By Femi Anamelechi The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has called on traditional institutions, parents and community leaders across Nigeria to join forces with the Agency in tackling the menace of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking.The NDLEA boss made the call on…
From Marcel Duru, Owerri. The Governor of Imo State Senator Hope Uzodimma has said that Africa’s Development has never been held back by a lack of Vision but by stunted velocity.Gov. Hope Uzodimma made this comment While addressing the UK House of Lords in London on Friday, July 3, 2026 as part of receiving the…
By Femi Anamelechi Ongoing efforts to dismantle a transnational drug trafficking syndicate smuggling tramadol from Togo, through Benin Republic into Nigeria have yielded another success with the interception of two long trailers used to move One Million Six Hundred and Thirty (1,630,000) pills of tramadol 250mg concealed in fabricated compartments of the trucks across multiple…
By Femi Anamelechi The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, has conveyed his hearty congratulations to the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Ike Oye, ‘Ozonkpu’, on the happy occasion of his 70th birthday.In his goodwill message, Governor Soludo expressed happiness in joining Chief Oye’s family,…
By Femi Anamelechi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared a drug kingpin, Nnamuka Kelvin Uchenna (a.k.a Odogwu) and three of his associates: Emmanuella Chinonso Iroka; Nnamuka Ifeanyi Kingsley and Ekechi Franklin Chijioke (a.k.a Ekene Okwunaga) wanted over their involvement in the establishment of a clandestine laboratory, production of methamphetamine and drug money…
By Cosmas Okereafor West Africa’s largest airline and Nigeria’s premier carrier, Air Peace, has successfully concluded the Federal Government of Nigeria’s humanitarian evacuation exercise from South Africa, safely returning the final batch of 308 Nigerians aboard its Boeing 777-200, bringing the total number of citizens evacuated by the airline to 1,393 across five successful missions.The…
By Femi Anamelechi In a significant move to strengthen strategic communication and professionalise its Public Relations workforce, the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has inducted seventy Public Relations officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), marking the Service’s first mass induction into the Institute since 2013. The ceremony, held on Monday, 13 July 2026,…
By Christian ABURIME Let us not mince words. Let us not dress this up in the conciliatory language of diplomatic press statements. What Ejike Ofoegbu intentionally did, a self-styled online publisher of ‘Igbo Times Magazine’ and ‘INews’, was not only “irresponsible journalism,” or a “lapse in judgment,” it was a deliberate, calculated, and criminal assault…
By Ejike Abana The Anambra State Government has announced the appointment of United States-based infectious disease specialist, Prof. Chinelo Ngozi Animalu, as the Special Assistant to the Governor on State HIV Diaspora Coordination and Development.The appointment, made by the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, pinpoints the present administration’s strategic focus on…
By Cosmas Okereafor Corporate leaders across West Africa, colleagues and media industry veterans, have unified to congratulate Dr. Ejike Ndiulo following his formal appointment to the faculty at Covenant University, Ota. The strategic transition marks a significant win for both the academic and corporate sectors, bringing one of Nigeria’s most respected marketing and communications minds…
