The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over a property located at 1A, Joke Ayo Street, Riverside Estate, Alagbado, Lagos, as well as a Range Rover Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, a black BMW car, a black Toyota Land cruiser car, and a white Toyota Hilux recovered from a convicted fake Army General, Bolarinwa Read More…
Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says the end result of the investigation into the death of Itunu Babalola, the Nigerian lady who was ‘wrongfully jailed’ in Cote D’Ivoire, will shock many. Dabiri-Erewa disclosed this while responding to questions at a media briefing at the state house in Abuja on Thursday. Read More…
According to FIFA’s ranking in August, the Super Eagles of Nigeria have maintained the 31st position in the world. In the ranking table published on FIFA’s verified page on Thursday, the Jose Peseiro-tutored players maintained the 1,504.7 accumulated points in July. On the continental scale, they remained in fourth place behind Senegal (18), Morocco (23) and Read More…
President, Professional E-hailing Drivers and Private-owners Association of Nigeria (PEDPAN), Comrade Idris Shonuga, has refuted a newspaper report on Wednesday where one Jossy Olawale is claiming to speak on behalf of the Professional E-hailing Drivers and Private-owners Association of Nigeria (PEDPAN). According to Shonuga, Jossy alleged in the publication that the “1,000 vehicles” provided for Read More…
Stephane Dujarric, UN spokesperson says 17 million people are being targeted for humanitarian assistance, amidst deteriorating levels of malnutrition and Ethiopia’s worst drought in 40 years. “Ethiopia is facing a very difficult humanitarian situation to say the least,” He told journalists at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday. He stated that over 24 million Read More…
The Lagos State Government has commissioned the construction of what will be the largest Food Security Systems and Central Logistics Park in sub-Saharan Africa as it moves to reduce vulnerability to food shortages and guarantee uninterrupted food supplies. The groundbreaking ceremony was performed on Wednesday by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the site of the facility Read More…
Abia state has recorded nine cases of monkeypox. Mrs. Peace Nwogwugwu, the state’s epidemiologist, made the announcement on Wednesday in the state capital, Umuahia. She spoke at the one-day sensitization workshop organized by the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) in collaboration with Abia Ministry of Health. “Currently, 40 suspected cases have been investigated and nine Read More…
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has applauded the drop in the figure of out-of-school children in Nigeria from 10.5 million to 6.9 million under President Muhammadu Buhari. The group noted that the current figure was contrary to various figures circulating the media space. The BMO Chairman, Mr. Niyi Akinsiju, and Secretary, Mr. Cassidy Madueke, said Read More…
On Wednesday, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved N11.1 billion for the reconstruction of an intra-city road in Lagos State. Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, divulged this while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the cabinet meeting by President Muhammadu Buhari. He said: “The council approved two memoranda presented by the Read More…
Dousing insinuations from various quarters that he will support candidates of other parties, President Muhammadu Buhari has said he will support only All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates. By implication, the Nigerian president is throwing his full weight behind the APC presidential flagbearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Buhari said he remains a “disciplined soldier” of the Read More…
