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Will the amendment to the NOSDRA Act bring about the necessary changes to effectively address oil spills in the Niger Delta? Can NOSDRA’s independence and funding be secured to ensure credible investigations and protection of the environment? The fate of the region’s ecosystem hangs in the balance.
Fortification of Ultra-Processed Foods: When More Becomes Harmful By Bukola Olukemi-Odele Throughout history, human survival has greatly depended on sourcing, preparing, and consuming different kinds of food. Food is the third basic need of man after air and water. It supplies our bodies with nutrients for growth, tissue repair, maintenance, and regulating vital processes. Food…
By Emamuzo Iboma Kaduna State Police Command has issued a stern warning, prohibiting supporters of 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi from organizing an unauthorized political rally in the state. In a statement over the weekend, Police Public Relations Officer DSP Mansir Hassan revealed that credible intelligence reports indicated plans by Obi’s supporters to…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have dismantled a suspected international drug trafficking network after intercepting cocaine concealed inside the heads of imported dry stock fish in Lagos, while also seizing dangerous narcotics hidden in parcels bound for the United Kingdom. A statement by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi…
Eno Inaugurates Committee to Resolve Eastern Obolo Crisis Uko Okon, Uyo Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom has inaugurated a tripartite committee to facilitate amicable resolution of the lingering crisis in Eastern Obolo Local Government Area. The Committee involves the State Government, Sterling Petrochemical and Fertiliser Limited (SPFL) and Eastern Obolo Communities. Eno inaugurated the…
Tracy Ohovwore Many Nigerians took to the streets in ten major states on Friday, demanding a nationwide ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and a shift towards agroecological farming practices to cite support for smallholder farmers. The rally, organised by the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and the GMO-Free Nigeria Alliance, had farmers, civil…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has trained 250 personnel in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja command in non-verbal communication skills (sign language) to boost intelligence gathering and further combat insecurity in the country’s capital. The five-week training programme in sign language organised by the FCT command, NSCDC highlights the importance of capacity…
Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, sitting as vacation judge in Lagos, on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a businessman, Duru Ikechukwu Damian, to three months’ imprisonment for failing to declare the sum of $49,000 (Forty-Nine Thousand United States Dollars) to the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos….
No fewer than four persons have been confirmed dead in a motor accident that occurred along the Benin-Lagos road in Edo State. NewsNowng gathered that the accident happened on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at the Ovia river bridge axis of the road in Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt…
Stakeholders at the just-concluded four-day strategic Obafemi Awolowo University Council Management Retreat have resolved to work together and use their respective expertise to develop the institution. Rising from the retreat held from May 28 to May 31, 2025, at Ede, Osun State, the Stakeholders used the opportunity to restrategise on the challenges and opportunities confronting…