Borno South Stakeholders Insist on Shift of Senate Seat to Other Local Govts

Borno South Stakeholders Insist on Shift of Senate Seat to Other Local Govts

Some stakeholders in Southern Borno politics have insisted on the need to give opportunities to another of the nine local governments in the senatorial district to present the next Senator. Since the return to democratic governance in 1999, only Gwoza has presented…

2015 Hajj Stampede: FG commends Saudi Arabia over Compensation

2015 Hajj Stampede: FG commends Saudi Arabia over Compensation

The Federal Government of Nigeria has commended Saudi Authority over compensation of Nigerians who died in the 2015 during the annual pilgrimage to Holy sites in the Islamic country. Five Nigerians lost their lives and two sustained various degree of injuries, however…

NDLEA Intercepts 1.9 Million Tablets Of Tramadol, Codeine At Lagos Airport

NDLEA Intercepts 1.9 Million Tablets Of Tramadol, Codeine At Lagos Airport

Operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the latest clampdown on drug trafficking, have seized over 1.9 million tablets of Tramadol and Codeine imported into the country from Pakistan and United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. A…

Police Must Produce Alozie’s Case File, We Can Not Shift Ground -IIP-SARS

Police Must Produce Alozie’s Case File, We Can Not Shift Ground -IIP-SARS

For the umpteenth time at the independent Investigative Panel on defunct SARS and other units of the Nigerian Police Force, the orders of the panel were again flagrantly disobeyed by the Commissioner of Police Legal, Mr. Ogbeh Ochogwu, of the Force Head…

208 million people still openly defecate in Africa-UNICEF/WHO

208 million people still openly defecate in Africa-UNICEF/WHO

Two hundred and eight (208) million people still openly defecate in Africa with 839 million deprived of basic hygiene services, according to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)/World Health Organisation (WHO) special report focused on Africa. The report also revealed that 418 million…