The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency seized not less than 739,040.46kg of illicit drugs between January and June 2024, PUNCH Online has learnt. The agency also arrested 8,228 (7,330 males, 898 females) drug traffickers; 2,554 (2,436 males, 118 females) cases charged to court, and 1,823 (1,699 males, 124 females) convictions secured within the period. It […]
A non-profit Christian organisation, New Life Research Foundation, has stated its commitment to helping people to hone their talents for academic and research pursuits for spiritual revival, preparing them for effective service in the world. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by NELIREF. According to the statement, NELIREF is dedicated to propelling interdisciplinary, […]
The Vice-Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Prof Edward Olanipekun, said on Wednesday that the university had promoted 70 academic staff of the institution to the rank of professor and 60 others to reader cadre. Olanipekun, who spoke in Ado Ekiti during a chat with journalists, said the institution would soon begin new programmes, […]
Russia on Wednesday battled a major cross-border incursion from Ukraine for a second day, the most serious attack on Russian territory by Kyiv’s forces in months that prompted both countries to evacuate several thousand civilians. A local state of emergency was introduced in Russia’s Kursk region on Wednesday evening, 36 hours after Ukrainian soldiers, tanks […]
The late Gen. Sani Abacha’s Chief Security Officer, Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha, says Western democracy is not working for Nigeria. According to him, Nigeria must develop a system of government that suits its purpose rather than copy what is being practised in America. Describing himself as a democrat now, Al-Mustapha also condemned those calling for a […]
A socio-cultural organisation of Bio ethnic nationality in Akwa Ibon State, Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to drastically reduce his over-bloated Federal Executive Council and faithfully implement the Stephen Orosanye’s Report to reduce the high cost of governance in the country. It further advised the All Progressives Congress-led government to scrap […]
Former local government chairmen in Rivers State, on Wednesday, accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of sponsoring the Tuesday attack by hunger protesters on the Port Harcourt house of his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. While warning that Fubara did not have the monopoly of violence, the ex-LG chairmen threatened to mobilise their men to equally unleash an attack […]
A human and environmental rights activist, Alagoa Morris, has called on the Presidential Amnesty Programme to revisit the PAP Vocational Centre at Boro Town, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The PAP training centre was looted and vandalised in 2019, and starter packs for graduates of the amnesty programmes and training equipment were stolen […]
It has been celebration galore in Egrangbene community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, following a judicial declaration that granted the community autonomy to install its king. Sons and daughters of the community on Tuesday gathered in celebration at the community’s town hall, rejoicing over the judgment delivered by the Delta State High […]
The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board has said it will, between August 8 and 23, interview 8,197 candidates for recruitment as primary school teachers in the state. The 8,197 applicants scored 50 per cent in the computer-based assessment test earlier conducted by OYOSUBEB. In a statement on Wednesday, the OYOSUBEB Chairman, Dr Nureni Adeniran, […]
