Moscow is anticipating difficult relations with the European Union given the politicians put forward to lead the bloc over the years ahead, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. Kaja Kallas, the Estonian prime minister penciled in to head the bloc’s foreign policy unit, had not till date stood out …

THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it would continue to implement more policies to tackle cybersecurity challenges, foster innovation to ensure stability and integrity of the financial system. The Deputy Governor, Financial Systems Stability at CBN, Mr Philip Ikeazor, said this during a two-day Financial Institutions Training Centre …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight Federal Permanent Secretaries to fill vacancies of some states and geo-political zones in the topmost administrative cadre of the Civil Service of the Federation. This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and …

A Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, has remanded a 45-year-old farmer, Gbenga Abajigbin, for raping a 65-year-old woman in the state. The police charged Abajigbin with rape. The prosecutor, Inspector Sodiq Adeniyi, told the court that the farmer committed the offence at Ipole-Iloro in Ekiti State in …

THE Court of Appeal in Lagos on Friday affirmed the judgement of a Lagos State High Court, which sentenced Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly called Baba Ijesha to five years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor. The appellate court in its lead judgement delivered by Justice Folashade Ojo found …

BURIAL of Nollywood actor John Okafor, better known as Mr Ibu, has been buried in his hometown of Amuri, Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State. The actor passed in March 2024 in Lagos due to cardiac arrest, following complications from the amputation of one of his legs. Mr …

THE Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department, FEMD, has again underscored the importance of access in firefighting operations. The agency stated this while disclosing the cause of the fire incident at the old Karu Market was still unknown. The Acting Director General of FEMD, Mrs. Florence Wenegieme, stated this at …

THE Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Ogun State branch, has felicitated the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun on his election as the Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum. In a letter written to the Governor by the Union and jointly signed by its Chairman, Com. Waidi Oloyede and the …

THE Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld a previous ruling by a Lagos State High Court, confirming a five-year prison sentence for Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James, also known as Baba Ijesha, for the sexual assault of a minor aged 14. The Court of Appeal, in a …

Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has ordered traditional stools in the state without Chieftaincy Declarations to register with the government before the end of September. Chieftaincy Declaration is the law that stipulates enthronement guidelines of traditional stools in each community of the state. Aiyedatiwa, who was represented by his …