Nigerian government will soon commission its first-ever military jetty in Lagos, designed to boost local defence production and create over 7,000 jobs for retired officers and skilled civilians.  The project by the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria–D7G (DICON-D7G) is located near Tin Can Island Port, will serve as a strategic hub for importing, assembling, and exporting military equipment, marking a major step in Nigeria’s drive for defence self-reliance. DICON-D7G Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Osman Chennar,...

…Slams Party With ₦2m Costs The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging earlier court decisions that restrained the party from proceeding with its controversial national convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State. In a unanimous judgment delivered on Monday, a three-member panel of the appellate court resolved all four issues for determination against the opposition party, holding that the appeal lacked merit and affirming...

To curb the escalation of renewed clashes between Chobo and Bachama communities in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State, which resulted in deaths and loss of properties, the Adamawa State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the Local Government. Lamurde has been a flashpoint for communal crisis over disagreements linked either to lingering farmland disputes or demands by the Chobo community for a separate traditional chieftaincy from the Bachama traditional council. Adamawa State...

Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, has decried the invasion of South-Western Nigeria by terrorists in recent times and urges governments and security agencies to do more in tackling the menace of banditry. Comrade Jare Ajayi, National Publicity Secretary of the socio-political organisation, in a statement on Saturday, predicated the Yoruba people’s concern on the near daily occurrences of the devaluation of human life in some states in the region, going by the barbaric manner in...