Operatives of the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Maritime Command have recovered 287 stolen containers belonging to international shipping companies. The operatives also intercepted a 40ft container allegedly loaded with contraband items including mayonnaise smuggled into the country from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).   The AIG in charge …

It was a groundbreaking research feat for Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, as the university received the approval of the National Agency For Food And Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC), for its GLOCOZIL medicine for the treatment of diabetes. In what turned out to be double wins, the university also …

Reports gathered that the Court of Appeal has affirmed Lamidi Apapa as the authentic national chairman of the Labour Party (LP). The court’s decision on Thursday follows a legal battle between Apapa and Julius Abure, who had been declared the LP chairman by an Appeal Court earlier in August.   …

Princess Oladunni Odu, the Secretary to the Ondo State Government, has declared her intention to contest the 2024 governorship election in the state. Reports gathered that Odu made the declaration at an interactive session with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Akure.   She …

Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has handed 1,000 life jackets to the people of Patigi, a riverine community in the state. AbdulRazaq handed the life jackets to the Etsu Patigi, Alhaji Umar Bologi II, shortly after a meeting with some first class monarchs who had come to the government House, …

Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has clarified the myriad of insinuations trailing the N5 billion palliative given to each state of the federation, saying it is not a free launch, part of it is a loan that each state must repay. The governor, who disclosed this on Monday at …

Directors in ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Civil Service have reportedly defy the Federal Government’s directive which mandates them to go on compulsory retirement. The directors, who have spent eight years at their positions, were reportedly given the directive on July 27, 2023.   However,  reports emerged …

Men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun, have arrested nine suspected kidnappers in various locations across the Akoko area of the state. The State Commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, disclosed this in Akure, the state capital while parading the nine suspected kidnappers and 22 other suspects …

The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has resumed office with the minister of state, Mariya Mahmud. They arrived at FCTA at about 1:20 pm after the swearing-in ceremony at the presidential villa.   The former Rivers state governor was accompanied by a large crowd into the …

The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, on Monday afternoon, departed Abuja for Johannesburg, South Africa, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 15th BRICS Summit of Heads of State and Government. Vice President Shettima will be joining other business and political leaders across the world at the Summit scheduled for the …