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…
We’ve Uncovered Loss of Over N1trn in MDAs’ Audit Report — Senate
By Starrys Obazei | May 12, 2023.starrys@ddnewsonline.com The Senate said that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to act on a report that indicted top management of government Ministries, Departments, and…
BVN does not expire
By Starrys Obazei | May 12, 2023.starrys@ddnewsonline.com Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor Godwin Emefiele has said the insinuation that the BVN expires after 10 years of issuance is incorrect.…