Elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark has alleged the national chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Ganduje and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Ambassador Illiya Damagum, are conniving with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike to sabotage the administration of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara.Clark, a former minister of Information and senator,…
In a startling revelation, a contractor, Olugbenga Obadina admitted in court on Monday that his company, Almond Projects Limited, received N2.17 billion from the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) without any contractual agreement or project fulfillment. The admission came during his trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja, where he is being…
The Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, stated this yesterday while unfolding the conditions would-be beneficiaries will be required to meet. No fewer than 1.2 million students are expected to benefit from the cardinal programme of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Administration. President Tinubu on April 3 signed into law the…
There was a noticeable tension in Ojo area of Lagos State on Monday after two students of the Lagos State University were hit by stray bullets. The incident reportedly happened outside the school campus at a popular students’ residential area called PPL late Monday. The two students were said to have been hit around 8…
Pupil beaten into coma. Teacher Arrested. School Shut A teacher Faith Nwonye, has been arrested for allegedly beating an eight-year-old pupil into a coma at the Landmark School Mgbakwu in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, who disclosed this to journalists in her office, on…
Lagos State Police Command has rescued two infants who were locked up in an apartment on Adelakun Street, in the Iju Ishaga area of Lagos State. A rights group, Advocate for Children and Vulnerable Persons Network, alleged that the mother of the infants had been grappling with substance abuse. The Chief Operating Officer of the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has withdrawn the circular it issued to all commercial banks on May 6, 2024, directing them to implement a compulsory withdrawal of 0.05 per cent from every electronic transaction as cybersecurity levy. The controversial directive for collection of the levy had attracted nationwide condemnation when the central bank introduced…
The Ministry of Youth Development says that its 2024 ministerial retreat will focus on reduction in youth unemployment rates by promoting entrepreneurial mindset. Dr Jamila Ibrahim, Minister of Youth Development, said this in Abuja on Thursday during a two-day ministerial retreat on presidential deliverables. Ibrahim said that the retreat marked a critical step in achieving…
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, has said that the prosperity of Nigeria as a country will come from the effective utilisation of its gas resources. Kyari said this on Saturday while delivering his address at an engagement session between NNPCL and the Nigerian Association of Petroleum…
A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a medical doctor and founder of MedContour Services Ltd., Dr. Anuoluwapo Adepoju, to one year imprisonment over a failed plastic surgery.Justice Muhammad Liman, convicted the medical doctor, after analysing all the submissions of both the prosecution and the defence counsel.The judge however ordered the convicted…
