Tinubu appoints Professor Jega as special adviser
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Attahiru Muhammadu Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), as adviser and coordinator of the Presidential Livestock Reform. President Tinubu announced…
Oba suspends 67 Enogie in Benin Kingdom
March 7, 2025 The Benin Traditional Council has announced the suspension of 67 Enogie in Benin Kingdom, with immediate effect. Frank Irabor, the Secretary of Benin Traditional Council, made this…
FG freezes account of Simon Ekpa, 14 individuals linked to terrorism financing
March 7, 2025 The Federal Government has designated the Finland-based leader of the faction of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa and 14 other individuals and a business entity…
Nigeria to receive leprosy drugs after a year-long delay
March 7, 2025 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria this weekend after resolving testing hold-ups that led to a year-long delay in thousands…
Seven killed, 1 injured in Niger tanker explosion – NSEMA
March 7, 2025 The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has confirmed that seven people were killed and one injured in a tanker explosion at Karamin Rami village in Mashegu…
School Fee Payments, Funds from Int’l Firms Benefitted Yahaya Bello’s Children- Witness
March 7, 2025 Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Friday heard further testimony from prosecution witness Nicholas Ojehomon, an internal auditor at the American…
Apprentice Electrocuted at welding workshop in Ogun, three Suspects Arrested
March 7, 2025 Police in Ogun State have arrested three individuals in connection with the tragic electrocution of a 23 year-old apprentice, Jonathan Emmanuel, at a welding workshop in Asimolowo…
4 drug kingpins bag 95 years in jail, forfeit jeeps, others
March 7, 2025 Three drug kingpins have been convicted and sentenced to a total of 95 years in prison by the Federal High Court in Lagos and Yola, Adamawa state…
‘I’m still a senator despite suspension’, Akpoti-Uduaghan fires back
The Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has said her unjust suspension from the Senate invalidates the principles of natural justice, fairness and equity. She made this…