An Abuja-based lawyer, Alexander Oketa, has dragged the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede before an Abuja court over land ownership tussle . The ownership issue is between Jona Brothers Construction Limited and one Chief Michael Adeojo (Chairman of Elizade Motors), Acting on...
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By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Edo Police Command has rescued Reverend Father Philip Ekeli, who was kidnapped alongside Seminarian Peter Andrew in the state on March 3. The police, however, said that the seminarian tragically lost his life in captivity. This is contained in a statement issued by the...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos– Chairman of the Senate Committee on Labour, Employment, and Productivity, Senator Diket Plang, has launched a ₦1 billion empowerment initiative aimed at strengthening agriculture and business opportunities in Plateau Central. Unveiled at a flag-off ceremony in Jos, the initiative provides essential equipment, financial support, and...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy empowering entrepreneurs is set to announce the 11th cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme on Saturday, March 22, 2025. The 2025 announcement comes at a critical time, as Africa’s entrepreneurship ecosystem faces funding constraints and global...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has distributed 7,000 motorcycles to civil servants, 4,000 of which are electric bikes, in its efforts to ease the transportation burden of workers across the state. The governor, who flagged the distribution, said that the initiative is first of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Government has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to addressing the persistent challenge of homeless children, commonly referred to as Skolombo, in Calabar through a comprehensive rehabilitation initiative championed by the Office of the Wife of the Governor. Speaking during a press briefing...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The trial of former Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, over an alleged mismanagement of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC’s) funds continued on Thursday, March 13, 2025 with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) presenting its...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Health experts have raised concerns over the widespread neglect of oral health in Nigeria, warning that poor dental hygiene and lack of regular checkups are fueling preventable diseases. They linked the trend to low awareness, limited access to dental services, and the tendency to...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said the rationale behind his administration’s economic reforms was to protect the interests of future generations. “For 50 years, Nigeria was spending money of generations yet unborn and servicing the West Coast of our subregion with fuel. It was getting difficult to plan for...
President Donald Trump took his contentious bid to end birthright citizenship in the United States to the Supreme Court on Thursday. Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, which he signed on his first day in office, was blocked by federal district courts in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos – Renaissance Africa Energy has completed the “acquisition of the entire (100%)” equity holding in Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC). This is according to a statement on Thursday by The spokesman of Renaissance Africa Energy Holdings, Tony Okonedo, announced this in a...
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Appropriations, Sen Solomon Adeola(APC, Ogun West), has urged the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) not succumb to what he called blackmail against the Nigerian Senate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is serving a six-month suspension, had accused the...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – A 25-year old man, identified as Toye Dominic, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a forest in Alagbodagbo Village, Ijebu Igbo area of Ogun State. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, CSP Omolola Odutola, confirmed this in a statement in Abeokuta...
Traditional doctors in Anambra have pledged their commitment to work with the state government to ensure the success of the ongoing sanitisation in the traditional medicine practice sector. Chairman of the group, Chief Innocent Okwundu, gave the pledge during a parley with leadership of the Anambra House of Assembly...
Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, has reiterated that the ongoing 700-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is not waste of resources weaved with corrupt tendencies as claimed by critics. Umahi said this at the Second Stakeholder’s Engagement and the unveiling of the 71-kilometre alignment of the Ondo State Section of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday, inaugurated its South-South Caretaker Committee, saying it is yet to conduct its congress for the zone. The PDP acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, stated this while inaugurating the Chief Emmanuel Ogidi-led PDP South-South Zonal Caretaker Committee at the party’s national headquarters in...
The national leadership of Labour Party has extended the ongoing registration and revalidation exercise by the party to May. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, made this known in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. Ifoh quoted the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, as saying after the...
Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick and Wilson Odobert was on target twice for Tottenham Hotspur as the two Premier League strugglers reached the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday. Fernandes converted two penalties and got the other from open play as United came from behind to beat...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his commitment to the All Progressives Congress (APC), stating that he is proud to be a member of the party. In a statement, Buhari emphasized that he wants to be addressed as a loyal APC member, expressing his...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Japanese fibre giant, Kanekalon collaboration workshop with the Osun State Barbing, Hairdressing, and Cosmetologist Association (OBHACA) have established and empowered local stylists in the state. The Kanekalon representative from Ghana, Miebi Egbebo, during the Association Collaboration workshop series in partnership with X –...