Wild Africa has urged both the Nigerian government and the general public to protect the world's most trafficked mammal from extinction and support ongoing efforts to update national wildlife legislation to help combat wildlife trafficking. Although pangolins are protected by both national and international laws, including the 2016 ban on international commercial trade, high demand…

The Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS) says the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) has soared to N10.4 billion in January from N7.2 billion in December. The EIRS Head of Communications, Courage Eboigbe, quoted the Chairman of the board, Mr Oladele Bankole-Balogun, as announcing this in a statement on Monday in Benin. Bankole-Balogun attributed this…

Justice Silas Agya, Chief Judge of Taraba on Monday, designated Court Nine of the state High Court for the trial of family cases in the state. Agya made the declaration during an advocacy visit by Mrs. Agyin Kefas, wife of the governor of Taraba in Jalingo. He said that the court would have jurisdiction over…

A body comprising retired and serving Nigerian diplomats – the Association of Foreign Relations Professionals of Nigeria (AFRPN) – has warned that if Nigeria and the rest of Africa are to be liberated economically, its power sector must be prioritised. It also maintained that to avert neocolonialism, a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) approach must be adopted…

The senator representing Delta North senatorial district at the National Assembly, Ned Nwoko, has denied recent rumours claiming that he is planning to marry Nollywood actress Chika Ike as his seventh wife and that she is pregnant with his child. The senator’s response follows speculation that has now gone viral about his marriage to actress…