KENYAN politician and former justice minister Martha Karua has said she was expelled from Tanzania on Sunday, where she had travelled to observe the treason trial of a high-profile opposition leader. The incident has sparked criticism of growing political repression in East…
THE National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Ogun Command, says it has sensitised 21, 792 pupils on human trafficking and its menace in the state within two months. The Commander, NAPTIP Ogun , Mrs Abosede Jimoh,…
EMERGENCY responders have rescued three persons from a two-storey building that collapsed on Sunday afternoon at Mushin area of Lagos State. The Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Lagos Territorial Office, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development to the News…
THE Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, has revealed that plans are underway to establish electric vehicle factories and other manufacturing ventures in Nigeria. Dunhai disclosed this to the Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr Dele Alake at a recent…
THERE is a Yoruba proverb thus: “You cannot shave a man’s head in his absence”. Literally it means, you cannot make a decision that affects someone without their knowledge or consent. The person whose life is affected by the decision…
IT isn’t the very day a wayward child gleefully crashed the sacred earthen pot that he is served deterrence. That is why it has taken some time to glimpse at the irresponsibility and daring of a characterless middle age man,…
PROFESSOR Ishaq Oloyede management of Joint Administration and Matriculation (JAMB) purge was long overwhelming before the recent 2025 technical glitches that affected nearly 380,000 candidates in Lagos and the Southeast. Professor Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB Registrar, admitted to errors in…
THE President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has said it has revalidated a total of 2.3 million households for payment under the conditional cash transfer programme, aimed at cushioning the effects of recent economic reforms. The Director General of the National…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has strengthened its collaboration with the British High Commission in the fight against organised immigration fraud through a specialised training on document forgery. The training, organised by the Home Office International Operations of…
THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunny and cloudy weather conditions, with thunderstorms, across the country from Sunday to Tuesday. NiMet’s weather outlook, released on Saturday in Abuja, predicted sunny skies on Sunday. It also forecasted patches of cloud…
