Tinubu signs N28.7trillion 2024 Budget into law

President Bola Tinubu has signed the N28.7 trillion 2024 Budget into law. The President assented to the Appropriation Bill at a brief ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday. Present at the ceremony were the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill

Japa: 10,697 medical laboratory scientists left Nigeria – Registrar

The Registrar, Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, MLSCN, Tosan Erhabor, says so far a total of 10,697 medical laboratory scientists had left the country. Erhabor revealed this to newsmen, saying that a policy is being put together by the Federal Ministry of

Imo State Police Command is commercialized – HURIWA

Civil rights advocacy group: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has expressed utter shock, consternation and disappointment that even when the policing institution in the country has become so unpopular in terms of corporate image due to pervasive corruption and pursuit of

2023 year of enormous suffering, violence — UN

The United Nations has lamented that 2023 was the year of suffering and violence across the countries. The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres disclosed this in a solemn video message released on the eve of 2024. Recalled that there was an insurrection that broke

Kano NDLEA arrests over 1000 drug suspects, seizes illicit drugs

NDLEA arrested 1,016 suspects and seized nine tons of illicit drugs in Kano State in 2023. The Commandant of the agency in Kano State, Mr Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, speaking on Sunday in Kano noted that the suspects arrested were 40 females and 976 males.

Be ready to give us information on how your resources are used – EFCC to Nigerians

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has encouraged Nigerians at the local government level to be ready and willing to offer information to the anti-graft agency at all times on how their resources are being used. A statement

Hit and run driver kills pedestrian in Lagos

Less than 48 hours to the New Year, a hit and run driver ended the life of a pedestrian on Saturday in Lagos. The Lagos Territorial Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, disclosed this in a statement released

Police detain woman for shooting Police lover in Imo

The Nigeria Police Force, Imo State Command has arrested 23-year-old, Amanda Uchechi, for allegedly killing her police lover on Tuesday night. This was confirmed in a press statement released by the command spokesman, Henry Okoye who revealed that the suspected murder incident occurred

Senate summons security chiefs over Plateau massacre

The Senate has summoned Security Chiefs over the Christmas Eve attacks on Plateau communities. The incident occurred on December 23, 2023 and snowballed to 24 while residents were preparing for the Christmas celebration. Houses were razed and properties were looted during the attacks.

NSCDC decorates 1,000 promoted officers in FCT

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Federal Capital Terrritory, FCT, Command has decorated about 1,000 newly promoted officers. The decoration took place at headquarters of the Command in Abuja, during its 2023 end of year fiesta. The officers were among 21,000