Delta State government has advocated strict measures to check drug abuse to reduce the crime rate in the country. The state’s Deputy Governor, Monday Onyeme, who stated this in Asaba, when he received on a courtesy call, state Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Mr. John Tunde, …

The Taraba State House of Assembly has cleared 21 commissioner-nominees comprising of 6 females, the highest in the history of the state. The Chairman, House Committee on Information Honourable Nelson Len who addressed the Press after the session said that all the nominees sent to the House by the State …

The Corporate Affairs Commission CAC will between now and end of July blacklist and close down initial 100, O00 companies that had defied its regulations forthwith. The exercise, which is going to be continuous, will be sustained to instil sanity into the operations of entities.   The Registrar General, Corporate …

A Family Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, again ordered the remand of a prankster, Maruf Abdullahi, aka Trinity Guy, and the parents of a minor to the Agodi Correction Centre until August 31, for allegedly sexually exploiting a 10-year-old girl in the state. Reports emerged that …

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the appointment of Nigeria’s former Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Malam Bukar Tijani as Secretary to Borno State Government. The Governor has also reappointed Professor Isa Hussaini Marte as Chief of Staff.   The two appointments were announced by …

A Federal High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit filed by an aspirant in the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Kogi State, Senator Smart Adeyemi, against the emergence of the candidate of the party, Usman Ododo, saying it lacked merit. …

Nollywood veteran actress, Cynthia Okereke, is dead. The actress, who had featured in scores of movies, was said to have died Tuesday night. Her demise is coming a year after enduring a traumatic kidnapping experience.   The sad news was disclosed by her fellow colleague in the entertainment industry, Joseph …

Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue said he was focused on governance and service delivery to the people and not after his predecessor, Mr Samuel Ortom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Terver Akase, a media aide to Ortom and the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr …

The Election Petition Tribunal in Sokoto state has adjourned sitting to July 19, after Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and it’s 2023 Governorship candidate, Alhaji Sa’idu Umar, closed thier testimonies. This is after the tribunal under the chairmanship of Justice Haruna Mshelia, admitted in exhibits two letters on Sokoto state Deputy …

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of a 24-year-old tiler, Yusuf Ibrahim, for offences bordering on cybercrime. Yusuf was convicted alongside Abdulazeez Ademola and Nurudeen Abdulmajeed by Justice Mahmoud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin.   The …