By Sunday Oyinloye The Kwara State Technical Committee of the Council for the Regulations of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has advised the state government to prevail on the contractor handling Oyun Water- works project to change some malfunctioning pumps to…
FAYEMI TO GRACE THISNIGERIA NEWSPAPER INAUGURAL LECTURE
Barely one year after hitting the new stand, Nigeria’s fastest- growing print and online newspaper, THISNIGERIA and its online version: thisnigeria.com, is set to host its inaugural annual lecture. The event is scheduled to take place at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. Chairman…
Cocaine in the toilet: Okafor walks into NDLEA’s net
By Sunday Oyinloye Okafor Okwudili Moses, the drug baron behind the 2.55kg cocaine hidden inside a toilet at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria is now in the net of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)…
Hope rises for vulnerable mothers with malnourished children in Abuja
By Sunday Oyinloye Relief may have come the way of vulnerable mothers whose children are suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in Bwari and Kwali area councils of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory as International Society of Media in Public…
Reduce salt intake to stay alive, sodium study team advises Nigerians
By Sunday Oyinloye Nigerians have been advised to reduce their salt intake in order to avoid their lives being cut short. This was the outcome of the 1st Nigeria Sodium Study Multi-Sectoral Stakeholders’ Meeting jointly hosted by University of Abuja…
Nigeria’s drug barons shift to seaport
By Sunday Oyinloye Nigeria’s drug barons may have shifted to Apapa seaport following constant arrests by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) at the nation’s airports Barely three weeks after 32.9kg of cocaine was intercepted on…
Net Zero Laws, NDCs, and Green Recovery: Who is getting it right?
By Hon. Samuel Ifeanyi Onuigbo BACKGROUND: • Situated at the western region of the African continent, Nigeria is home to approximately 211 million people (Africa’s largest) which is set to increase to more than 400 million by the year 2050.…
Inside a vessel of shame
By Sunday Oyinloye Contrary to the claim of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria that some of its members are being detained unlawfully by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), the Agency on Saturday says 12 dockworkers out of…
What other African countries can learn from Zambia – Ambassador Jere
Ambassador Dr. Solomon Jere is the Zambian High Commissioner to Nigeria. He was a Deputy Inspector General of Police in Zambia. The High Commissioner holds a doctoral degree in Law and has lectured at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. …
Unrepentant drug dealer behind London-bound multiple consignments in NDLEA’s net
By Sunday Oyinloye Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a notorious drug dealer, Okoli Collins Ikenna, suspected to be the mastermind of recent multiple attempts to export illicit drugs to London in the United Kingdom…