The Minister of Youth Development, Mr Ayodele Olawande, says the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) remains Nigeria’s strongest platform for building friendships across ethnic and religious divides. Olawande stated this on Friday in Abuja during the command performance and anniversary lecture commemorating the 53rd anniversary of the scheme. He said
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the staff for the remarkable achievement in busting a Nigerian-Mexican drug syndicate and dismantling a highly sophisticated multi-million-dollar illegal drug production network in the country. Chairman of the agency, Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), on
Vice President Kashim Shettima, has tasked military commanders on sustaining coordinated pressure on terrorist groups while strengthening intelligence, technology and civil-military cooperation to consolidate gains in the North-East. Shettima gave the charge in Abuja at the public presentation of “Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency Operations in North East Nigeria”, volumes 1 and
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake has said that the removal of fuel subsidy by the President Bola Tinubu’s administration in 2023 stopped Nigeria’s economy from crashing. Alake stated this at the 2026 Nigeria Revenue Service- Ministry of Solid Minerals Development (NRS-MSMD) Joint Stakeholder Sensitisation programme (North Central).
As NDLEA commissions own radio station, Clean Beat 91.5FM Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has urged Nigerians to rise and counter the toxic pop-culture that glamourizes abuse of illicit substances as an acceptable way of life especially among
The equities market reversed its recent bullish run on Wednesday as investors’ wealth fell by N1.619 trillion amid widespread selloffs in key mid- and large-cap stocks. Selloffs in heavyweight and mid-cap stocks such as BUA Cement, CAP, E-Tranzact International, International Breweries, Deap Capital Management and 20 other stocks dragged the
A former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says he will scrap the federal character principle if elected president in 2027, insisting that all Nigerians should enjoy equal citizenship rights. Amaechi, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), made this known shortly after appearing before the
.Recovers N480 bn meth, precursors from massive clandestine lab in Ogun forest .Nigeria now a hostile ground for criminal business, Marwa warns cartels, barons The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dealt another crippling blow to transnational organized crime by completely dismantling a highly sophisticated, multi-million-dollar Nigerian- Mexican methamphetamine
The Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), Dr Zacch Adedeji, says the service is targeting N40 trillion in tax revenue for the federation in 2026. He stated this on Tuesday in Abuja during a national workshop on strengthening tax compliance under the new tax regime and collaborating with
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Lagos Council will begin enforcement against pension defaulters under the Contributory Pension Scheme from June 1. The NLC Lagos Council Chairperson, Funmi Sesi, disclosed this after an interactive session organised by PenCom in Lagos on Tuesday. The session focused