The Police Command in Ondo State has confirmed the sudden death of a woman at Ilara-Mokin junction in Ifedore Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the woman died after taking her child to the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) centre at
Mr Ben Akabueze, a former Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, says more than 56,000 government projects remain uncompleted across Nigeria, highlighting gaps in the country’s public finance system. Akabueze said this on Monday at a policy dialogue organised by the National Assembly’s Joint Committees on National Planning
President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a new campus of the Nigeria Police Academy in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. The president also approved a special take-off grant of N15 billion for the institution. This was contained in a statement issued by Presidential Spokesperson,
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Osun Command, says it has arrested 170 illicit drug trafficking suspects in the state from January to March. This is contained in the command’s quarterly reports made available to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Monday in Osogbo. The agency said the 170
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Olufemi Oluyede, has charged troops of Operation Fansan Yamma (OPFY) to flush out remnants of bandits and criminal elements in the North-West region. Oluyede gave the charge during his maiden operational visit to troops under the OPFY in Gusau, Zamfara, on Monday. The
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked a commercial bus operated by GUO Transport Company along the busy Ore–Benin expressway, killing the driver and abducting several passengers in what underscores Nigeria’s deepening insecurity on major highways. Reports indicate that the assailants ambushed the Southeast-bound vehicle, opened fire on the driver,