazil, Ethiopia and Nigeria to smuggle into Nigeria 845 wraps of cocaine weighing 18.72 kilogrammes through Murtala Muhammed...

September 16, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Declares 281 Inmates Missing

The Nigerian Correctional Service has declared 281 inmates missing in the medium correctional centre in Maiduguri after the evacuation of inmates by officers of the service with support from sister security agencies. A statement by the service spokesman Abubak...

August 25, 2024 No Responses

Why I Resigned As NIA DG, By Ahmed Abubakar

The Director General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Abubakar, on Saturday tendered his resignation letter to President Bola Tinubu. Briefing journalists at the State House after meeting with President Tinubu, the former NIA boss cited personal and ...

August 13, 2024 No Responses

NIMC Reaffirms Commitment To Protection Of NIN Database

The Director General/Chief Executive Officer of NIMC, Engr Abisoye Coker-Odusote, has reiterated the safety and protection of data in its National Identity Database (NIDB) as the country commemorates the National Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) ...

August 7, 2024 No Responses

At SPE NAICE Conference, Seplat Energy Harps On Energy Security In Nigeria

July 28, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Fortifies Security At Borders

The Nigerian Government has ordered tightened security at the country’s border owing to the planned nationwide protest over the prevalent economic hardship in the country. In a statement, the spokesman of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) KT U...

July 27, 2024 No Responses

National Assembly Moves To Strengthen NIMC Act

The National Assembly, as part of the moves to strengthen the regulatory function of the National Identity Management Commission, has embarked on repealing and enacting the NIMC Act No. 23. The NIMC Bill represents a significant legislative endeavour to ...

July 25, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Customs Partners US Customs & Border Protection To Combat Illicit Trade

The Nigeria Customs Service is collaborating with the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to curb the flow of illicit drugs and arms into the West African nation.In an exclusive interview with the...

July 15, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Impound Cocaine, Tramadol Hidden In Shoes, Custard Containers

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered parcels of cocaine hidden in the soles of shoes bound for Europe. Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, shared videos of the seized contraband on X on Sunday,...