Nigeria
26 Jan
West African Law Students' Association has advised President Bola Tinubu to restructure the country’s World Bank loans and seek better loan repayment terms.
26 Jan
House of Representatives Member representing Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency, Engr. Akarachi Amadi has given scholarship to 114 indigent students in his constituency.
26 Jan
International Organization for Migration, (IOM), Borno state government and North East Development Commission are seeking ways to partner in finding durable solutions for providing shelters to displaced communities in North-East Nigeria.
26 Jan
President Bola Tinubu has been called upon to curtail alleged abuse of office, financial impropriety, and gross misconduct being perpetrated in the National Population Commission (NPC).
26 Jan
Meet Light San, the Nigerian artist whose musical journey defies the narrative.
26 Jan
Professor of engineering, University of Lagos, Funsho Falade, has implored government at all levels to increase budgetary allocations to education. Speaking at an inaugural lecture, titled: ‘The beginning and the end...
26 Jan
Four of the leading secondary schools in Ekiti State will on Monday, January 29, 2024, slug it out at an inter-school debate competition to kick off the 70th anniversary celebrations of Ekiti Parapo College, Ido-Ekiti (EKPACO).
26 Jan
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has unveiled the state-of-the-art medical facilities of Iwosan Lagoon Hospitals in Victoria Island, Lagos, as the management vowed to put an end to medical tourism.
26 Jan
The police, yesterday, paraded 17 suspects in connection with the recent killings in parts of Plateau State. Meanwhile, Defence Headquarters (DHQ) plans to invite the Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria
25 Jan
"Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service." St Thomas Aquinas St. Thomas Aquinas, the great Dominican priest and scriptural theologian, described one who is devoted as one who “surrenders himself readily to the service of God". Put simply, devotion is essentially an act because it…
25 Jan
THE Southwest chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, ratified the selection of Kamorudeen Ajisafe, a former council chairman in Osun State and erstwhile Special Adviser on Tax Matters to Governor Ademola Adeleke, as the new national vice chairman of the party in the zone. The motion to ratify Ajisafe as the national vice chairman…
25 Jan
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr Olukayode Ajulo, has cleared the air on the political crisis in Rivers State and the case before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. In a press statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, the senior advocate said contrary to the information in circulation, the case in suit number SUIT…
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The Federal Government has set up a seven-man committee to investigate the alleged bullying incidents at Lead British International School, Abuja. This was after the government convened an emergency meeting with management of the school following a disturbing video footage of some students bullying others emerged on the social media earlier on Tuesday. "The committee's…
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The pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, to support the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal road project being executed by the Federal Government. Obi, who was the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, had on Monday said the construction of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway…
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....as secondary market turnover in FMDQ hits ₦48.9tr Total value of transactions executed by domestic investors outperformed foreign investors patronage by circa 64 per cent as at March 2024. According to the latest Domestic and Foreign Portfolio Investment Report of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), total domestic transactions accounted for about 89 per cent…
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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 successfully completed another transformative project at the school, which was commissioned on Monday. It renovated and modernised the school's toilet facilities, enhanced hygiene standards for students and teachers alike, as well as…
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Former Central Bank of Nigeria's governor Godwin Emefiele approved the printing of N684.5 million naira with N18.9 billion, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has said. EFCC made the claim in a new four-count charge filed against Emefiele at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory. The anti-graft agency's prosecutor Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN)…
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The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has promised that the commission will now meet on a quarterly basis with stakeholders of the commission to enhance the formulation and sustenance of the Commission's overall strategies for the development of the region. Ogbuku made the promise during an interactive forum…
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The Kogi State House of Assembly, during plenary on Tuesday, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to remove the ‘wanted’ tag that it placed on Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of the state. EFCC declared Bello alongside Ali Bello, Dauda Suleiman and Abdulsalam Hudu on 19-count charges bordering on money laundering…
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The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) on Tuesday suspended Mfonobong David Udoudom, a lecturer in the General Studies division, who was caught in a video allegedly harassing a female student. The university said that the indefinite suspension is with immediate effect pending the outcome of a disciplinary panel constituted to investigate the incident. UNN spokesperson,…
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The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has accused the former Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello, of withdrawing $720,000 from state's account to pay for his child’s school fees in advance. Olukoyede disclosed this during a press briefing on Tuesday, April 23. "A certain governor, because he knows he is…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen over 300 accounts over suspicious forex flows. The EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede, who stated this on Tuesday said the agency discovered a new financial scheme that poses a significant threat to the stability of the foreign exchange market. According to Olukoyede, the scheme, known as the…