Cannabis concealed in three tubers of yam for export to Dubai BY GODDY OBINWA A 56-year-old widow and mother of four, Ajisegiri Kehinde Sidika has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja in Lagos State, South-West Nigeria overContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBI The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, Mallam Mele Kyari, has lamented the spate of oil theft in the country, saying those that engage in the act use technology to lay pipelines. Kyari, who spoke on Channels Television monitored by Frontline Reporters,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Mr Kitack Lim arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos on Sunday evening for the Nigeria International Maritime Summit (NIMS) 2022 An excited Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Bashir Jamoh whoContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola on Saturday disclosed that he has taken Osun economy from depressed state to the path of sustainability. Speaking at the 31st Iragbiji Day, held in Iragbiji, Boripe local government area of the state, he said the lessons he learnt as a youngContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Captain David Mbamara is a retired military officer. He is aspiring to be the next governor of Imo State under the platform of the Labour Party(LP). He is a founding commandant of the Imo State Orientation Agency, and a former governorship candidate of the Social Democratic PartyContinue Reading
…Sack me and face the consequences • As G-5 governors meet in Rivers, say Nigeria is in turmoil • Group renews demand for equity, fairness, justice BY GODDY OBINWA Aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors known as the Integrity Governors (G-5 Governors) have declared that Nigeria is in turmoil andContinue Reading
■ Vigilantes, police to fight bandits, kidnappers BY JAMES AKINOLA A retired commissioner of police, Fatai Owoseni, who is the Special Adviser on Security Matters to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has said the collaboration between Oyo and Ogun States towards checking insecurity on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has been yieldingContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA The presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has stressed that the cost of governance in Nigeria, criminality and corruption within government space has reached an unacceptable level. He said there was need to take drastic measures to reduce the trends. Obi stated this inContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Government in collaboration with the People’s Republic of China has inaugurated the Contemporary World Nigeria Magazine to develop the Africa-Based policies and practical solutions to tackling insecurity in West Africa. Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said during a meeting in Abuja on FridayContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Officers of the Nigerian Customs Service have been asked to rededicate themselves to combating smuggling and other criminal activities for national development. Kanwan Katsina, District Head of Ketare, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara who retired as Comptroller of Customs stated this when a team of officers from theContinue Reading