A suit filed by an Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Johnmary Jideobi, seeking the sack of the recently appointed Sole Administrator of Rivers, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.), was stalled on Thursday due to inability to serve some defendants. The development occurred after the plaintiff’s counsel, Chimezie Enuka, informed Justice James...
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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has disbursed 50 billion Dollars into various sectors of Nigeria in the last 10 years. The President and Chairman of Afreximbank, Prof. Benedict Oramah disclosed this at the Commissioning of the Afreximbank African Trade Centre (AATC) in Abuja on Thursday. Oramah said the sectors...
The Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation, on Thursday, launched the distribution of 1,000 free hearing aids to persons with hearing impairment in the South-East. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was organised by the foundation in partnership with the Abia Government and Starkey Hearing Foundation, with the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja– The Managing Director/CE of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr, has issued a stern warning to institutions that fail to inform students of loan disbursements made on their behalf, while still demanding payment of institutional fees from the same students. According to...
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has warned that 1,249 communities across 176 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 33 states and the FCT fall within the high flood-risk areas in 2025. The warning was issued during the official presentation of the 2025 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) by the Minister...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has fined eight Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) N628, 031,583.94 for non-compliance with capping of estimated bills for unmetered customers. The commission made this known in a statement on its website in Abuja on Thursday. The commission listed the DisCos affected to include: Abuja,...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, struck out a N50 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, struck out the suit for lack of diligent prosecution. When the matter...
Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has reviewed its ex-depot (gantry) loading cost of petrol to ₦867 per litre. It was gathered that the $20bn refinery informed its marketers and customers of the slash on Thursday. An official at the refinery confirmed the price reduction from ₦880 to ₦867 per...
The Police Command in Ondo State has begun investigations into the three headless bodies dumped in a river in Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ore,...
Anamba State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has issued a warning against pollution of streams and rivers by native doctors engaging in ritual practices in the state. Soludo gave the warning while addressing All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) faithful in Awka on Thursday. He urged residents to support the state government’s...
Yobe State Government has announced its readiness to reintegrate ex-members of Boko Haram who have undergone the De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme under Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC). Gov. Mai Mala Buni made this known on Thursday in Damaturu when he received the delegation of OPSC led by Gen....
Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has accused a former Governor of Rivers, Ada George, of taking side in the crisis rocking the state. Olayinka made the accusation in a statement in Abuja...
The African Development Bank’s President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said implementation of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) in Nigeria would reduce food imports, strengthen the Naira, and generate millions of jobs. Adesina stated this on Thursday in Calabar, Cross River, at the groundbreaking of the SAPZ project on...
Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has reiterated that only studying hard allowed candidates to pass examinations and not cheating. The registrar gave the advice while speaking with newsmen during an assessment of the 2025 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Thursday, at the...
The Federal Government and education stakeholders have vowed to end the Almajiri street-begging crisis by integrating modern learning with quranic education. This was the position of stakeholders at one-day presentation of Civil Society Organisations on the Revitalisation of the Almajiri- Tsangaya System of Education in Nigeria in Abuja on...
A Federal High Court in Lokoja on Thursday ordered that hearing notices be served on two petitioners by substituted means in the suit for Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s recall. The Judge. Justice Isa Dashen gave the order on after granting the application or motion exparte raised by the plaintiffs through...
A security expert, Chief Jeff Nweke has been elected as the candidate of African Alliance (AA) for the Nov. 8 governorship election in Anambra. Nweke, Managing Director of Blueshield Securities, a private security company based in Awka emerged at a congress of the party held in Awka on Thursday....
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has appealed to nursing students in the state not to leave the state after graduation to curb brain drain in the state’s health sector. The governor made the appeal during the 2024/ 2025 Maiden Matriculation Ceremony of the Nursing College, Enugu on Thursday. Mbah...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Damaturu Branch, on Thursday donated fire-fighting equipment to the Ultra-Modern Police Hospital, Damaturu, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. The CBN team, led by Branch Manager Mr Umar Wadata, included the Head of Banking, Hajiya Amina Ningi, along with other staff...
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced temporary suspension of the Warri-Itakpe train service, noting that it would last for 72 hours. Managing Director of the NRC, Dr Kayode Opaifa, said this in a statement by Ms Henrietta Eregare, of the corporation’s Public Relations Department, issued to newsmen in...