archiveJune 26, 2025

As part of its commitment to youth empowerment and social impact, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc has partnered with Ashoka, a global network of social entrepreneurs, to provide financial support and mentorship to young innovators across Nigeria. Speaking at the 2025 Ashoka Young Changemakers Festival in Lagos, the Divisional...

The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, has declared Friday, June 27, 2025, as a public holiday across the state in commemoration of Hijrah 1447AH. This announcement was made in an official statement issued by the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Mr. Rasheed Aderibigbe. While extending warm...

In a renewed effort to strengthen Nigeria-China relations, the Nigeria-China Strategic Partnership (NCSP) hosted a high-powered delegation from the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Abuja. The visit marked a significant milestone in bilateral institutional cooperation, with particular focus on governance, public service reform, investment,...

President Bola Tinubu will today sign into law four tax reform bills that would transform Nigeria’s fiscal and revenue framework. According to a statement issued by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, the four bills, the Nigeria Tax Bill, the Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, and the...

...as Govt holds executive session in honour of the late ex-gov Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, declared that the state government would preserve and digitise the library of a late former governor of the state, Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo and make it a tourist attraction centre. Governor Makinde,...

We remain committed to growing state's economy through tourism - Makinde Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has reiterated his government's determination to explore tourism development as one of the platforms for achieving the economic expansion agenda of the state. He maintained that the government achieved a level of success in...

The Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) at its 12th meeting of the Anambra State held at the new government house called the Light House, Awka, approved some contracts, including the construction and modelling of the State Rehabilitation Centre at Nibo, Awka, the state's capital. In a statement issued by the...

Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri on Wednesday, 25 June 2025 convicted and sentenced the trio of Aisha Alkali Wakil (a.k.a mama boko haram), Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode to fourteen years jail term each. The defendants were arraigned on September 14,...

The First Prosecuting Witness, PW1, William Abimbola, in the matter of former Deputy Director,Highways, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Augustine Ojo Olowoniyan, alongside a surveyor, Sulaiman Abdulkadir Muhammed of the Department of Highways and Planning on Monday, June 23, 2025 told Justice Jude Onwuegbu zie of the Federal Capital...

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) in conjunction with the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), has condemned the allegations recently circulated by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State Chapter, against the leadership of the Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Yaba by Dr Olugbenga Owoeye. The Chairman of TUC Lagos State Council, Mr...