Michael Olugbode

Nigeria: FG Admits Gaps in Provision of Health, Social Needs for Older Persons

Nigeria's Federal Government has admitted that despite the numbers of Nigerians with age 60 years and above standing at 14.8…

3 years ago

Nigeria, South Africa Renew Partnership on Drug War

Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, popularly called HAWKS have agreed…

3 years ago

Nigeria Promulgates National Strategy to Combat Wildlife and Forest Crime

Nigeria's Federal Government has promulgated the National Strategy to Combat Wildlife and Forest Crime in the country. Speaking in Abuja…

3 years ago

Food Insecurity Leaves 8.4 million in Dire Need of Humanitarian Assistance in Northeast Nigeria, UN Says

The United Nations has said the deterioration of food security in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states have left more than…

3 years ago

Russia-Ukraine War: Nigerian Condemns Profiling, Detention of Citizens in Poland

Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NiDCOM) has condemned alleged profiling and detention of Nigerians and others African nationals in Poland detention…

3 years ago

Rwanda Calls for Global Reflection on 1994 Genocide

Rwanda has called on all across the globe to learn from the tragic experiences of Rwanda 1994 Genocide and ensure…

3 years ago

Russia-Ukraine War: Poland Accommodates Over Two Million Refugees, Including 2,000 Nigerians

The government of Poland has said over two million refugees from Ukraine including over two thousand Nigerians fleeing the Russia-Ukraine…

3 years ago

Nigeria: Wanted Taraba Drug Cartel Queen Nabbed By NDLEA

A wanted drug supplier in Taraba State, Lami Mai Rigima has been finally nabbed by operatives of the National Drug…

3 years ago

EU Delivers 30 Boats, Forensic Equipment to ECOWAS to Fight Insecurity

The European Union is to deliver an array of security hardware including 30 rigid-hull inflatable boats and forensic equipment to…

3 years ago

USAID Launches $9.5m Aid to Fight Malnutrition in Bauchi, Kevin Sokoto

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched its two-year $9.5 million Advancing Nutrition Activity to improve the nutritional…

3 years ago

Over N5bn Drugs Seized by NDLEA, NCS at Lagos Airport, Abuja, Edo

Over N5 billion worth of pharmaceutical opioids (drugs) have been seized in the last one week by operatives of the…

3 years ago

NDLEA Smashes Lagos Airport Drug Syndicate, Recovers N19.8m cash from Kingpin

A drug kingpin, who heads a syndicate operating at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and six other members of…

3 years ago

Nigeria: 2 Drug Dealers Excrete 165 wraps of Cocaine in NDLEA Custody

Two drug traffickers, Elvis Iro, 53 and Uwaezuoke Christian, 42, have excreted a total of 165 wraps of cocaine following…

3 years ago

Six Nigerians Sanctioned in US for Raising Funds for Boko Haram in UAE

Six Nigerians have been sanctioned by the United States for raising funds in United Arab Emirates for the terrorist group,…

3 years ago

WHO Laments Decline in Tackling TB

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lamented that funding on fighting tuberculosis (TB) has receded, revealing that in 2020, global…

3 years ago

Nigeria Collaborates with UNICEF to Launch Learning Passport

The Government of Nigeria, UNICEF and other partners have launched on Thursday the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP), an online mobile…

3 years ago

Ukraine Thanks Nigeria for Standing by Her, Alleges Russia is Planning Chemical Attack

Ukraine has expressed appreciation to Nigeria and other nations that have stood by her in the ongoing war against Russia…

3 years ago

Immigration Removes 2 Personnel from Lagos Airport Over Extortion

The acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service Isah Idris has approved the immediate removal of two operatives from…

3 years ago

Nigeria: ISWAP Abducts Health Worker in Borno

Members of the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP) have kidnapped a health worker with General Hospital in Gubio, Borno…

3 years ago

28 Years After, 1994 Super Eagles to Get Promised Houses for Winning Nations Cup

Twenty-eight (28) years after winning the African Cup of Nations, Nigeria's Federal Government has redeemed it’s housing pledge to the…

3 years ago