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The State Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Anambra State Command, Maku Olatunde, has stressed the importance of correct and safe weapon handling for all personnel, warning that any slightest safety breach can have devastating consequences, resulting in casualties. Commandant Maku stated this on Friday, March 14, 2025 during a refresher course organised by the command to upscale ...

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has urged Nigerians to disregard and treat as false news the report that he disrupted Senate plenary for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. This was made known on Friday in a statement by Uchenna Awom, Media Aide to Senator Abaribe. The statement reads, “The attention of the office of Senator ...

  The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Adewole Adebayo, has said President Bola Tinubu will be defeated in the 2027 elections. The SDP chieftain also claimed that his party will produce the next Nigerian President. Adewale stated this on Friday while appearing on Arise Television’s The Morning Show. “Tinubu is going to be removed from power, that ...

                  Over one million Nigerians nationwide will receive a 10kg bag of rice each as the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) Thursday launched the 2025 Annual National Food Intervention Project valued at N16billion. Speaking at the ceremony in Kano, chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, Mr. Aliko Dangote, said the distribution of one million bags of 10kg rice to the poor ...

Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform Committee, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, revealed on Wednesday that Lagos can rake in ₦5trillion Internally Generated Revenue yearly if the right reforms, economic efficiency, competitiveness, harmonization, and transparency are devised for funding of infrastructure, education, and healthcare for her citizens. The Tax Reform Committee chairman disclosed at the launch of the 2025 Lagos Economic ...

The President of Commonwealth Games Nigeria, Engr. Habu Gumel, has observed that the twin challenges of drug use and abuse among youths will destroy communities if society does not take steps to address the issue. Gumel made this observation on Monday, March 10, 2025, during a speech marking the celebration of this year’s Commonwealth Day. The event took place at ...

•Lagos Govt empowers, accredits private professionals as ‘third eye’ to monitor compliance Lagos State Government has rolled out a new regulatory initiative to address the current inadequacies in the built environment. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, launched Certified Accreditors Programme (CAP) — a transformative model designed to foster a safer, more compliant and sustainable urban planning in Lagos. The initiative, ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Anambra State Command working alongside other security agencies, has ramped up efforts to eliminate any sit-at-home threats in the state on Mondays. In a statement signed by the Command’s spokesperson, SC Okadigbo Edwin, the combined security forces are undertaking the large-scale patrols round the state to demonstrate their strength and build confidence across ...

•Governor visits Alaro City, hails government-private partnership Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday said his administration is committed to the delivery of the proposed Lekki International Airport and other iconic infrastructural projects in different parts of the state.  He said regulators in the Aviation industry will arrive in Lagos State next week for a review and site inspection ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Mr Godswill Akpabio to “immediately rescind the patently unlawful suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the purported suspension is based solely on the peaceful exercise of her constitutionally and internationally recognized right to freedom of expression.” SERAP said, “The Senate should immediately reinstate Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan, and revise parliamentary procedures that unduly ...