The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Temitope Ajayi, on Monday, refuted claims that he called for the death of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member who recently flouted NYSC bye-laws. In a statement, Ajayi clarified that his initial remarks on a Facebook post were misrepresented, emphasising that the maximum penalty provided by the …

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has reiterated the call for stiffer penalty for merchants of death in society who prioritize making huge illicit money at the expense of lives of their fellow human beings. Adeyeye called for the introduction of the death penalty for drug peddlers, particularly …

There is no denying the fact that corruption has become endemic in our country Nigeria and that it has eaten very deep into every fabric of the society. I listened to a vox populi on social media some days ago where Nigerians who had japa (exited) from the country were asked whether they would japada (return). Not a single one of …

The Senate on Thursday passed the bill seeking to impose a death penalty on convicted drug traffickers. This was after Senator Tahir Monguno (APC Borno North) presented a report on behalf of the joint committees on judiciary and drugs and narcotics. Monguno said there is a need to strengthen the war against drugs in the country. After the report was …