Nigeria Launches Ambitious 10-Year Agrifood Plan to Transform Agriculture and Boost Food Security

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Nigeria’s agricultural sector is entering what policymakers describe as a defining decade, with the Federal Government unveiling a 10-year Agrifood System Strategy and Action Plan designed to reposition agriculture from a largely production-focused activity into a complete economic ecosystem built around food security, value creation, resilience and inclusive growth. The strategy, launched in Abuja on…

NDLEA Intercepts N10bn Worth of Cocaine, Loud, Opioids at Lagos Ports, Arrests Drug Kingpins

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted illicit drugs valued at over N10 billion in a series of coordinated operations across Lagos and other parts of the country, arresting suspected drug kingpins and recovering military-grade ammunition concealed in kegs of palm oil. The seizures, announced in a statement on Sunday by the agency’s…

Respect for National Symbols Is a Call to Duty, DG NOA Charges Finance Ministry Staff

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The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, has urged staff of the Federal Ministry of Finance to regard respect for Nigeria’s national symbols as a fundamental civic responsibility, stressing that patriotism and adherence to the National Values Charter are essential to Nigeria’s national identity. The DG made the call while engaging…

NSCDC Gives Scrap Dealers Three Months to Register, Warns Against Illegal Operations in Edo

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Edo State Command, has directed all individuals and businesses operating in the scrap metal value chain to register with the command within three months or risk arrest, prosecution and other legal sanctions. The State Commandant Akintayo Saidi Ayinla announced the directive during a press briefing in Benin…

HOMEF Urges Appeal Against Court Dismissal of Ekpetiama Oil Pollution Suit

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The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has rejected the dismissal of a suit filed by the monarch of Ekpetiama Kingdom against Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and other defendants over alleged decades of environmental pollution in Bayelsa State, urging the plaintiffs to pursue the matter to the Supreme Court. The Federal High…

Collaborate with EFCC in Fight against Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Olukoyede Tells Lawyers Forum

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The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has charged female lawyers in the country to join hands with the Commission in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. He gave the charge on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in a one-day training of members of Women Forum of the…

EFCC Arraigns One for Alleged N3.8m Property Fraud in Maiduguri

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The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, July 23, 2026 arraigned one Alhaji Muhammad Talake before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri. The defendant was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence and criminal misappropriation to the tune…

Navy hands over rescued human trafficking victims to NAPTIP

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The Nigerian Navy has reaffirmed its commitment to combating human trafficking and other transnational organised crimes with the handover of two rescued victims of human trafficking to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons. The Navy said the victims were rescued during a targeted anti-human trafficking operation before being transferred to NAPTIP’s…

Trump hails Tinubu over anti- terror war

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The Presidency on Wednesday said United States President Donald Trump has written personally to President Bola Tinubu to commend what he termed his “decisive leadership on behalf of the Nigerian people.” The US President also confirmed that he deployed US Special Operations Forces, including Navy SEAL Team 6, to train Nigeria’s military in the fight…

Police top list as ICPC uncovers 908 ghost workers

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has identified the Nigeria Police Force and five federal ministries and agencies as having the highest number of suspected fake workers uncovered during its payroll verification exercise. ICPC Chairman, Musa Adamu Aliyu (SAN), disclosed the findings while speaking on the commission’s investigation into payroll fraud across…