By Solomon Odeniyi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a wanted 59-year-old international drug baron, Ogbonnaya Jeff. He was apprehended at his hideout in the Ojo area of Lagos after 17 years of evading authorities. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Monday, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa…
By Ochuko Akuopha ASABA – OBIARUKU community, headquarters of Ukwuani Local Government Area, Delta State, has been thrown into confusion as hoodlums suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, shot dead a leader of the community’s vigilante team. The herdsmen who were armed with guns and other dangerous weapons, it was gathered, had on Sunday, stormed the…
By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday asked the federal government to jettison any planned hike in electricity tariff under any guise, threatening to lead mass resistance against such move. It also threatened to shut down operations of telecommunications companies should they fail to implement the 35 per cent hike in tariff agreed…
By Dirisu Yakubu The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has announced plans to sponsor 2,000 medical surgeries before the end of the second quarter of 2025. The Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ engagement with the National Assembly Press Corps in Abuja on Saturday night. Highlighting the contribution…
By Efe Onodjae National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have called out the Director-General, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, for failing to fulfill his promise made to corps members at the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream II orientation camp in Katsina State. The DG of the scheme, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, had earlier, in January 2025, announced…
By Ayorinde Oluokun The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has said contrary to speculations on the social media, the arrest of 11 people at White Hotel, Chanchangi Local Government Area of Niger state was carried out by its operatives. A report had earlier indicated that the 11 mem were abducted late in the night…
Suspected armed bandits have abducted at least four students from Paris Quarters, located behind the Federal University, Dutsinma, in Katsina State. The incident, disclosed by counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama in a post on his X handle on Sunday, occurred at approximately 2:20 a.m. when a large number of assailants quietly invaded the area and whisked…
Barcelona secured a comfortable 4-0 win over Real Sociedad on Sunday to move back top of La Liga. Aritz Elustondo’s early red card gave Hansi Flick’s side a comfortable afternoon with Gerard Martin, Marc Casado, Ronald Araujo and Robert Lewandowski on the scoresheet. Atletico Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao on Saturday to temporarily knock the Catalans…
By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Nigeria Labour Congress on Sunday directed its affiliates to be on alert for mass action if the Federal Government implements the telecommunication services charge contrary to the terms agreed by the 10-man committee. The decision was taken by the National Executive Council of the NLC during a meeting in Yola,…
By Adesina Wahab Parents, under the aegis of the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, have called on the governments of Bauchi and Katsina states to reverse their decisions to shut down primary and secondary schools during the month of Ramadan because of the fasting of Muslim faithful. Speaking in a chat with Vanguard…
