Police and other security operatives in Anambra have destroyed a criminal camp at Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed this in a statement on Saturday in Onitsha. He said the sting operation was undertaken by the police-led Joint Security Team comprising…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has disclosed that the Federal Ministry of Education is proposing an extension of the national service duration from one to two years. The proposal was made public in a statement issued on Saturday by the NYSC’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Caroline Embu. The development was…
Some of the beneficiaries displaying their Cheques. By Anietie Akpan Governor Uno Eno of Akwa Ibom state has splashed N335m for Oro Farmersand Entrepreneurs as he intensifies his empowerment drive in the state. This happened on Saturday, April 5, at the Town Square meeting organized to afford Oron Federal Constituency opportunity to avail the Governor…
The police have invited the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, to Abuja, the nation’s capital, over an alleged murder during the last Sunday’s sallah festivities in Kano. The police in Kano had earlier said they were probing the killing of a man during the procession on Sunday. The violence occurred after Emir Sanusi returned home…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday supplied a total of $197.71 million to the foreign exchange market through sales to authourised dealers. The apex bank’s Director of Financial Markets Department, Dr Omolara Duke, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. She said the intervention aligned with the CBN’s commitment to the…
