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By Deborah Nnamdi, Port Harcourt The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has urged the Rivers Government to construct emergency shelters that will provide accommodations for flood victims in the state Mr Adebiyi Razak, the South-South Zonal Coordinator, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…

By Deborah Nnamdi, Port Harcourt A coalition of over 100 civil society actors, farmers, scientists, and academics representing 100 million Nigerian consumers has called on the government to discontinue plans to introduce genetically modified (GM) potatoes and ban GM crops altogether.  The demand was made in a press statement released…

Adamawa, Kogi, Kebbi other States on Red Alert By Deborah Nnamdi, Port Harcourt The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has mobilized its operational offices, deployed technical staff, and prepositioned essential equipment for timely flood response, search, and rescue operations. The urgent action follows information from the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency,…

By Deborah Nnamdi, Port Harcourt Kachalla Tukur Sharme, Kaduna’s most notorious bandit leader has been killed in a gun battle with another gang in the forest. The state’s commissioner for internal security and home affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who made the revelation in a press statement, said Sharme and other members…

By Deborah Nnamdi, Port Harcourt The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA says its operatives have intercepted a total of Twenty-Five Million (25,000,000.00) pills of tapentadol and Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand (350,000) bottles of codeine-based syrup worth Fourteen Billion Nine Hundred and Fifty Million Naira (N14,950,000,000.00) at the Tincan…

Mr. Ola Olukoyede, Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), urged accountants in Nigeria to prioritize professional ethics and adhere to financial regulations. He spoke during his speech at the 29th Annual National Conference of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), themed “Advancing Accounting Excellence…

NIGERIA: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday visited flood-ravaged Borno State in Northeast Nigeria, amidst fresh warnings of heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms in the state and other parts of the country. Half of the capital city of Maiduguri was overtaken by flood following a severe downpour one week earlier, with…

NIGERIA: It was a Sunday of mourning in Kajuru, Kaduna, Nigeria on Sunday as armed bandits struck, killing three members and kidnapping 30 others, including a pastor during church services in Bakinpah-Maro Community. Agency reports said the gunmen, suspected to be members of tribal militias, attacked a Catholic and Evangelic…

By Deborah Nnamdi, Port Harcourt NIGERIA: The Nigerian Army said its men have destroyed 37 illegal refining sites and six wooden boats used for conveying stolen products in the Niger Delta Region of the country. A statement by Acting Deputy Director of 6 Division Division Public Relations Officer, Lt. Col…

Gun shoots rent the air in Aboluma area of Port Harcourt on Saturday, as armed youths took over an election into offices of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, in the Eastern Zone. It was gathered that up to 10 persons were shot and hacked with machetes and other dangerous weapons,…