Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Friday urged the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig-Gen Buba Marwa (retd.), to expose and prosecute corrupt officers in the anti-narcotics agency involved in an alleged diversion of N20 billion budgetary allocation to the agency. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade …
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The 2022/2023 UEFA Europa League group stage draw has been released. The Europa League draw was conducted in Istanbul, Turkey. The draw, streamed on the UEFA website, was released on Friday. See full fixtures below: Group A: Arsenal, PSV Eindhoven, FK Bodø/Glimt, Zurich Group B: Dynamo Kyiv, Rennes, Fenerbahçe, AEK …
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Communities in Kibori to Kigudu Sabon Kaura in Zango Kataf Local government Area of Kaduna State will soon breathe a sigh of relief, as the Federal Government through the Ecological Project Office, has awarded a contract for the construction of a bridge. Aside from the bridge, the project will also …
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THE governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe, has said the 2023 general election would be a watershed event in the political history of Nigeria. Abe, who said this at the official commissioning of the SDP constituency office in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of …
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THE South-East Forum of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria in an emergency meeting on Thursday called on the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, to direct the reopening of its National Secretariat in Lagos sealed by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police. It condemned the invasion of …
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The Amazaba community in eastern Obolo council area of Akwa Ibom State has decried the attack by its Ikot Akpan Udo neighbour in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area, adding that such action could impede the ongoing efforts by the state government to resolve the 14-year-old crisis. Communal crisis had broken …
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Akwa Ibom State Government has described recent reports on the prevalence of out-of-school children in the state as misleading, mischievous and politically motivated. A report claimed that Akwa Ibom had a prevalence of out-of-school children while another ranked the performance of the state in the West African Senior School Certificate …
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A 200-level student of Education Management, Federal University, Dustin-ma, Najib Shehu, has been paraded by the Katsina State Police Command over the death of his 60-year-old stepmother, Asiya Mohammed. PUNCH Metro gathered that Najib alongside his father and Asiya were at home when an argument ensued between the undergraduate and his …
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ONDO State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Thursday, disclosed his next career alternative after leaving office in 2023, is to become a global christian musician. The governor said this when he presented his remark, during the Deeper Life Bible Church Global Crusade, with the theme: ‘Triumphant Power’, in Ondo state According …
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THE Naira on Thursday appreciated after a three-day loss against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N430.67. The figure represented an increase of 0.08 per cent, compared with N431 it exchanged for the dollar on Wednesday. The open indicative rate closed at N429.75 to the dollar …
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