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Operatives of the Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance Department of the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MOE&WR) on Sunday commenced the demolition of illegal structures on Gbagada-Oshodi Expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the demolition is on the orders of the Commissioner for the MOE & WR, Mr Tokunbo Wahab. Mr Adekunle Adeshina, Director, Public Affairs of the ministry, said in his social media handle that the illegal structures were converted to living abodes and depots for street traders. Adeshina added that the structures were positioned on the highway setback along the Gbagada-Oshodi Expressway, by the…

By Kamil Opeyemi Tola Odeyemi, who was briefly appointed as the Postmaster General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Postal Services was eased out of her new position less than 48 hours after she was announced with a verbal message from the now reinstated Postmaster General, Hon. Sunday Adepoju. Presidential sources told the NPO Reports that Adepoju had told Odeyemi that she needed to meet President Bola Tinubu for possible consideration for another appointment as the president had rescinded his decision on her appointment. This was after an official statement had gone out and well…

By Halimah Olamide The Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project on Sunday asked the National Assembly to throw a bill seeking a regulation of the use of social media in the country. SERAP said that social media is not at the moment, the problem of the country, saying that bill will impugn on the rights of Nigerians. SERAP urged President of the senate, Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abass to demand from President Bola Tinubu to drop any ongoing efforts to put pressure on Google, YouTube, TikTok and other social media companies to unduly restrict these fundamental human…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has taken into custody two wanted heads of transnational criminal organisations with multi-billion-naira worth of illicit drugs and assets seized from them. This was after weeks of intelligence-led operations across the country and outside Nigeria. A statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja, said that the arrest of the suspected drug lords came on the heels of the interception of some consignments of cocaine and heroin. Babafemi said that the drugs, which were buried in the bellies of two traffickers heading to Paris, France and Doha, Qatar were…

As Fani-Kayode Expresses Hope of Sterling Performance By Halimah Olamide Amidst outrage and questions over the propriety of appointing a 24 year old as the Chairman of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), the Presidency on Sunday said the appointment is in line with the promise of President Bola Tinubu to ensure full inclusion of young Nigerians in his administration. Saying there is no issue as far as the appointment of Imam Ibrahim Kashim Imam is concerned, the Presidency said being a First Class degree holder, he is eminently qualified for the role. Responding to an inquiry by the NPO…

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has refuted report of attempted stealing of railway coaches in Maiduguri, Borno. Mr Fidet Okhiria, the Managing Director, NRC, stated this in a statement in Lagos. “The attention of the Nigeria Railway Corporation has been drawn to a news trending on numerous social media platforms purported to have emanated from Nigerian Television Authority (NTA),in which it was reported that attempt was made to steal NRC coaches from Maiduguri. “NRC management wishes to clarify this erroneous reportage by stating that the said coaches are officially being moved to NRC running shed in Jos, Plateau to be…

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say they have killed another man in Gaza suspected of masterminding the large-scale attacks carried out by Islamist Hamas. Billal Al Kedra, commander of Hamas units in southern Khan Younis, was killed in airstrikes the previous evening, according to an IDF statement on Sunday morning. Other Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists were also killed, the IDF said. The latest news came after the IDF said it had killed two other men they suspect of masterminding the Hamas attacks. READ ALSO: Killing Civilians is War Crime ; Human Rights Watch Says After Hamas Attacks on Israel…

Mr Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, says domestic revenue mobilisation is a critical component of Nigeria’s long-term path to sustainable development finance. Edun said this in Marrakech at the World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings. He said that the notion was the outcome of the various discussions the Nigeria delegation to the meetings had with institutions such as the International Monetary and Finance Committee (IMFC), the International Finance Corporation, the Islamic Development Bank and the British Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian delegation at the meeting also…

By Kamil Opeyemi The National Universities Commission (NUC) has rejected a programme being organised by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) on converting Higher National Diploma (HND) to university’s degree. A statement issued by the Acting Executive Secretary of the NUC, Chris Maiyaki, on Saturday, described the purported one-year top-up degree programme in Nigerian polytechnics as a ruse. Recalls that for years, there have been calls from stakeholders to end the disparity between Higher National Diplomas (HND) offered by polytechnics and Bachelor degrees offered by universities. This brought about a bill passed at the ninth National Assembly in 2021…

By Kamil Opeyemi The 1 Division Nigerian Army says its troops have rescued six kidnapped victims and one bandit neutralised in Kaduna State. The acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt.-Col. Musa Yahaya, who confirmed the development in a statement issued in Kaduna, said that the victims where rescued on Friday. Yahaya said that the ongoing clearance operation by the troops of the division had continued to yield positive results. He said: The troop acted on credible and timely intelligence on the kidnap of 6 persons at Hayin Tsando general area of Maraban Jos, in Igabi…