Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged the Federal Government to sustain its macroeconomic reforms while ensuring that ordinary Nigerians benefit through improved living standards, job creation and stronger economic opportunities. Speaking at the opening of the 7th Africa Emerging Markets Forum in Abuja on...
By NGOBUA JOHNNIE, Abuja
Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned Rhas Nigeria Limited and its director, Liwa Sarirddine before Justice A.H. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court for fraud. They were arraigned on a one-count charge, bordering on alleged issuance of dud cheque to...
Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, July 30, 2026, convicted and sentenced one Sunmonu Olasunkanmi Thaoban to four years’ imprisonment for money laundering. Sunmonu was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the EFCC on a two-count charge bordering on...
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke on Thursday called on the National Peace Committee to intervene in the security situation in the state, alleging targeted attacks against members of his administration and political associates ahead of the August 15 governorship election. Speaking at a Peace Summit held in Osun State,...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) has approved the immediate dissolution of the Presidential Implementation Committee (PIC) on the Alienation of Federal Government Properties. The President gave the approval in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by his spokesman Bayo Onanuga. The statement said all matters relating to the activities...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Osun residents of a credible and peaceful governorship election on August 15, warning that anyone involved in vote buying, electoral violence or attempts to disrupt the poll will face the full weight of the law. The event, organised by the National Peace...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has intensified preparations for the 2027 governorship election with the inauguration of a nine-member campaign committee and the unveiling of Mr. Amos Adamu Gandu as the running mate to its governorship candidate, Hon. Usman Shehu Bawa (ABG). Speaking during the inauguration ceremony...
Marcus Rashford has bid an emotional farewell to Barcelona following the end of his loan spell, with the England international now returning to Manchester United for pre-season. The 28-year-old took to social media to thank the club, his teammates and supporters for making his stay in Catalonia one to...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has reaffirmed the Nigerian Army’s commitment to strengthening troop welfare through strategic partnerships with the private sector. Speaking on Thursday at the Army Headquarters in Abuja while receiving a delegation from GTBank led by its Executive Director, Ahmed Liman, the...
Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, has announced a major change in Nigeria’s approach to addressing the challenge of out-of-school children, with the adoption of Kaduna State’s household mapping model as the national framework for identifying and returning children to school. The new approach, which will be implemented...
National Universities Commission (NUC) has recognised the Jigawa State University of Medical and Allied Sciences as Nigeria’s 70th state-owned university and the first private university to be acquired by state government. The recognition also represents the first instance of a state government acquiring an existing private university and converting...
As part of activities marking the International Day of the African Child, Plan International Nigeria, in partnership with IHS Towers and the Sokoto State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, has provided educational materials to 100 vulnerable pupils in Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The intervention saw...
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Professor Tanko Ishaya, has urged institutions to celebrate distinguished individuals while they are still alive rather than waiting until after their death, as the university honoured its pioneer Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor Elijah Sokomba. Professor Ishaya made the...
Shell Companies in Nigeria on Tuesday night hosted outgoing Executive Vice President Nigeria and Country Chair, Marno de Jong to a rousing sendforth as former Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) Elohor Aiboni returns from a foreign posting to take up the role. Stakeholders...
An elder statesman, former Minister of Finance, and Sardaunan Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji, has died at the age of 88. A family source confirmed to our correspondent that the respected statesman passed away in Abuja after a brief age-related illness. The late Alhaji served Nigeria with distinction in several...
Media adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has criticised President Bola Tinubu over his recent comments on hunger and population growth in Nigeria, describing the President’s remarks as insensitive. In a post shared on his X account on Thursday, Ibe reacted to Tinubu’s statement that hunger...
City Boy Movement has dismissed claims that the attendance of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, at the inauguration of its Lagos State chapter amounted to political endorsement by the Nigeria Police Force. In a statement issued on Thursday by its National Director of Media Monitoring and Rapid...
Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji, has dismissed the campaign for his removal over an alleged N44 million financial misconduct as a political move linked to the 2027 elections. He claimed that some lawmakers were working to stop him from returning as Speaker...
By PAUL EJIME Odoo is a business management software suite developed in Belgium. But its advert billboard often reminds me of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s popular song with the same acronym. O. D. O. O, or Overtake Don Overtake Overtake, is the title of Fela’s 1989 album, which, like most of his revolutionary songs,...
Plateau State Sustainable Development Goals Project Support Unit (SDGs-PSU) has empowered artisans and traders across the state with business training, equipment and financial support aimed at strengthening micro-enterprise, creating jobs and reducing poverty. The empowerment programme, held on Thursday at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Little Rayfield, Jos,...