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11 Jul 2023
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sued a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, over an eight-count charge bordering on document fabrication, conspiracy to commit a felony and other offences.
11 Jul 2023
The Archbishop of Ondo Ecclesiastical and Bishop of Akure Anglican Diocese, Most Revd Simeon Borokini, has urged President Bola Tinubu to remain vigilant and prevent any cabal from hijacking his government.
11 Jul 2023
United Nations (UN) has warned that Sudan is on the brink of a full-scale civil war, as Egypt readies to host a summit on Thursday, July 13, to discuss ways to end the 12-week conflict between rival Sudanese military factions.
11 Jul 2023
University of llorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) management has sealed a pact with a power holding company to ensure 20 hours electricity supply daily to the tertiary health institution.
11 Jul 2023
High-Level talks have commenced among monarchs, elders, the political class and other stakeholders on the face-off between former Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, and elder statesman, Edwin Clark, over appropriation of funds during the ex-governor’s eight-year tenure.
11 Jul 2023
Edo State government has announced it is set to commence the Benin Port Project after 75 years. Chairman of the Benin Port Project, Dr. Greg Ogbeifun, made this known at the weekend, confirming that the preferred bidder, Mota Engil Africa...
11 Jul 2023
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Task Force), yesterday, started ridding the state off indiscriminate display of goods on the highways, road sides, kerbs and railway tracks across the metropolis.
11 Jul 2023
Board of Fellows of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (BOF PSN) has decried inability of Federal Health Institutions (FHIs), including teaching hospitals and federal medical centres to pay a N6 billion debt owed local manufacturers under the aegis of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group...
11 Jul 2023
The Lagos State Police Command,yesterday, paraded 20-year-old Abdullahi Nasiru, 19-year-old Peter Odumola, 20-year-old Promise Benjamin, 19-year-old Emmanuel Ikechuckwu and 18-year-old Richards Adu for forcefully initiating their victims into their cult.
11 Jul 2023
A federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed September 28 for judgment in a suit filed by a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Demesuoyefa Kolomo, praying the court to order independent National Electoral commission ...
11 Jul 2023
Professor of Business and Entrepreneurship at Ojaja University (formerly Crown-Hill University), Eiyenkorin, Kwara State, Muritala Awodun, has said that Public-Private Partnership (PPP) ownership arrangement will solve governance and funding issues of public universities in Nigeria.
11 Jul 2023
The first batch of Lagos State pilgrims that participated in the 2023 holy pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia arrived Lagos yesterday. The pilgrims, 185 males and 195 females, departed King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, aboard a Flynas Airline XY 7656...
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President Bola Tinubu recently signed an executive order on oil and gas reforms in Nigeria. Presidency spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said following extensive engagements, analyses, and benchmarking with other jurisdictions, Tinubu initiated the amendment of primary legislation to introduce fiscal incentives for oil and gas projects. Tinubu's aide on social media, Dada Olusegun, in an update…
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German police said Wednesday they had arrested 11 suspected members of a Nigerian mafia group behind a large-scale dating scam. The Black Axe gang was involved internationally in "multiple areas of criminal activity," with a focus in Germany on romance scams and money-laundering, Bavarian police said in a statement. The dating trick was a "modern…
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The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, says no fewer than 1.94 million candidates sat for the 2024 examinations in the country. Oloyede said this on Wednesday in Kaduna, while inspecting Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in the state amidst the ongoing JAMB examinations. He added that at the end of…
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Former director-general of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign, Doyin Okupe, said its candidate for the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, never believed in the principles of the political party. Okupe made this assertion during his interview on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’. He said Obi only saw the Labour Party as a platform to…
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A Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed May 17 for a ruling on a bail application filed by the detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mark Mordi, SAN, adopted their processes and argued their case against…
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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has notified the public and all stakeholders that runway 18L/36R has been reopened for flight operations at about 8.00 p.m. This is contained in a statement signed by Mrs Obiageli Orah, Director of Public Affairs & Consumer Protection, FAAN on Tuesday in Lagos. Orah said the development followed…
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Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has appealed to the 15 aspirants who contested for the gubernatorial ticket of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the primary elections held last Saturday to sheathe their swords.
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Development experts have expressed dismay over the slow pace of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs), noting that it is insufficient to achieve the 2030 targets.
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Lagos State Government, yesterday, said that about 856,680 traffic infractions were captured by the state’s automatic number plate recognition cameras.
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Following the success of its 'Back to School project' at St. Michael's African School, Ipari-Nla, Ogun State, in February, the Angel Foundation has completed another transformative project at the school, which was commissioned on Monday.