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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday convicted and sentenced Mahmud Usman, one of the commanders of Ansaru, a proscribed terrorist organisation, to 15 years imprisonment. Usman, who was arraigned by the Department of State Services (DSS), pleaded guilty to the charge of illegal mining activities. The unlawful activities were said to have…
By Katherine Abayomi The Rivers State Police Command has recovered the body of a 25-year-old woman, Rita Special Eleonu, who was kidnapped and murdered, and has arrested one suspect in connection with the crime. The Command confirmed the arrest of Goodnews Iberi, a 26-year-old native of Rumuakunde Community in Emohua Local Government Area, following a…
……Advocates for Environmental and Economic Sustainability By Emamuzo Iboma In a bid to promote environmental and economic sustainability, the One Million Tree Initiative, a non-governmental organization (NGO), has commemorated this year’s World Environment Day by planting trees and cash crops in Magodo Phase 1 Gateway Zone Estate, Lagos. The initiative reaffirms the NGO’s commitment to…
…Insists Nigeria’s Future Lies in Its Youth Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Suzuki Hideo has encouraged Nigerian youth to seek self development, insisting that: “The future of Nigeria lies in its youth, and their ability to engage with the world is crucial.”Speaking at the weekend during the handover of books donated by the Tokyo Foundation with…
N/E Tackles Twin Peaks Of Malaria, Malnutrition Zuwaira Muhammad, 26, sits on a hospital bed at the Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre (ITFC) at the Unguwa Uku Primary Healthcare Centre in Kano, northwest Nigeria. Here, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) offers critical treatment to children suffering from malnutrition. By her side, her 10-month-old twins—Safwan, a boy, sleeping…
Experts from the Economic Community of West African States has adopted a training policy for the region’s Standby force. The policy details the kind and nature of trainings the Standby force will undergo to be able to fight against growing terrorism in the region. The region has been under non-state actors’ in the Lake Chad…
Calls for End to “Wild Singing-Out Culture” By Israel Adebiyi The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Edo State has condemned the rising trend of reckless post-examination celebrations in tertiary institutions following the tragic death of a final-year student of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, who reportedly died in a motorcade accident after completing his examinations. Speaking…
The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources has invited Dangote Refinery and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, to resolve disagreements threatening the downstream petroleum sector. Chairman Ikenga Ugochinyere said after an emergency Abuja meeting on Monday that rising tensions could undermine the fragile stability recently achieved. He said the…
Nigeria and France have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening cooperation across trade, security, education, and culture, as both countries continue to explore mutual opportunities built on decades of strong diplomatic relations. The issues bordering on these dominated discussions at the meeting between the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu and the French…