Ekiti Govt issues advisory to residents on how to manage heat waves

The Ekiti State Ministry of Health and Human Services has sent an advisory to residents urging them to take appropriate caution with current inclement weather and energy (light) situation, which can pose serious health risks. A press statement on Tuesday signed by Dr. Oyebanji Filani, Commissioner for Health and Human Services, noted that to ensure the safety and well-being of our community during such extreme weather events, the government advised the following measures: “Stay Hydrated:...

FG tackles PDP governors for comparing Nigeria to Venezuela

The Federal Government has tackled Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for comparing Nigeria’s economic challenges to that of Venezuela. The Minister of Information & National Orientation, Mohammed Idris in a press statement on Tuesday noted that the Governors owe Nigerians an account of increased allocations The statement read, “We welcome their call for a bipartisan approach to solving our nation’s economic and security problems. “As critical stakeholders and leaders...

Ned Nwoko pushes to legalise gun ownership by civilians for self-defense

Senator Ned Nwoko, the lawmaker representing Delta North senatorial district, wants the Senate to amend the existing law that prohibits Nigerians from bearing firearms for self-defence. The Firearms Control Act No. 32 of 1959 provides that no person shall have in his possession or under his control, any firearm or ammunition except such person has a license from the President or the Inspector General of Police. With the alarming escalation of attacks, abductions for ransom...

Enugu Lawmakers Amends ENSIEC Law, Empowers Commission To Charge Parties

Under order 14 rule 107 subsection 1 of the Enugu State House of Assembly standing orders, the bill for a law to amend the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission Law Cap 59 Revised Laws of Enugu State 2004 HB. 3, 2024, on Tuesday was considered, read for the 3rd time and passed by the Speaker Rt. Hon. Uche Ugwu. Introducing the executive bill to the House, Minority Leader Iloabuchi Aniagu, member representing Nkanu West Constituency...

Niger–Nigeria animosity deepens as governments impose flight restrictions

“The airspace of the Republic of Niger is open to all national and international commercial flights from ground to unlimited except for Nigerian flights to or from Nigeria,” Niamey’s aviation authority announced on 6 February 2024. However, the ban does not apply to commercial flights that transit Nigerien airspace without landing in the country. “On the other hand, the Niger Republic airspace still remains closed for all military, operational and other special flights. These military...

IMF advises Tinubu to scrap electricity subsidy amidst economic crisis

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has praised President Bola Tinubu for embarking on reforms ex-Presidents Muhammadu Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo “shied away from.” According to the IMF, “The new administration has made a strong start, tackling deep-rooted structural issues in challenging circumstances. Immediately, it adopted two policy reforms that its predecessors had shied away from: fuel subsidy removal and the unification of the official exchange rates.” But the global financial institution admitted that...

Two International Trans-border Armed Robbers, Others Apprehended In Adamawa

Two International trans-border armed robbers and two Nigerian accomplices who robbed Adamawa State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Development Mohammed Abubakar Sadiq have been arrested by the Police. The robbers who stormed the residence of the cabinet member inflicted injuries on his body and carted away with a government Hilux car attached to the Commissioner. However, luck ran out of them, when police operatives arrested them while attempting to cross to the Cameroonian Republic and...

Kidnappers Releases 13 Abducted Villages After 62 Days

The 13 villagers kidnapped from their residences at Unguwar Liman, Gwada ward of Igabi LGA of Kaduna state and had spent 62 days in the abductors’ den have regained freedom. The victims were part of the 30 abducted in the community in December 2023. Recall that the kidnappers collected N6.5 million with the agreement to release all the victims but ended up releasing only 17 and demanded an additional N16 million for the others. Malam...

Hoodlums attack NAFDAC officials in Abuja

Some officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) who were on enforcement operation against substandard drugs at Area 1 Motor Park Abuja were attacked by hoodlums on Monday. The NAFDAC officers and journalists were able to scamper for safety after police officers shot into the air several times, and released teargas to disperse the hoodlums. The hoodlums harassed the enforcement officers, including mobile policemen, and stoned the Agency’s vehicle,...

Mama Boko Haram, Two Others Jailed for N40 million fraud

Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has convicted Aisha Alkali Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram, and two others, Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Soyade to 10 years imprisonment for a fraud worth N40 million. The presiding judge, Justice Umaru Fadawu on Monday convicted the trio of Wakil, Daura, and Soyade after they were arraigned by the EFCC on two counts of conspiracy and obtaining by pretense to the tune of forty...

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