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Over 1,500 residents have benefited from a Fidelity Food Bank outreach in Kabuga community, Dala Local Government Area of Kano state. The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, executed in partnership with Misnoory Foundation, saw staff of the bank distribute essential food items to support people during the holy month of...

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr Ola Olukoyode has admonished youths in the country to choose the path of integrity in all their endeavours. He gave the charge when students of Shehu Giwa Academy, Al Bidayatul Jameela International School and Butterfly Academy, all in...

Industry leaders have identified important measures to secure telecommunications infrastructures in the country and ensure that investments in the telecoms space are protected. They argued that as much as the effective implementation of the Executive Order on the Designation and Protection of Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII) is important, the...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has begun implementing a two-year exemption on import duty and Value Added Tax (VAT) for key pharmaceutical raw materials. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the NCS National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada. Maiwada, an Assistant Comptroller of Customs, said the policy...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has successfully raised N1.092 trillion from six series of Sukuk, a Sharia-compliant financial instrument designed to attract ethical investment. The Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO) Ms. Patience Oniha disclosed this during the All Parties Meeting for the Series VII Sovereign Sukuk held in...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun on Wednesday took a critical look into the practice of law in the country and lamented the downturn in adherence to ethical principles in the legal profession. She noted with regrets that strict adherence to ethical principles in the legal profession...

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has disbursed a total of N45.1 billion in student loans across the country since its inception on May 2024 to March 2025. This was disclosed in the latest Student Loan Dashboard Update as of March 26, 2025, shared by NELFUND on its official X...

The former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), and three others have been re-arraigned before Justice Charles Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja over an alleged N33.2 billion fraud brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Dasuki was arraigned alongside...

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Kogi Central Senator, has apologised to Dr. (Mrs) Oby Ezekwesili, former minister of education, after her altercation with Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, Senator representing Ebonyi North. The confrontation took place on Tuesday at the hearing of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions on the fresh petition from...

• says President lacks power to suspend an elected governor The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), the US chapter) has demanded the immediate resignation of the Sole Administrator posted to Rivers State saying the President has no such powers under the 1999 Constitution to remove or suspend an elected governor. In...