The Federal Government has announced that it will pay the backlog of the new ₦77,000 monthly allowance for members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) after several months of delays. The government had announced the allowance increase in September 2024, but despite multiple assurances, the increase has yet to be implemented. Minister of Youth […]
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has lifted a five-year employment embargo, approving the recruitment of 1,000 indigenes into the state civil service. The move, widely celebrated across the state, is aimed at strengthening the workforce and reducing unemployment. The Bayelsa State Civil Service Commission, in a letter dated March 4, 2025, and signed by […]
Suspended Rvers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has denied any links to militant groups, warning against attempts to incite violence or economic sabotage in his name. Fubara made this known in a statement issued on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The governor was reacting to trending videos […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a 42-year-old Indian lady, Ms. Neetu Neetu at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, with 72 parcels of heroin factory sealed in wafer wraps and packaged as chocolates. The class A drug consignment weighing a total of 11 kilogrammes was recovered from […]
In a series of operations conducted from March 17 to 23, 2025, troops of the 6th Division of the Nigerian Army have destroyed 19 artisanal refineries and recovered over 138,000 litres of stolen products in the Niger Delta. The operations, which were carried out jointly with other security agencies, resulted in the arrest of 12 […]
Twelve inmates escaped in a jailbreak in the early hours of Monday in Kogi State. Kogi State Government confirmed this in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Femi Fanwo. He commended the swift response of security agencies to the jailbreak at the Federal Correctional Center in Kotonkarfe, where 12 inmates […]
The World Health Organisation said the cuts in global health funding are threatening to reverse efforts against Tuberculosis. WHO noted that the deadliest infectious disease is responsible for over one million people annually bringing devastating impacts on families and communities. In a message to commemorate the World TB Day themed, “Yes! We Can End TB: […]
Two Nigerians and four other individuals are facing up to 62 years in prison after being charged with a $50 million fraud scheme in the United States. The accused, Solomon Aluko and Nosakhare Nobore, both Nigerian nationals, along with Shan Anand, Nicholas Pappas, Leonard Ujkic, and Jorge Gonzalez, allegedly carried out a multi-year check fraud […]
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has warned 66 new Imo monarchs that anyone who submit false information, including administering oaths to support insecurity and crisis in his community would be dethroned. Uzodimma gave the warning at the Government House, Owerri, at the weekend during the handing over of staff of office and certificates of recognition […]
The Council of Maritime Transport Unions and Association (COMTUA) has in a letter to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and other key stakeholders, threatened to withdraw from participating in the call-up system at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) through the Truck Transit Park Limited (TTP) due to its failure. In the letter, the National President […]
