archiveJanuary 8, 2025

Brito Sporting Club of Portugal, a football club founded in 1956, has signed an official contract with a United Kingdom-based, young Nigeria-born footballer, Yaqub Usman-Malah. The official unveiling of the young promising footballer was carried out on Saturday, January 4, 2025. Yaqub, born in Nigeria in 2006, is a budding...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of one Chima Hyginus Nkwocha, a.k.a "Young Billionaire," for cheating by impersonation and money laundering. He was jailed on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. Nkwocha was arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on a...

In its continuing efforts to sweep the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) clean of corrupt tendencies, 10 officers of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, are being detained over investigation of some missing items involving them. The officers, who were arrested last week...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has pledged that in 2025, it will build on successes recorded in the previous years in its regulatory mandate, as it will specifically strive to improve on its achievements in the just past year 2024. The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Commission, Dr. Aminu Maida...

In setting the record straight, Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has affirmed that the misinformation on his reluctance to support the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was wrongly orchestrated. These erroneous views about Governor Soludo on Kanu's release from detention are...

I write today with a deep sense of humility and genuine admiration for the remarkable achievements of Mr. Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), as he marks his 60th birthday. It is no secret that I, along with many others, was...

• preaches need for Osun residents to be safety conscious at all times Governor Ademola Adeleke in yet another gesture to reflect the unwavering dedication of his government to alleviating the suffering of people and restoring hope to those in distress, has donated relief materials of several millions of naira...

The Healing Heart Foundation, an NGO, has celebrated and put joy on faces of widows from 70 years of age and above in commemoration of the 2024 International Day of Older Persons in Lagos.. The day is celebrated annually on Oct. 1, to raise public awareness about the opportunities and...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has justified its global support with successes, including the seizure of 2.6 million kilogrammes of illicit drugs and the arrest of 18,500 drug trafficking offenders in 2024. Chairman/Chief Executive of Officers of the anti-drug agency, Brig. Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa (Rtd), disclosed this...

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Dr. Ibrahim Kana, has clarified the statement he made about the federal government’s plan to revive the national carrier project, stressing that he was not mandated to revive the botched Nigeria Air deal with Ethiopian Airlines. Dr. Kana, in...