Kwara Government Reiterates Commitment to Eradicating Road Encroachment, Clears Some Strategic Locations
The Kwara State Government has again reiterated its commitment to removing any impediment to free flow of both vehicular and human traffic on our roads, especially within Ilorin, the State Capital. A statement by the Ministry’s Press Secretary, Yakub Kamaldeen…
Incidents Of Mass Lootings: Warning Signals Of imminent Armageddon – PRP Warns
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has described recent reports of looting of trucks carrying food items on Nigerian highways and cities as “warning signals of the looming anarchy and turmoil which Nigeria faces in the foreseable future if drastic measures…
How Amotekun Apprehended Suspect for Human Trafficking in Osun
The operatives of the Osun Amotekun Corps announced has apprehended a middle-aged man identified as Isaac Okunu for trafficking five young boys from Akwa-Ibom state to Ajebandele in Osun State without the consent of their parents or relatives. The criminal,…
UNN Host Community Raises Alarm Over Looming Epidemic In Obukpa
Residents of Obukpa Community in university town of Nsukka in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, have raised the alarm over what they described as impending epidemic. The residents, who spoke on Friday, hinged their fears on a leaking…
Beneku Bridge: Goodbye Pontoon, a New Sheriff in Town, Says Izeze
Delta State Commissioner for Works Highways and Urban Roads Comrade Reuben Izeze yesterday said that with the success recorded on the Beneku bridge construction, it’s goodbye to the use of pontoon along the trajectory. He stated this yesterday when he…
Misuse of Soldiers: Enugu Land Grabbing Kingpin Linked to Lagbaja’s Family – NGIJ Investigation Reveals
By NGIJ Team In recent years, Nigeria has been grappling with a pressing issue known as land grabbing, where land rights are violated and increasingly stripped away from local communities and vulnerable individuals. This contentious practice, often fuelled by powerful…
FBI Charges Senior NNPC Official in $2.1m Swiss Oil Company Bribery To Shortchange Nigeria To the Tune of $2.4bn
A lawyer has been charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with multiple felonies arising from an alleged $2.1 million bribe, which he received while serving as an officer at Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The man identified as…
General Lagbaja Lauds Kwara Government For Supporting Family Of Late Major Segun Oni
The Chief of Army Staff, Nigerian Army (NA) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has commended the Kwara State Government for its support to the family of late Major Segun Oni, a gallant and devoted officer of the Nigerian Army, who died…
TCN Loses Two 330kV Transmission Towers To Insurgents in the North
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has suffered major setback after the vandalism and destruction of two of its transmission towers. The destroyed towers are T377 and T378, along the Gombe – Damaturu 330kV transmission line on Friday, February 23,…
Stop Trivializing Terrorism
Until 1.14pm WAT, on September 11, 2011, when 2,996 people were killed in a terror attack on the World Trade Center in New York, I frankly was not very familiar with the word “terrorism.” The frenzy that trailed that very…
Why Integrous, Accountable Judicial Systems Will Strengthen Democracy In West Africa – Tinubu Tells ECOWAS Judges
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his commitment as the Chairman of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government to advancing judicial reforms with determined support, emphasizing that integrous and accountable judicial systems will strengthen democracy across West Africa,…
