THE Ondo State Security Network Agency says it has arrested a 28-man syndicate of fake travel agents, notorious for duping innocent people on visa processing to United States and Australia. Chief Adetunji Adeleye, Commandant of the Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, who disclosed the development Thursday in Akure, explained that the …
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…Says any reprisal could lead to civil war Civil rights advocacy group – HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) – has called on the Department of State Services(DSS) and the National Security Adviser to fish out the miscreants and outlaws in Northern Nigeria who are making videos being posted …
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AFTER spending eight years in jail, a Nigerian televangelist accused of raping young women from his South African church has been found not guilty of all charges. Timothy Omotoso had denied the 32 charges in a trial that was broadcast live and gained huge interest across the country. In 2018, …
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AS the battle to control market share in the downstream sector rages, no fewer than 70 tank farm owners have been compelled to cease operations in the past two years, leaving their facilities abandoned and idle as retailers and station owners increasingly avoid utilising their services. These dormant tank farms, …
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THE Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has urged Mr Bayo Ojulari, the new Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), to strengthen reforms, transparency and accountability. NEITI urged the new leadership to prioritise timely publication of the company’s financial statements, full disclosure …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, depart Abuja for Paris in France on a working visit. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, announced this via a statement issued on Wednesday. Onanuga said Tinubu will appraise his administration’s midterm performance and assess …
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EDO State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has won again in the race to govern the state, thus time round at the judiciary turf. He had earlier won on September 21, 2024 on the political cum electoral turf when he clinched the first prize. He defeated Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic …
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PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in the September 21, 2024 poll, Asue Ighodalo, has served notice that he would go to the court upstairs to challenge the verdict of the Edo Election Petitions Tribunal that upheld the victory of Governor Monday Okpebholo. In their immediate riposte to the judgement, …
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SENATOR Adams Oshiomhole, representing Edo North, has expressed his delight over the verdict delivered by the three-man Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The tribunal, in a unanimous judgement on Wednesday, April 2, 2025,, affirmed Governor Monday Okpebholo as the duly elected Governor of Edo State in …
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A stock broker Mr David Adonri, has said the anticipated listing of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd.) on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) will unlock global capital and enable it to surpass President Tinubu’s 60 billion dollars investment goal by 2030, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports …
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