Yahaya Bello Wins Global Excellence ‘Governor of the Year Award
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has won the prestigious Governor of the Year award at the 2023 edition of the Global Excellence Awards. The committee on the awards said…
LATEST (Video): Afro-beat Crooner, Seun Kuti Assaults Police Officer, IGP Orders His Arrest and Full Investigation
Miffed by the audacious assault of a police officer in uniform by Afro-beat Crooner, Seun Kuti, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, CFR has ordered the Commissioner of…
NYSC At 50, Still Challenged by Accountability
By Emmanuel Onwubiko / posted May 12, 2023 There is a general social media euphoria among millions of former and present participants of the National Youth Service Corps scheme, following…
Kogi Leads in Nigeria’s Cashew Production, Poised to Become Hub of Africa – Govt
.. Attributes feat to sound agricultural policies, purposeful leadership The Kogi State Government said on Friday that the state had maintained a clear lead in the production of Cashews in…
Elon Musk Steps Down as Twitter’s CEO
By Starrys Obazei | May 13, 2023.starrys@ddnewsonline.com Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur who bought Twitter in October for $44 billion, announced that he is stepping down as the company’s CEO.…
NSCDC Nabs Four Suspected Oil Thieves, Others, Impound Trucks in Rivers
By Starrys Obazei | May 13, 2023.starrys@ddnewsonline.com Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Rivers State Command, NSCDC, have arrested four suspects for dealing in illegal petroleum products.…
Ogun State Govt.Warns Land Grabbers, Trouble Makers
…as hoodlums invade the community, beat Village Head Ogun State Government has reassured that it would not tolerate the activities of land grabbers in the state, vowing to deal with…
FG to spend ₦22.44bn on feeding inmates
By Starrys Obazei | May 12, 2023.starrys@ddnewsonline.com The Federal Government has disclosed that it will spend ₦22.4 billion feeding inmates in correctional centers nationwide. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry…
EFCC Arrests ‘Crossdresser’, 32 Others for Alleged Internet Fraud
By Starrys Obazei | May 12, 2023, with agency report.starrys@ddnewsonline.com The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Owoseni Gabriel, who posed as a woman to evade arrest,…
Footbridge collapses in Finland, injures 27, mostly children
By Starrys Obazei | May 12, 2023, with agency report.starrys@ddnewsonline.com Rescue teams work at the site of an accident in which around 27 people, a majority of them children, were…