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The Nigeria Governors’ Spouses’ Forum (NGSF) has posited that the success of the present administration of President Bola Tinubu is dependent on the success of the ongoing war against illicit drug trafficking. They declared that the success of the ongoing efforts by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against the menace of substance abuse…

By Uko Okon A cross section of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Akwa Ibom State have disowned Mr. Harry Udoh, denying his claims of being the Chairman of the Akwa Ibom Civil Society Forum. In a press statement signed by multiple CSO representatives in Uyo on Friday, the groups asserted that there is no umbrella…

By Tracy Ohovwore Residents of Oghede community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State have raised alarm over the demolition of properties allegedly built on their ancestral land, calling for urgent intervention. Last week, a group of protesters stormed the Edo State House of Assembly, urging lawmakers to intervene and restrain the…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed terrorism charges against two senior commanders of Ansaru, a terror group reportedly linked to Al-Qaeda, over their alleged role in violent attacks across Nigeria. The suspects are Mahmud Usman, also known as Abu Bara’a Abbas/Mukhtar, who is described as the Emir of Ansaru, and his deputy, Mahmud…

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, July 31, 2025, arraigned one Olabode Rasheed Wale on a two-count charge bordering on stealing before Justice Mojisola Dada of Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. He was arrested, following an intelligence report received by the Commission linking…