archiveDecember 2024

President Bola Tinubu has cancelled all his official events in Lagos for Saturday, including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta in honour of the stampede victims in Abuja and Okija, Anambra State. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy) noted that the...

Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo commiserates with the families of those who lost their lives in the stampede that occurred during a rice-sharing event in Okija town in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State on Saturday. In a release from Soludo's Chief Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, the governor was saddened...

The International Press Institute, Nigeria, is sad to announce the sudden death of its treasurer and erudite journalist, Hajiya Rafatu Salami. In a statement released Friday in Abuja, signed by Secretary, Mallam Ahmed I. Shekarau, the organisation described the late Rafatu Salami as a journalist that made her mark in...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has officially published its Application-To-Person (A2P) Licensing Framework on its corporate website. This development, The Reporters gathered,marks another step in its regulatory oversight of the telecom sector. A virtual stakeholders’ forum to discuss the framework has been scheduled for Friday, December 20, 2024. In a...

Gavi concludes agreements to facilitate donations of 305,000 mpox vaccine doses on behalf of US, with the first delivery to Nigeria A shipment of 11,200 doses, donated by the United States of America and facilitated by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, have been shipped to Abuja, Nigeria, with delivery in the...

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has disclosed that Nigeria needs to invest $20 billion annually to achieve its economic targets by 2027. He made this statement on Friday during the Citizens and Stakeholders Engagement on the Implementation of Presidential Priorities and Ministerial...

The Army Council has approved the promotion of 108 senior officers to the ranks of Major-Generals and Brigadier-Generals in recognition of their meritorious service to the nation. The promotion, comprising 35 brigadier-generals to the rank of major-generals and 73 colonels to the rank of brigadier-general respectively, was approved at the...

A Magistrate court in Ekiti State has granted human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi ₦30 million bail. Farotimi arrived at the Ekiti Magistrate Court, with heavy security comprising policemen and other law enforcement agents sighted. He was remanded in prison custody on December 7, 2024, after being arrested on 16 counts...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, will hold a one-day open crusade on Monday, December 23 in Ilogbo-Ekiti. Ilogbo-Ekiti is a community in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti. The crusade, themed ‘Operation Light Up Ilogbo-Ekiti’, is organised by the Ilogbo-Ekiti Roundtable...

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has announced the unveiling of the Nigeria Police Force Insurance Co. Ltd. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumiyiwa Ogunjobi on Friday, said the company is a groundbreaking initiative designed to safeguard the welfare of police personnel and extend comprehensive...