The Tomato and Orchard Producers Association of Nigeria (TOPAN) has urged the Federal Government to play a more active role in food production, storage and market stabilisation to curb rising tomato prices. The National President of TOPAN, Mr Oyeleke Bolajo, made the call in an interview with the News Agency
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a couple and seized more than 412 kilogrammes of cannabis in Benin. The Edo Command made the arrests during a raid on a suspected drug warehouse allegedly operated from a residential building along Sapele Road. The command’s Commander, Dr
The Managing Director of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Engr. Dr. Peer Lubasch, has praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, for driving what he described as an unprecedented wave of infrastructure development across Abuja. Lubasch spoke at a gala dinner
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has intercepted two tankers designated for transporting edible vegetable oil found conveying Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) in Lagos. The NAFDAC Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Dr Martins Iluyomade, who briefed newsmen on Monday in Lagos, described the act as
The Police Command in Ondo State on Monday said it arrested three interstate armed robbery syndicate and recovered AK 47 rifles, Beretta pistols and others in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Felix Ohagwu, made this known in Akure while parading the suspects and seven others. Ohagwu
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday admitted Bello Bodejo, the National President of Miyetti Allah Kauta Kore, to N2 billion bail with two sureties in the like sum. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on Bodejo’s bail application, ordered that one of the sureties must present three years
The Nigerian Army says troops of Operation Hadin Kai, have apprehended a suspected Sudanese terrorist fighter, three ISWAP collaborators and logistics suppliers in sustained counter-terrorism operations across Borno and Yobe. Operational reports obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, said troops of Operation HADIN KAI made the
The Edo Government has strengthened support for stranded returnees through rehabilitation; reintegration and empowerment programmes aimed at helping them rebuild their lives. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Eugenia Abdallah, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Benin. Abdallah
The Police Command in Lagos State on Monday, said it has apprehended 147 suspects during a coordinated security operation in the Ilepo/Super area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abimbola Adebisi, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the Lagos State Taskforce Office in Oshodi. Adebisi said
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced two Ansaru senior commanders to life imprisonment for terrorism offences. The convicts are Mahmud Usman, a.k.a Abu Bara’a/Abbas/Mukhtar, the self-styled Emir of Ansaru; and Abubakar Abba, a.k.a Mahmud al-Nigeri/Malam Mamuda, who is the deputy and chief of staff to Bara’a. Justice