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FemiO SOME NORTHERNERS  ARE BEGINNING TO SING ABOUT HOW THEY LED NIGERIA TO ITS PRESENT INSECURITY CUL DE SAC   “Six Nigerians – all Northerners – crowd-funded and transferred $782,000 to Boko Haram. They were all jailed in the UAE only for President Buhari’s Attorney – General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, now an […]

Real STRANGE STORY… hmmmm The sum of $7 million was deposited at the headquarters of Providus Bank in Victoria island Lagos on March 26 and 27 this year. The money was deposited under suspicious circumstances in raw cash. Instead of paying it into their customer’s account, the money was deposited into the vaults of ProvidusBank, […]

…Says early intervention necessary to prevent full- blown addiction among youths By Kingsley Omonobi Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brigadier General Mohammed Marwa(retd), has called on families to take proactive steps towards preventing drug abuse among children, including acquiring drug test kits for home use. According to General Marwa, “It […]

By Chioma Obinna As Nigeria continues to grapple with limited access to affordable healthcare, pharmacists are calling for formal recognition as frontline healthcare providers. This year’s World Pharmacists Day, themed “Think Health, Think Pharmacy,” is being used to highlight the evolving and increasingly critical role of pharmacists in healthcare delivery. Across the country, pharmacists are […]

By Favour Ulebor Abuja—No fewer than 750 women from across Nigeria, yesterday, staged a peace walk in Abuja, demanding that lawmakers pass the long-awaited Special Seats Reserved for Women Bill aimed at increasing female representation in governance. The women, drawn from all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, gathered at the Maryam Babangida […]

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA—The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Command, has foiled an attempt to smuggle suspected psychoactive drugs into the Medium Security prison, Kuje. A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Adamu Duza, said the incident occurred on Saturday about 12:45p.m., when a visitor, identified as Njimogu Ikedi, tried to […]

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA—The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has intensified clampdown on illegal transport operators in Abuja, impounding 40 vehicles and 52 motorcycles linked to traffic violations and criminal activities, including the notorious “one chance” robberies. Mandate Secretary of the FCT Transport Secretariat, Mr Chinedu Elechi, said the operation was carried out by a […]

…Demolition not illegal, tenants served notices—New owner By Evelyn Usman The controversy over the demolition of 35 shanty shops on Gasikiya College Road, Ijora-Badia, Lagos, has taken a fresh twist, as Mr. Omopariola Adeleye, the new owner of the disputed one-acre property, has debunked allegations by Mr. Taiwo Alonge-Lawrence, a member of the late Chief […]

By Sola Ogundipe For many residents of Lagos Island and Apapa, two coastal areas vulnerable to flooding and sea-level rise, climate change is no longer an abstract debate on global platforms. Thanks to a new pilot project led by the Lagos State Civil Society Participation for Development (LACSOP) with support from Bread for the World […]

By Peter Duru Makurdi—Eight more bodies of the Police personnel killed last Friday in an ambush by a combined team of armed herdsmen and local militia gangs at Agu Centre, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State have been recovered. The team made up Police personnel and members of the Benue State Civil Protection Guards, […]

By Ebunoluwa Sessou For nine years, she waited. She watched friends cradle their babies. She endured questions from relatives, pity from neighbours, and cruel whispers behind her back. “It must be her fault,” they said. Her husband’s family called her barren. She began to withdraw. Then came the depression. Then the suicidal thoughts once, twice, […]