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9 Jan
Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, weekend, goofed when he said the five aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members, otherwise known as G-5, would help President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to win the presidency again in the 2027 general elections. Ortom also went further to tell a lie that the G-5…
5 Jan
Nigerians should commend President Bola Tinubu for scouting for a seasoned professional to help stabilize the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB) at this critical time, because an effective NCDMB will in the long run contribute to the needed economic growth, by promoting local production through partnership. Charged with the duty of institutionalising local…
3 Jan
In the past couple of weeks, the media has been awash with monumental scandals involving individuals and organisations associated with the past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Reports claim that the suspects not only looted billions in local and foreign currencies from the treasury but there are others to be exposed for re-looting the so-called…
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To address the rising challenge of internal displacement across Africa, the private sector must play a proactive role in ensuring self-reliance and dignity for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The Vice Chairman of TGI Group, Farouk Gumel, stated this at the 2024 Africa Roundtable on Private Sector Solutions to Internal Displacement in Lagos. He emphasised the…
6 mins ago
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured the conviction of four drug lords, who were sentenced to a combined 28 years in prison following the seizure of over 2.1 tons of cocaine in Ikorodu, Lagos. The Federal High Court in Lagos, presided over by Justice Yellim Bogoro, delivered the sentences after a two-year…
8 mins ago
Female infertility is the inability of a woman to conceive or carry a pregnancy to term after one year of regular, unprotected sexual intercourse. Female factor infertility refers to infertility issues that primarily originate from the female reproductive system. There are different levels or types of female infertility which can affect women in varying degrees.…
14 mins ago
Notorious terrorist leader Bello Turji has threatened residents of communities in Zamfara and Sokoto States, accusing them of providing intelligence to the Nigerian military that led to the arrest of his alleged lieutenants. Turji’s threats come after the Nigerian military revealed on December 20 that it had captured key members of Turji's network during an…
16 mins ago
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) and other agencies rescued three men who were trapped in a blocked manhole in Abuja. The other agencies involved in the rescue operation at Guzape, Asokoro District, are the FCT Fire Service and the National Emergency Management Agency. The acting Director-General of the department, Mr. Abdulrahman Mohammed,…
16 mins ago
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara South Senatorial District, Engineer Opeyemi Olabanji, has cautioned the youths against being used by inordinate politicians ahead of the 2027 general elections. Olabanji, while addressing the youth wing of the APC from Irepodun Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, who yesterday paid him a…
17 mins ago
A former spokesman and ex-Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has stated that the South, and not the North, should produce the president in 2027. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos, Okupe argued that fairness demands that the South completes its…
30 mins ago
Hours after the tragedy that hit a community in Silame Local Government Area (LGA), Sokoto State, when a warplane targeted the Lakurawa insurgents, a lady who was a victim has narrated how her family members fell victim to the attack, alleging that they were burnt to death in an inferno that ensued during the attack.…
53 mins ago
Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State, has consoled with his counterpart of Jigawa, Gov. Umar Namadi over the demise of his mother, Hajiya Maryam, who died on Wednesday. Mr. Ibrahim Kaula-Mohammed, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, made this known in a statement issued in Katsina on Wednesday. Radda described the demise of a mother…
1 hour ago
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has urged truck and commercial drivers on routine maintenance of their vehicles to avert traffic crashes experienced in the Yuletide. The LASTMA General Manager, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. Bakare-Oki noted that many vehicles…