Nigeria
15 Dec
Ohanaeze Youths Movement (OYM), the premier Igbo socio-cultural youth group, on Friday dismissed Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Yemi Cardoso's accusations against Godwin Emefiele regarding the shortage of naira notes. The OYM labelled these claims as immature and alleged that they were orchestrated by the CBN chief to divert attention from his failure to…
15 Dec
The leadership of the Kaduna State branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) says travellers in the state have reduced by over 50 per cent as the yuletide approaches.
15 Dec
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to order the release of the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu from detention. The Supreme Court in a judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim but written by Justice Garba Lawal voided and set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal which in…
15 Dec
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the treasonable charge filed against Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
15 Dec
A former governor of Anambra, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife is dead.
15 Dec
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, SSAP-SDGs, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has emphasized the urgency of accelerating climate action plans through national financing strategies and Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs), highlighting their critical role in climate action financing. Orelope-Adefulire made these remarks at a pivotal Climate Finance Side Event hosted by…
15 Dec
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi and other well-wishers are mourning the death of first civilian Governor of Anambra State, Chief Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife. Obi in a post on X said he received with sadness and shock the report of the death of Ezeife late Thursday night.…
15 Dec
Defence Health Maintenance Limited (DHML) has rolled out an initiative to expand health insurance coverage for military retirees. Managing Director/CEO of DHML, Surgeon Rear Admiral AB Afolayan (Rtd), disclosed this during the 11th DHML Stakeholders Meeting with Military Health Care Providers held at the Scorpion Officers Mess in Abuja. Afolayan outlined the organisation’s commitment to…
15 Dec
In a bid to raise the professionalism bar and enhance capacity, 31 Police Public Relations Officers and Public Relations experts at the Force Public Relations Department, Force Headquarters Abuja, were inducted into the National Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) on Thursday, December 14, 2023. The induction ceremony which was conducted by the President and Chairman…
15 Dec
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has distributed dry-season wheat farm inputs to 3,000 farmers in Bauchi State to reduce the importation of foreign grains and boost local production in Nigeria. Speaking in Bauchi during the closing ceremony of the distribution on Thursday, the managing Director of K.T. Doma Investment Ltd who is…
15 Dec
The media team of Senate President Godswill Akpabio has dismissed reports that he collapsed on Thursday at the colloquium to mark his 61st birthday in Abuja.
15 Dec
The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS/CEDEAO) has officially suspended the Republic of Niger by all sub-regional bodies, until constitutional order is restored in the country.