THE suspension of Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja stalled the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s money laundering case against former Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano. The National Judicial Council (NJC) at its 108th meeting…
…as NiMET predicts heavy rainfall THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday engaged stakeholders in Benue following the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) heavy rainfall prediction for the state. The Director-General, NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, while speaking during the engagement…
THE Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, has inaugurated the Ministerial Committee on Technical Assessment, Completion Planning, and Disposal Strategy for 753-units Housing Estate. Dangiwa while inaugurating the committee, on Monday in Abuja, said the estate was…
At least 30 people, including aid workers, children and a journalist, were killed when Israeli airstrikes hit a Red Cross-run school shelter in Gaza, the enclave’s Health Ministry said on Monday. The ministry, deemed credible by the United Nations, reported…
IN its efforts to adopt initiatives to avert any crisis and achieve a peaceful resolution of problems that affect the Ogoni people, Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People [MOSOP] and Ogoni Liberation Initiative have decided to collaborate for Ogoni…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria “over the failure to disclose the details of any direct payments to the 774 local government councils in Nigeria including the amounts sent to…
THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has mandated service providers to inform consumers of major service outages on their networks through media channels. The NCC made this known in a statement by the Acting Head, Public Affairs, Mrs Nnenna Ukoha, on…
THE Pan-African Dialogue Institute (TPADI) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to declare May 25th, which is Africa Day, a national public holiday. The President of TPADI, Dr Effiong Udo, made the call at a news conference on Sunday…
THE Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Uganda Airlines, have inaugurated the Nigeria-East/Southern Africa Air Cargo Corridor with 50 per cent discount. The Minister, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, at the inauguration…
SENATE Leader Opeyemi Bamidele on Sunday opposed key opposition parties in the country for labelling the National Assembly a rubber-stamp parliament without any justification or proof. This is contained in a statement in Abuja by his Directorate of Media and…
