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Fentanyl: NDLEA busts lethal drug syndicate, arrests members in Anambra

Fentanyl: NDLEA busts lethal drug syndicate, arrests members in Anambra

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested members of a syndicate involved in the illicit importation and trafficking of lethal synthetic opioid, Fentanyl, a drug which is 100 times stronger than Tramadol and capable of causing mass casualty among the youth population being targeted by the cartels. A statement released by...

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British Monarch, King Charles Writes President Tinubu, Lays Out Expectations

British Monarch, King Charles Writes President Tinubu, Lays Out Expectations

King Charles III of the United Kingdom on Tuesday wrote to the new Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, congratulating him and his Vice, Kashim Shettima, for assumption of office after their inauguration on Monday. King Charles in the congratulatory message to Tinubu said that the UK government looked forward to building a deeper relationship and friendship...

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Nationwide Industrial Strike Looms – Civil Societies Warn President Tinubu, Reject Planned Fuel Subsidy Removal

Nationwide Industrial Strike Looms – Civil Societies Warn President Tinubu, Reject Planned Fuel Subsidy Removal

ome civil society organisations have called on Nigerians to reject the fuel subsidy removal by the new administration of President Bola Tinubu, as angry reactions continued to trail his declaration on Monday. Describing such pronouncement as an anti-poor and neo-liberal policy, they regretted that President Tinubu was not as vehement and declarative with plans to...

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BREAKING: Court Sentences Hilton Hotel Owner, Dr Adedoyin To Death For OAU Student, Adegoke’s Murder

BREAKING: Court Sentences Hilton Hotel Owner, Dr Adedoyin To Death For OAU Student, Adegoke’s Murder

he Osun State Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo has declared that Dr Rahman Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotel Ile-Ife, where Timothy Adegoke, an Obafemi Awolowo University postgraduate student was allegedly killed, should die by hanging. Earlier, the court found Adedoyin culpable of murder. The Chief Judge in her judgement said the owner of the hotel...

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Court Upholds ‘No Work, No Pay’ Rule Against Nigerian University Lecturers, ASUU, During Recent Eight-Month Strike

Court Upholds ‘No Work, No Pay’ Rule Against Nigerian University Lecturers, ASUU, During Recent Eight-Month Strike

The National Industrial Court (NIC) has upheld the Nigerian government’s “no work, no pay” policy in the suit filed against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) following the university teaching staff union’s eight months industrial action in 2022. The Nigerian Government had filed a suit before the NIC against ASUU over the demand of...

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Ohanaeze tasks South-East governors on unity

Ohanaeze tasks South-East governors on unity

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has called for coordination and understanding among the South-East governors to propel the zone forward. The National Publicity Secretary of the group, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, made the appeal during the inauguration/ swearing-in ceremony of Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State on Monday in Enugu. Ogbonnia said coordination...

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Obi, Datti, Keyamo present as tribunal resumes hearing

Obi, Datti, Keyamo present as tribunal resumes hearing

The presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed, are currently in attendance at the ongoing presidential election tribunal Ugamatv reports. Former minister of state for labour and employment, Festus Keyamo, is also present at the tribunal and appearing as a counsel in the legal team of President Bola Tinubu....

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Scrap Niger Delta Affairs ministry, Kalu tells Tinubu

Scrap Niger Delta Affairs ministry, Kalu tells Tinubu

Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, has called on President Bola Tinubu to scrap the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs because it is a duplication of the Niger Delta Development Commission. Kalu said this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. He congratulated Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima on their successful assumption of...

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Hoard fuel, lose your land – Edo state govt warns fuel stations

Hoard fuel, lose your land – Edo state govt warns fuel stations

The Edo state government has threatened to revoke the land of any fuel station found hoarding petrol. Fuel scarcity surfaced in many parts of the country on Monday May 29 shortly after President Bola Tinubu announced that the era of Fuel subsidy is over.  Many Nigerians thought this will immediately mean a spike in petrol...