Marwa commiserates with Borno residents over flood disaster

Marwa commiserates with Borno residents over flood disaster

By Oluwakemi kindness The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, retired Brigadier General, Mohamed Buba Marwa, has expressed his heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the government and people of Borno state over the recent devastating flood disaster that has displaced thousands of residents and damaged several properties. Marwa who is a former Military Governor of the old Borno state in his condolence message to the state governor, Professor Babagana […]

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Business

NEPZA licences $150m investment portfolio Free Zone in FCT

By Oluwakemi kindness The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has again boosted the country’s manufacturing and export indexes with the licencing of Abuja Industrial Park (ZEBERCED) Free Zone with initial one hundred and fifty million U.S dollar investment portfolio. Managing Director of NEPZA, Dr. Olufemi Ogunyemi, in a remark, while handing over the Operating Licence to the Turkish owners of the private zone, revealed that the new business ecosystem […]

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Economy

Inflation : Federal Government proposes temporary zero duty on food

By Oluwakemi kindness In a decisive move to combat soaring food prices and alleviate the burden of inflation on Nigerians, the Federal Government has proposed a temporary zero-duty levy on selected food imports. This strategic initiative announced by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun aims to increase food availability, reduce prices as well as provide immediate relief to citizens. According to a statement […]

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Police Affairs inaugurates delivery task team

By Oluwakemi kindness The Ministry of Police Affairs has inaugurated a Delivery Task Team that will assist in tracking the implementation of Presidential Priorities and Ministerial Deliverables in the Ministry and its Agencies. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Police Affairs, James Sule, while inaugurating the team say the key role of the Delivery Officers and members of the Ministerial Delivery Task Team is to gather, analyze, and provide data on Ministerial […]

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Use FCT To Test Run State Police, FCT Lawmaker Tells Tinubu

By Chinedu Echianu The lawmaker representing Abuja Municipal and Bwari Area Councils in the House of Representatives, Hon. Joshua Chinedu-Obika has made a passionate appeal to President Bola Tinubu to consider adopting the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for a pilot scheme in state policing as a way of tackling what he described as the alarming and unprecedented rate of insecurity in the nation's capital. Speaking in an interview with Democracy […]

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Southern senators mourn late hajiya yar’ adua

By Anayo Akwitti Nigerian Southern Senators Forum has expressed sadness and commiserated with Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar' Adua and the entire Yar'Adua family over the passage of their matriarch Hajiya Dada Musa Yar' Adua. In a statement personally signed by the Chairman of the forum,Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, the lawmaker eulogised the Hajiya Yar' Adua on behalf of his colleagues. "I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of […]

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NUJ Releases Guidelines for 2024 Triennial Delegates’ Conference in Owerri”

By Anayo Akwiti The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Credentials Committee has released guidelines and timetable for the 8th Triennial Delegates' Conference (Owerri 2024) . A statement by the Chairman of the committee, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu and Secretary, Ademu Seidu Haruna, notes that the conference will hold in November, 2024, in Imo State. According to the statement, all the contestants are expected to avail themselves with the constitution of NUJ […]

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Police Declare Briton & Lucky Obiyan Wanted For Attempting To Overthrow Tinubu

By Oluwakemi Kindness. The Nigeria Police Force, on Monday, declared a British national, Andrew Wynne, also known as Andrew Povich, and a Nigerian, Lucky Obiyan, wanted for allegedly plotting to overthrow the President Bola Tinubu’s led government. Speaking during a Press Conference in Abuja on Monday, the Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, accused the British national of building a network of sleeper cells to topple the government and plunge the nation […]

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Global, national partners rally support for NDLEA’s alternative development project

By Oluwakemi Kindness International partners and local stakeholders in the global effort to combat the scourge of illicit drug trafficking have expressed their preparedness to support the Alternative Development Project of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The Alternative Development Project is an initiative aimed at encouraging illicit drug producers and dealers to engage in lawful and productive business opportunities. They made the commitments in their remarks during the opening […]

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