November 4, 2021

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has submitted a budget proposal of ₦38,152,288,851.00 for 2022 to the National Assembly.

The budget estimate includes a Recurrent Personnel Cost of ₦10,499, 961,097 and a Recurrent Overhead of ₦998,973, 302, while the capital expenditure is pegged at ₦26,662,354,452.

The Chief Executive, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig-General Mohammed Buba Marwa who presented the budget to the House of Representatives Committee on Narcotic Drugs, expressed gratitude to the House for their support.

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Marwa said the Committee’s effort to amend …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to host a stakeholder engagement forum this week as part of activities lined up for the implementation of the Fifth Generation (5G) Technology Deployment Plan in the country.

A statement signed by Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs of NCC, said that the forum will afford industry stakeholders the opportunity to discuss the draft Information Memorandum (IM) for the upcoming auction of the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum band.

Scheduled to hold at the Lagos Marriot Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, Thursday November 4, 2021 at 10:00 am prompt, the Commission has confirmed that the attendance at …

The kidnappers of two professors and other members of staff of the University of Abuja, have demanded ₦300 million from families of victims.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the armed men who are yet to be identified, invaded the staff quarters for the institution on Tuesday morning and whisked away the victims.

According to the school authority, those abducted during the unfortunate attack are Professor Obansa and his son; Professor Oboscolo, his son and daughters, as well as Sambo Mohammed and Dr Tobins.

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A day after the …

China is expanding its nuclear arsenal much more quickly than anticipated, narrowing the gap with the United States, the Pentagon disclosed in a report published Wednesday.

China could have 700 deliverable nuclear warheads by 2027, and could top 1,000 by 2030 — an arsenal two-and-a-half times bigger than what the Pentagon predicted only a year ago, the report revealed.

The updated estimate marks a dramatic increase from the projection reported in last year’s China Military Power report, which placed the tally around 400 warheads within a decade.

‘Over the next decade, the PRC aims to modernize, diversify and expand …