There are indications that private airline owners have ignored the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, over the directives on verification for the purpose of the payment of 1.0 percent Comprehensive Import Supervision Scheme levy. Presently, less than 10 percent of the operators have complied.

By Adeola Badru Oyo State Government has flagged-off the payment of the Land Use Charge, with a call to residents of the state to key into the government’s move to uplift people of the state  from poverty to prosperity. While speaking shortly after the symbolic flag-off, held at the Executive Council Chamber of the Governor’s […]

Christ Against Drug Abuse Ministry, CADAM, has raised the alarm over increasing cases of drug use in Nigeria, saying, an estimated 10.6 million people (10.8 per cent) of the population had used cannabis in the past year while opioids accounted for 4.6 million

Edo State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, and the state government have engaged in a war of words over the demolition of two property in parts of the state capital alleged to have contravened town planning regulations.

Xiaomi has become the latest company to introduce an affordable smartphone with 5G in Nigeria, launching the Redmi Note 10 5G on Monday June 21.

A civil society group, the Civil Society Committee for Anambra Election Security (COSCAES), has raised the alarm over desperate attempts by Senator Uche Ekwunife, the senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, to subvert the electoral process for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary. In a strong-worded statement issued on Sunday, June 20, 2021, and signed […]

15.2m Nigerians use cannabis, opioids — CADAM
By Gabriel Olawale
Christ Against Drug Abuse Ministry, CADAM, has raised the alarm over increasing cases of drug use in Nigeria, saying, an estimated 10.6 million people (10.8 per cent) of the population had used cannabis in the past year while opioids accounted for 4.6 million.
The Director-General of CADAM, Dr. Dokun Adedeji regretted that despite several disorders associated with drug use, an estimated 14.4 per cent of the population in Nigeria or 14.3 million people between the ages of 15 to 64 years used drugs in 2017, “representing a prevalence rate of almost 3 times of the world average. One in five of these suffers from drug use disorder.
Speaking in Lagos ahead of the World Drug Day awareness walk slated for 26th June, Adedeji said that in Nigeria, one in seven persons aged 15-64 years had used a drug as compared to the global average of 1 in 20.
He disclosed that CADAM as a faith-based NGO under the auspices of the Redeemed Christian Church of God had treated and rehabilitated over 3,000 people with drug use disorder, “our rehabilitation and treatment services are offered free to all beneficiaries at the world-class, 200 bed Enoch and Folu Adeboye Rehabilitation Centre in Epe at a program which runs for one year.
“The Moji Balogun Rehabilitation Centre in Abeokuta caters to undergraduates and workers in a 3-month intensive program. Through our prevention programs, we have been able to engage many communities with well thought out evidence-based preventive care programs.
“After 30 years of doing good and restoring hope, CADAM plans to do more by extending services to other states of the federation in the near future in partnership with both private and public institutions.”

A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the Federal Government to pay a total sum of $3.3 billion to Rivers and Akwa Ibom states, being their revenue share from crude oil sales.

Since Muhammadu Buhari became president of Nigeria, the word “war” has never been far from his lips whenever he addresses matters concerning the Igbo nation

The Federal Government was defiant yesterday over its suspension of Twitter as the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Abuja, in a landmark ruling, stopped it from prosecuting Nigerians using Twitter.

The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gen Buba Marwa (rtd), has disclosed that the Agency has recorded substantial loss of its operatives/personnel in the fight against illicit drugs trafficking and trade with over 100 widows and Next of Kin’s awaiting Federal government’s intervention in the payment of death benefits for their late breadwinners.

  By Godwin Akpan Hope is a powerful force and probably the most important factor when it comes to overcoming life’s biggest challenges especially in a society as challenging as ours. Without it, everything is lost. Hope like a seed is sown through many sources. Some hope implicitly on government to address their needs. Some […]

The Oyo State Government has stated that none of its workers in any state-owned tertiary institution was disengaged. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Ibadan by Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor. The clarification came on the heels of reports in some national dailies that the […]

By Soni Daniel The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has rejected the bid by a member of the House of Representatives, Odebunmi Olusegun, to amend the law establishing the Nigerian Press Council, NPC, and the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC. They said the envisaged amendments would kill free press in Nigeria and render journalists captives in […]

By: Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja. **Dislodge IPOB/ESN fighters in Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Abia, Ebonyi States **Neutralize Armed Herdsmen during shootout at Ibarapa, Oyo State The Defence headquarters on Thursday disclosed that troops of Operation Delta Safe during the week, deactivated several illegal oil refining sites at Ibaa in Emohua LGA and Kumufari and Yalama Towns […]