THE Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Friday, launched the distribution of relief items to 507 households affected by the 2024 flooding in the state. Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf performed the official handover of the items to the beneficiaries in Kibiya and Madobi …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Hon. Justice J.K. Omotosho has ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, can proceed with its South-South Zonal elective congress scheduled for February 22, 2025, in Calabar, Cross Rivers State. This decision was a sequel to the court’s refusal …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has returned a total sum of $120,548.43 and N70,602,841.46 to victims of fraud from the United States, Spain, and Switzerland. The funds, recovered from local fraudsters, were handed over to the foreign victims as part of the EFCC’s commitment to ensuring justice and …
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THE Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, February 20, 2025 arraigned additional 18 Chinese before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. They are: Huang Bo, Xiong Zhen, Lai Rui Feng, Deng Wei Qiang, Fu Min, Qin Xiao …
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THE Lagos State House of Assembly has reaffirmed its commitment to developing legislative frameworks that promote equity and inclusion in society. The Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, made this pledge on Friday while delivering a special address at the Women Advocates Research & Documentation Centre (WARDC) Co-creation Workshop in Lagos. Meranda highlighted …
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The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), through its Centre for Basic Space Science and Astronomy, has successfully calculated and predicted that the first astronomical lunar crescent visibility for February 2025 will appear on Friday, 28th 2025. In a statement by the Director, Media and Corporate Communications of NASRDA, …
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THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has contributed US$ 1 million from its Special Relief Fund to support emergency food response for flood-affected communities in Northeastern Nigeria especially those adversely affected by the devastating floods that hit Borno State in September 2024, A statement by the United Nations World Food Programme …
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I am sorry o, but you can’t cause chaos that led to someone’s death, his wife’s death, the collapse of one of the biggest business Empires in Africa, the deaths of thousands, and the collapse of democracy, and now be rewarded with N17b and be feted by some of the …
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THE Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has called for continuous collaboration between professional associations in the oil and gas industry and government agencies to ensure the sector contributes more effectively to the socio-economic development of Nigeria. Such collaboration could result in investments in research and development that …
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PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially approved the establishment of two new federal universities. The new institutions are the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences located in Iyin Ekiti and the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies situated in Iragbiji, Osun State. The development was announced by Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi …
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