The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has announced the arrest of a suspected Indian hemp farmer in Sokoto State.

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No fewer than three shops and valuables worth millions of naira were destroyed on Friday by fire at Bakin kasuwa area in Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa.

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Women and youth groups in Kogi on Saturday pleaded with the Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alh. Muritala Yakubu-Ajaka to accept the result of the Nov. 11 governorship election in good faith

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The director of Nicaragua's national beauty pageant and two family members were accused of "treason" on Friday, two weeks after a Nicaraguan woman seen as a symbol of opposition to the government was crowned Miss Universe.

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The United Nations called Saturday for nations to rescue hundreds of Rohingya it said were trapped onboard two unseaworthy vessels adrift in the Andaman Sea.

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Rock Foundation for Widows, Orphans & Less Privileged (ROFWOL), a non-profit organisation committed to empowering underprivileged children and poor widows, has unfolded plans to tackle cervical cancer and related ailments affecting underprivileged Nigerians, particularly children and widows.

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The Chairman House Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria (ATM) Control, Amobi Ogah, has said the House of Representatives would ensure full operationalisation of HIV/AIDS Anti-Discrimination Act (2014) to address discrimination at workplaces. Ogah disclosed this on Friday in Abuja, during an awareness walk organised by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) saying the intervention is the […]

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Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) students had a transformative experience on Wednesday, November 29, when they met with Valentine Ozigbo, a renowned business leader, politician, and philanthropist, at the 2023 Unizik Students Entrepreneurship Development Programme. Organized by the Vice President of the Student Union Government (SUG) and held at the Chike Okoli Centre for Entrepreneurship Studies […]

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A-list Hollywood actress Julia Roberts recently shared her unwavering support for Manchester United, expressing how she and her family became devoted fans. During her appearance on the Graham Norton Show, Roberts revealed that her love for football and the club grew after attending a pre-season game between Manchester United and Arsenal in New York. The […]

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A nation's economic development story is incomplete without recognizing the pivotal role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) at all levels of the country. Countries like America, China, and others have thrived due to the emergence of SMEs, while the poverty in many developing nations can be linked to the neglect of these crucial entities. […]

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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appealed for sustainable private and philanthropic financing to address the state’s inadequate water infrastructure at a United Nations climate change conference-side event in Dubai on Friday. With over 22 million residents, Sanwo-Olu revealed Lagos only gets 210 million gallons of its 700 million daily potable water needs. “Given our

The Imo State Chapter of the Labour Party on Saturday raised the alarm that the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state was disobeying a court order for it to inspect the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System used in the conduct of the November 11 governorship election. The LP chairman in the state, Callistus Ihejiagwa, who

A video capturing the moment a Caucasian woman attempted to obstruct President Tinubu during a group photograph with Prince Charles and other dignitaries, has gone viral on social media. The video, posted by photographer Tolani Alli on her X account, was taken at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai on Friday, December

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Sokoto State office, on Friday, arrested one Anas Sani, 32, discovered to be an Indian hemp farmer in the state. The agency’s state Commander,  Iro Adamu, in his remarks, said the discovery was made last Friday night at the Sanyinna area in Tambuwal Local Government Area of the state,

An Anambra pupil, Precious Mbajiorgu, has been declared the best candidate in the category of visually impaired students in Nigeria in the 2022 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination conducted by the West African Examinations Council. Mbajiorgu, who sat for the examination at St. John of God Secondary School in Awka, was declared the winner of

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has named new chairmen and deputy chairmen for Standing Committees of the House. At the end of the debate on the general principles of the proposed 2024 budget of N27.5 trillion on Friday, the Speaker, who presided over the session, made the announcement on the floor

The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations has vowed to clamp down on quacks dragging the name of the institution in the mud. This is even as the NIPR also noted that some people were masquerading as practitioners without licences. While the institute said that the grace time is running out, it added that the deadline

The Niger State Government has disclosed that it will build the first-ever sports arena in the state worth $100 million. The state governor, Mohammed Bago, said the sports arena which is to be built between Abuja and Suleija is part of his commitment to sports development in the state. He made this known on Saturday

A 20-year-old nursing student was reportedly killed by her boyfriend at a hotel in Chennai, who then shared a picture of the deceased on his WhatsApp status, India police said on Saturday. Chennai is a city located in the southern part of India. India Today reports that the murder was discovered when friends of the

The immediate past Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has projected a sustained boom for the nation’s construction sector, citing huge unfinished and emerging infrastructure demands that policy outlooks are primed to unlock. Delivering a keynote speech at a Julius Berger Nigeria dinner in Lagos on Thursday, Fashola said, “The outlook of the

The Economic Community of West African States has strongly condemned an outbreak of fighting on Friday in Guinea-Bissau, where the situation had returned to calm Saturday. Clashes between members of the national guard and special forces of the presidential guard broke out Thursday night in the capital Bissau, leaving two dead. ECOWAS stated in a

Three traditional rulers from Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have been confirmed dead in an auto crash in the state on Friday. Nine other persons were also said to have been injured in a separate accident on the same day. Eyewitnesses told PUNCH Online that the affected monarchs lost their lives in a

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc has announced a five-day power outage in some parts of Anambra State. The organisation said the outage is to enable the Transmission Company of Nigeria engineers to carry out maintenance on their facility. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday by the Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka

A bride-to-be, Florence Nwankpa, has shared how she met her fiance on the popular social platform, 2go, 12 years ago. Nwankpa made this known on her Instagram account on Friday, sharing a throwback photo with her partner, as well as recent prewedding photos.   She wrote,“To God be the glory 🙏. To every love, there

No fewer than 50 students from the University College Dublin have been involved in the construction of the Republic of Ireland’s first successfully launched satellite, BBC reports Saturday. The satellite, EIRSAT-1 is a two-unit CubeSat [miniature cube satellite] equipped with three experiments and was deployed into orbit from a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket on Friday

The Federal Government said it is working with the United States, the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS,  and the Global Fund on an initiative aimed at ensuring country ownership and sustainability of national response to HIV-AIDS beyond 2030. The collaboration came just as the Secretary to the Government of Federation, Senator George Akume, revealed that

Indications emerged on Friday that the National Assembly would pass the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N27.5tn on Tuesday, December 19. The Senate and the House of Representatives had earlier on Friday passed the ‘Renewed Hope’ budget for second reading. The Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, hinted during the plenary that the budget might be passed

Governor Alex Otti has concluded plans to increase the salaries of the Abia State workforce. Otti disclosed this in Umuahia on Friday night during a media parley with journalists, stating that he is engaging with stakeholders to improve the minimum wage of the state workers and that soonest, the package would be made public. The

The Nigerian Army, 29 Battalion under the 6 Division, Port Harcourt, has distributed 10,000 exercise books to students at the Community Secondary School, Ebubu, in the Eleme Local Government Area of the Rivers State. Also, the Army distributed palliatives to widows and orphans in Ebubu and Aleto communities, as well as in Eleme LGA. The