archiveMay 2025

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Yazid Danfulani as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC). Danfulani’s appointment was approved by President Tinubu in a letter issued by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume on May 22. The new NAIC’s...

The Nigeria Police, through the INTERPOL NCB Abuja, has successfully extradited a Nigerian fugitive, Abubakar Aboki Muhammed, from the United Arab Emirates ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters Abuja, in a statement said Muhammed, was subjected to an INTERPOL Red Notice issued by NCB Abuja following an...

Former Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi has declared that he would continue to run on the platform of the party. Obi made the declaration while addressing supporters in a seven-minute video circulating on social media on Saturday. Asked which party he intend to contest the 2027 elections, Obi said,...

Lawyers representing Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, said on Saturday, May 24, that they have received formal charges from the Federal Government in a case involving alleged defamation against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The legal team, led by Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr Ehiogie West-Idahosa, acknowledged receipt of a...

The Imo State Governor and Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum,  Hope Uzodimma, has called on the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Department of State Service (DSS), to intensify efforts on investigation of suspected hackers of the Joint Administration and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) website. He made the call...

The Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) has affirmed that the recent purchase of 18 million units of Fidelity Bank shares by its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, was conducted in full compliance with applicable regulations. In a letter dated May 22, 2025, the regulator dismissed allegations of insider trading...

• Urges the public to co-operate with security agencies in unravelling the whereabouts of the 7 escapee inmates Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has expressed the concern of government and good people of the state over the Ilesha Correctional jailbreak in which 7 awaiting trial inmates escaped on Tuesday....

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, May 23, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of Okoli Frank Emeka to six months imprisonment for mutilation of the Naira notes before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos....

 JMG, Nigeria’s leading supplier of power solutions, proudly marks a decade of successful collaboration with Mitsubishi Turbocharger and Engine Europe B.V., part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, in delivering high-performance diesel and gas generators across Nigeria. Over the past 10 years, this partnership has seen the deployment of more than 20,000 kVA...

  Justice Yellin Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, May 23, 2025, convicted and sentenced twelve Filipinos to one year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud.   The convicts are: Anjeanette Topacio, Gladys Joy Mag-Iba, Jean Calago, Shairah Mae Reyes, Roseann Gonzales, Lari...