The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has been ranked Nigeria’s leading health institution in the 2026 SCImago Institutions Rankings, placing 7,051st worldwide and in the first quartile of the global health-sector table. The Spanish-based ranking scored institutions on 20 indicators across three weighted dimensions: research performance (50%), innovation output...
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Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML), and the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) have expressed commitment to ensure a full compliance with the Anti Money Laundering/Counter Finance on Terrorism/Counter Proliferation Financing, (AML/CFT/CPF) laws within the Nigeria’s real estate sector. They made the resolve during a stakeholders’...
Abuja, Nigeria, September 14, 2026: Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, is to deliver the keynote address at the 10th Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), scheduled to hold in Lagos. Chairman of the 2026 conference planning committee and Deputy...
In the stormy wellspring of a torrential national discourse, something useful has emerged. Suddenly, the written word as the expression of national memory has emerged in a flurry of memoirs. We are in the season of memoirs and recollections. Selective remembering in writing has since emerged as a distinctive...
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), has announced plans to institute the Dotun Oladipo Prize for Online Journalism in memory of its former president. GOCOP Deputy President Olumide Iyanda announced the initiative on behalf of the Guild on Thursday at the service of songs for Oladipo at Regal...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has publicly endorsed his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, as the right person to sustain the state’s development, describing him as a dependable partner with the experience and leadership qualities needed to take Lagos forward. The governor made the declaration after he and Hamzat paid...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has successfully secured the arrest and repatriation of Festus Ibewuike, alias Chidibest Ibewuike, a fugitive drug kingpin who had evaded arrest for over two years following the interception of the single largest heroin consignment ever recorded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on traditional rulers across the country to deploy their moral authority to mobilise eligible voters for the 2027 General Election and promote peaceful, issue-based political campaigns. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash O. Amupitan, SAN, made the appeal on Tuesday in Lagos when he...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have, in a coordinated sweep across the country arrested a convicted cocaine trafficker who disguised himself as a herbal tea merchant in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Lagos....
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recorded another major breakthrough in its nationwide war against illicit drugs, intercepting a fuel tanker used to conceal over two tonnes of cannabis and seizing hundreds of kilograms of drug-infused cookies at the Tincan Port in Lagos. According to a statement issued...
Environmental advocates, waste managers, recycling practitioners and private-sector stakeholders have called for stronger policy enforcement, increased investment, long-term financing, improved infrastructure, technology adoption and behavioural change to unlock Nigeria’s recycling potential and transform waste into economic value. The stakeholders made the call at the 5th Cycling Lagos Webinar, held...
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has marked his 65th birthday by sponsoring free surgeries for 65 children, describing the initiative as part of his commitment to giving back to society and improving the lives of vulnerable Nigerians. Obi disclosed this on Thursday after attending the final...
• Shows how Nigeria can surpass global estimated potential One of Nigeria’s topmost real estate and property entrepreneurs, My-ACE China (popularly known as ‘Mayor of Housing’), has reacted to the latest global report on real estate, which posted Nigeria and Africa as a new growth area. He has not...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of captagon, widely known as ‘Jihadi drug’ and millions of opioid pills worth over N6.2 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued to...
In a major breakthrough in the ongoing fight against transnational organized crime, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the National Central Bureau (NCB-INTERPOL), Lagos Annex, have successfully rescued two foreign nationals lured to Nigeria and held captive by a human trafficking syndicate. The Force spokesman, CSP Anietie...
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) has welcomed efforts to promote safe helicopter services across Africa in a proposed Regional Action Plan. The plan is the highlight of a workshop organised in Lagos this week by the Aviation subcommittee of the International Association of Oil and Gas...
Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentence of two fraudsters before Justice F.N. Ogazi of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, for money laundering and fraudulent impersonation. The convicts, Agboola Abdullahi Abiodun and Victor Okonjo, were...
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has dismissed claims by the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDP) over the recent power outage affecting parts of Lekki, insisting that the information released by the distribution company did not accurately reflect what transpired at the Lekki Transmission Substation. In a statement issued by...
In a bid to reduce rural-urban migration and promote balanced development across the State, the Lagos State Government has flagged off the construction of the 670-metre Adebayo-Akinade Road in Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area, as part of the administration’s commitment to delivering the T.H.E.M.E.S. Plus Development Agenda to rural...
Another 65 Nigerians are expected to return home from South Africa on Wednesday under a privately funded voluntary repatriation programme aimed at complementing the Federal Government’s ongoing evacuation efforts. The latest batch, facilitated by the Nigerian Private Group of Business Friends, is the second phase of the initiative following...