Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for approving a 15-year gas supply framework for UTM Offshore Limited, describing the decision as a major milestone that will accelerate industrial development in the Niger Delta and strengthen Nigeria’s gas economy. In a letter dated August 6,...
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Nigerian investigative journalist and former presidential aide, Chief Jackson Ude, has empowered 80 youths from Nkporo in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State with ₦1 million each in business grants as part of his empowerment initiative. The gesture, according to Oscar Chibueze, Ude’s Ambassador in Okwoko Nkporo, is...
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, on Friday officially introduced Hajiya Zeinab Ibrahim, the North-East Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as his running mate for the 2027 governorship election. The announcement was made at the TY Danjuma House in Jalingo during the 58th birthday celebration of the...
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has commended the member representing Awka North and South Federal Constituency, Lilian Orogbu, for what he described as purposeful representation through people-centred empowerment initiatives. Obi gave the commendation in a post shared on his X account on Saturday after attending an...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Rt. Hon. Usman S. Bawa (ABG), has described former governor of the state, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, CON, as a statesman whose seven decades of life and service have left enduring footprints in Kaduna State and Nigeria. Bawa, in...
Justice F.N. Ogazi of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, August 7, 2026, convicted and sentenced four persons to two and six months’ imprisonment respectively for offences bordering on illegal foreign exchange transactions and unlawful trading of naira notes. The convicts; Ahmad Umar Baros, Aminu Umar...
Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, August 6, 2026, handed over the sum of N125,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty-five Million Naira) to the victim of an alleged land fraud, Akinsewa Akiode. The recovery of the funds, handed over in Sterling Bank drafts, followed a petition...
Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, arraigned the trio Jacob Acheneje Okolo, Yakubu Wisdom Onu Solomon and Issa Aloba Lateef for an alleged N652.18m theft before Justice Olubunmi O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja,...
Plateau State Government, with technical support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has deployed Case Area Targeted Intervention (CATI) teams to communities affected by or considered at risk of cholera as part of efforts to contain the outbreak and prevent further transmission. The intervention followed a four-day CATI...
Media entrepreneur and host of the viral talk show #WithChude, Chude Jideonwo, has returned to the scene of Nigeria’s devastating floods, travelling to Akwa Ibom one month after the disaster to document what happens when the breaking news ends but the suffering continues. While the floods received intense media...
Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Alausa, has charged coordinators and officials responsible for the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative (NESRI) deliverables to continue to take full ownership of their assignments, sustain the momentum of ongoing reforms and ensure that outstanding commitments are translated into measurable results across Nigeria’s education...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has welcomed the formal admission of Nigeria as the newest National Member Committee of the World Energy Council (WEC), describing it as a proud moment for the nation and a strong vote of confidence in Nigeria’s energy reforms and leadership role in Africa. The President...
Minister of Power, Mr Joseph Tegbe, on Friday inaugurated former Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti, as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). Also inaugurated are Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Mr Ilyasu Makinta and three others as members and non-executive directors, with Mr Abba Aliyu...
Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (ICCON) has appointed a new Acting Registrar and Chief Executive Officer. He is Chemist Akwaowo Idongesit Reuben, who, until his appointment, was the Coordinator of ICCON’s Zonal Offices across the country. His appointment follows the expiration of the second tenure of the former...
Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Alausa, has hailed President Bola Tinubu’s approval of the recruitment process for 3,252 verified Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) teachers in Federal Unity Colleges, describing it as a landmark intervention that underscores the President’s commitment to strengthening Nigeria’s education sector and investing in the nation’s future....
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended deep sympathy to former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, over the passing of her husband, Anthony Adeniyi Adeosun, 62, on Wednesday. President Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, condoled with the Adeosun family, friends and business associates over the loss,...
President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of His Most Eminence, Prophet Emmanuel Abiodun Alogbo, the Supreme Head (Olori) of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide, Ayo Ni O, and Supreme Head of the Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church. A statement by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has announced the completion and opening of the 10-span Oke Fia Flyover in Osogbo, describing the project as a major milestone in his administration’s commitment to improving infrastructure and easing traffic congestion in the Osun State capital. The governor made the announcement in a...
The Ior Gboko Foundation has applauded Nigerian music legend and Benue indigene, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as Tuface, for taking meaningful steps to support victims of violent attacks in his home state through humanitarian intervention and youth empowerment initiatives. The Foundation particularly commended Tuface’s recent courtesy visit to the...
The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations on Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance in Nigeria has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his intervention in the controversy surrounding the freezing of the Osun State Government’s accounts, describing the President’s reported directive to unfreeze the accounts as a timely step...