archiveJanuary 2025

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited two children of billionaire businessman, Chief Razaq Okoya, for questioning over alleged naira abuse. The EFCC Spokesperson, Mr Dele Oyewale confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. “Yes, they have been invited; the two children, Wahab and...

Nigerians have been thrown into darkness as the national grid experienced a collapse on Saturday, January 11, 2024, marking the first time in the year. According to data obtained from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org), the collapse occurred at 1:56 pm. This incident follows a pattern of instability, with...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said his habit of commenting on national and international issues made him go to prison under the late Head of State General Sanni Abacha in 1995. Speaking at an interactive session with young future African leaders from different parts of the continent under the aegis...

Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has emerged as The  Sun Newspaper 'Man of the Year 2024' in recognition of his excellent performance in governance with laudable achievements in his infrastructural and transformational advancement of the state, within a short period of his administration. Soludo will receive the prestigious...

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has been named 2024 Governor of the year in the health Sector by New Telegraph Newspaper. This was contained in a letter addressed to the Governor and signed by Ayodele Aminu, the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Telegraph Publishing Company Limited, publishers...

Senator John Azuta-Mbata has been elected as the President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide. The election was held on Friday at the Old Government Lodge Enugu. Sen. Azuta-Mbata represented Rivers East constituency under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The event was witnessed by prominent Igbo leaders and stakeholders, Governors Hope Uzodimma...

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and governorship aspirant, Otunba Emmanuel Fayose, has stated that he is determined to win the party ticket and, ultimately, win next year’s election in the southwestern state. In a statement made available to newsmen by his media office, Otunba Fayose said his...

The presidency on Friday cautioned Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State over his sustained criticism of the Tax Reform Bills before the National Assembly. Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President, Media and Public Communication, in a statement, said attempts to stampede or abort the tax Reform Bills must be...

In its ongoing efforts to clean the nation of internet fraud and other acts of corruption, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested four Chinese and 101 Nigerians in a business apartment in the Gudu axis of Abuja. They were arrested on Thursday, January 9, 2025....

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has urged leaders of the Church of Nigeria's Anglican Communion to reclaim their role as a moral compass in society. Soludo made this assertion at the annual retreat of over 170 bishops in Awka this week, where he stressed the moral decadence in Nigerian...