Edo migrant farmers get Okomu Oil Palm support
Migrant farmers who voluntarily relocated from Okomu Oil Palm’s Extension One concession in Ovia Southwest LGA of Edo State are now beneficiaries of varying sums of money to re-establish their livelihoods.
Kaduna: Gunmen kill 3 policemen in station raid
Gunmen Monday night attacked a police station in Kajuru town, about 35km South of Kaduna town, killing three policemen, injuring others before setting free all the inmates in the station.
Navy rescues hijacked oil vessels, 9 crew members; arrests 4 suspects
Barely 48 hours after a ship, MT NORTE hijacked by 20 suspected pirates was rescued with the crew members alive, another ship, was again rescued yesterday, by Naval operatives attached to NNS Beecroft, Apapa, around 10 nautical miles off the coast of Escravos, Delta State.
Boko Haram: Analyst explains how JTF reached conclusion on Shekau
A security analyst, Captain Umar Ali (rtd.) says the timeline used by the Joint Task Force, JTF, in concluding that the Boko Haram Leader, Abubakar Shekau, was killed could be true.
Rivers crisis: Court remands 2 PDP chieftains in prison
An Abuja Chief Magistrate Court, yesterday, remanded the chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Omuma local government area of Rivers State, Mr. Charles Amoefule, and Assistant Secretary of the party in the state, Mr Godwin Leo, in prison custody.
FG bans sale of drugs in open market
The Federal Government, yesterday, announced that from June 30, 2014, drugs would no longer be sold in the open market in Nigeria, declaring an emergency in drug distribution system in the country to address the chaotic situation.
