NICRAT DG Aliyu, Tasks Healthcare Practitioners On Capitalize AI To Fight Cancer
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting The Director General, National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), Prof. Usman Malami Aliyu, has tasked the healthcare practitioners to capitalize on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to turn the tide against cancer in the country. He gave the task at the launch of a capacity building on Artificial Intelligence applications in cancer […]
Federation Accounts Surpass Three Years Record, Rake In N56.42trn
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has revealed that Nigeria’s federation accounts have amassed N56.42 trillion over the past three years. It said that the total gross accruals into the account in 2023 and 2024 were N11,930,865,030,521.50 and N21,432,592,362,620.70 respectively, whereas the 10 months accruals into the same account from […]
Survival Turns Deadly: GADA Pushes Unified Action Against GBV In Akpabuyo
CROSS RIVER, AKPBUYO – Gender And Development Action, GADA, with support from the Ford Foundation, on Monday convened a special session to develop a unified plan of action against gender-based violence in Akpabuyo Local Government Area. The one-day meeting held at the Akpabuyo Local Government Council Hall brought together traditional rulers, Customary Court presidents, religious […]
Tinubu Asks Senate to Confirm New Chiefs After NMDPRA, NUPRC Bosses Resign
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday asked the Senate to confirm new chief executives for Nigeria’s two petroleum regulatory agencies after the sudden resignations of the incumbents, the Presidency said. In separate letters to the upper chamber, Tinubu forwarded the names of Oritsemeyiwa Amanorisewo Eyesan for the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and […]
Don’t Interfere In Edo NLC, Igbafen Tells Govt
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting Chairman, Caretaker Committee, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Edo State chapter, Prof. Monday Igbafen, has urged the state government to depoliticize the union in the state and allows it operate without interference for the wellbeing of workers. He made the appeal in Benin while speaking to a press statement titled “the protest against […]
EFCC Arrest 5 Herbalists With $3.4m, €280,000 Fake Notes In Osun, Lagos
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has nabbed five suspected herbalists in Osun and Lagos States over their alleged involvement in a fraud scheme involving fake foreign currencies valued at $3.43 million and €280,000, respectively. According to the anti-graft Spokesman, Dele Oyewale, the suspects allegedly defrauded one Halima Sanni of […]
Beyond Issuing Stern Warning To Buyers, What NSCDC Uncovered In Cross River Will Shock You
CROSS RIVER, CALABAR – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested multiple suspects and recovered vandalized public assets in Cross River State, intensifying enforcement against attacks on critical national infrastructure during the 2025 yuletide season. The Cross River State Command of the NSCDC disclosed this during a press briefing in Calabar, assuring residents […]
NSCDC Dismisses 38 Senior Officers Over Gross Misconduct
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting NIGERIA, ABUJA – No fewer than 38 senior officers, including an Assistant Commandant General (ACG), of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), have been shown the way out of the service. They were dismissed on account of gross insubordination, and acts unbecoming of a superior officer, according to the Public […]
EU Declares Support For Nigerian Military Against Insurgency
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting The European Union (EU) has pledged its commitment to help the Nigerian armed forces defeat insecurity in the country. EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Gautier Mignot, made the commitment when he visited the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede, in his office at the Defence Headquarters in […]
Akpabio Is Hale, Hearty, Attending Sessions, Says Okolugbo
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting The Consultant on Communications and Strategy to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Mr. Kenny Okolugbo, has said that Akpabio is hale and hearty, attending to sessions at the Senate. He said this to clear the air about the rumours making the rounds that he is sick or possibly dead. Truth Live […]