archiveMarch 15, 2025

Rising from a three-day Management Retreat, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has restated its commitment to enhanced professionalism and integrity in driving the nation’s fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. This resolve was made in Uyo, Akwa-ibom State on Saturday, March 15, 2025...

Ekiti State Government has approved recruitment of 1,800 teaching and non-teaching staff into public schools in the State. Commissioner for Information Taiwo Olatunbosun who made this known in a statement to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, explained that the authorisation was a continuous exercise aimed at addressing gaps and possible shortfalls...

The Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP) has revealed that only three percent of Nigerian workers accessed formal consumer credit in the past year, exposing the significant gap in Nigeria’s credit system. Speaking in Abuja during the World Consumer Rights Day, Uzoma Nwagba, CEO of CREDICORP, noted: “For consumer credit to...

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has called on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and ex-Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In a recent interview with BBC Hausa which went viral on Saturday, El-Rufai dismissed the idea of a merger, instead urging key...

By Dotun Oladipo Let me start from the beginning. I met Mr. Olaleye on March 8, 2025 following a need to change my mechanic. I was introduced to him by the best car air conditioning technician I had ever met, Mr. Akinola Ayeni. We drove the car together on that...

The Down Syndrome Foundation Nigeria (DSFN) says sports boost the social interactions, skills, physical fitness and mental well-being of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). The National Coordinator of the Foundation, Mrs Nike Denis, made this known at the 18th Edition Inter-house Sports of the DSFN in Lagos. The inter-house sports featured...

Ekiti State Government has approved the adoption of Ekiti Adire as the official attire on the third Wednesday of every month. The decision was reached at the Ekiti State Executive Council’s virtual meeting chaired by Governor Biodun Oyebanji. According to a statement by Commissioner for Information, Rt Hon. Taiwo Olatunbosun,...

Kano State Government on Saturday said the Court of Appeal did not set aside its earlier judgment recognising Muhammadu Sanusi as the 16th Emir of Kano. The State’s Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Haruna Dederi, stated this while reacting to speculations in some quarters over the recent stay of...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has commended the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, for appointing two indigenes of the state who emerged as the best-graduating students of the University of Lagos during the institution’s 55th convocation as the Education Ambassadors of the state. NANS equally showered encomium on...

The Secretary of the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr. Yomi Arowosafe, has commended the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (UK FCDO), for their collaboration with Nigerian government to deepen rural connectivity for socio-economic development of...