The African Asset Recovery Practitioners Forum, AARP, has charged African countries to join hands in forging a road map and actionable processes against resource theft and asset recovery on the continent. This charge was given at the ongoing inaugural meeting of the Forum in Nairobi, Kenya with the theme: “Supporting Efforts of African Union…
THE Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Dr Kayode Opeifa, says the corporation is hopeful that the Federal Government will reconstruct Eastern Railway line before 2027. Opeifa disclosed this during his “Familiarisation Tour To The Eastern…
THE House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State Oversight has postponed its interactive session with the Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.). Trojaninisghts reports that the interactive session was earlier slated for Thursday, April 17, 2025, at…
VICE-President Kashim Shettima, on Thursday, inaugurated the Inter Ministerial Committee on Research and Innovation to ensure food and energy security to power the economy and break the nation’s dependence on imports. Shettima, while inaugurating the committee at the Presidential…
…Want proactiveness of FG, Military, other stakeholders in tackling renewed Boko Haram attacks By Salihu Inusa, Maiduguri THE Borno State House of Assembly (BOSHA) presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan on Thursday passed a vote of confidence…
PRO-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, who was arrested in Finland in late 2024 on allegations of terrorism-related activities, is set to appear before a Finnish court in June 2025. Ekpa, who has been a prominent figure in the push for the…
A 27-year-old housewife, Rukayat Sodiq, has been remanded at the Agodi correctional facility by the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for the alleged murder of her 64-year-old husband, Abiodun Ibironke. The incident reportedly occurred on March 27 during an…
THE ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has appointed Dr Cassiel Forson, as the new Chairman of the bank. This is contained in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. NAN…
A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations has called for investigation into the $1.5 billion investment in Port Harcourt Refinery by the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr Mele Kyari. The coalition, Situation…
NIGERIA and South Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost mining cooperation, focusing on investment, knowledge exchange, and technology transfer between both nations. The agreement was signed in Abuja by Dr Dele Alake, Nigeria’s Minister of…
