archiveMarch 8, 2024

President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has thrown his weight behind Osun State multi-billion naira infrastructure plan, calling the initiative commendable and historical. Speaking while receiving Governor Ademola Adeleke in his office, Alhaji Dangote said the Osun infra plan and other developmental policies are laudable policies for which Governor...

The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu said the Agency would double the number of female Engineers in Nigeria over the next five years. The EVC/CEO made this pledge today Friday at NASENI Headquarters, Abuja during...

  Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on Wednesday, March  6,  2024, convicted and sentenced Alhaji Kyari Mohammed, managing director, Kyari and Sons Company Nigeria Limited,   to one year imprisonment Mohammed was first arraigned on June 21, 2021 by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic...

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, has assured that notwithstanding the pains of the harsh economic realities and the surging prices of food and other commodities, Nigerians will soon smile again. Edun said that the economy would continue to soar higher, noting that...

  A pro-democracy activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore, has said that he would be leaving Nigeria for the United States to reunite with his family after the Federal Government discontinued the treasonable felony case against him. The publisher of...

The remains of Herbert Wigwe, the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, arrived in Nigeria on Friday. Wigwe’s wife and son also perished in the tragic helicopter accident that occurred last month near the California-Nevada border in the United States. The Wigwes’ bodies were transported to Port Harcourt...

  Amnesty International has condemned the recent mass abductions in Nigeria, labelling them a “shocking indictment” of the government’s persistent failure to protect its citizens from armed groups. The human rights organization highlighted the abduction of over 400 displaced people in Borno state and 287 students and teachers in Kaduna...

President Bola Tinubu condemns the heinous incidents of abduction involving very vulnerable victims, internally displaced persons in Borno State, and students in Kaduna State. The President directs security and intelligence agencies to immediately rescue the victims and ensure that justice is served against the perpetrators of these abominable acts. This...

The Department of State Services (DSS) issued a new advisory on Friday, warning Nigerians to stay away from places with large crowds or that seem suspicious, citing “potential threats.” Peter Afunanya, the spokesperson for DSS, called on Nigerians to maintain vigilance regarding public safety threats, particularly Improvised Explosive Devices. While...

Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called on State Governors and lawmakers, to prescribe capital punishment for kidnapping. The First Lady spoke on Friday, during a meeting with the National Women Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at the State House, Abuja. Mrs Tinubu’s reaction followed a recent...