No fewer than 200 persons were arrested and charged before mobile courts across Kwara state during Saturday’s environmental sanitation exercise for violating Kwara State environmental law. The spokesman of the state Ministry of Environment, Kamaldeen Aliagan in a statement in Ilorin on Sunday, said the Commissioner for Environment, Nafisat Musa Buge, She warned residents and commercial transporters against violating the environmental law of the state during the monthly sanitation exercise. The commissioner urged residents to...

Disturbed by the lack of electricity in some parts of Northern Nigeria for some days, the Northern Senators Forum has asked the federal government to swiftly restore electricity supply in the affected states. Some parts of the North are experiencing blackout following a fault at the 330kV DC Transmission Line. The incident, which caused a blackout in the North-East, North-West and parts of the North-Central, affected the line that is supposed to be a backup...

The alleged plan by the Federal Government to legalize abortion in the country has been opposed by the Catholic Church in Nigeria. It was reported that the Health Promotion Department of the Federal Ministry of Health is reviewing sections of the Criminal Code to decriminalize abortion, aimed at expanding access to safe termination of pregnancies and reducing maternal deaths. The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), in a statement signed by its Secretary General, Very Rev....

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has blamed smugglers and grain hoarders for being responsible for persistent hikes in food prices in Nigeria. Tunji Bello, Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC made the blame at a town hall meeting with industry leaders, micro, small and medium enterprises, MSMEs, market heads, farmers, transporters, and service providers on Wednesday in Kano. Bello said: “In addition to grain hoarding, also identified price fixing and artificial barriers imposed by market...

Following drug allegations against the Senate’s deputy leader, Senator Oyelola Yisa Ashiru (APC Kwara South), the Senate has constituted a six-member ad hoc committee headed by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe to investigate the matter. The constitution of the committee followed a ‘personal explanation’ by Ashiru under Order 42, of the Senate rules, in which the lawmaker said his privileges were breached by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Senate President Godswill Akpabio charged the ad...