By Ayomide Otitoju Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned what he describes as the systematic dismantling of the opposition by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In a post on his X handle, Atiku, who was the 2023 presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), pointed to the recent arrests of Omoyele Sowore and Professor…
The Federal Government has announced plans to construct 100,000 social housing units for vulnerable groups across all 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Nigeria. The initiative was revealed by the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, during his presentation at the 4th Edition of the Real Estate Future Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a shift in the commencement date for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration. Originally scheduled to begin on Friday, January 31, 2025, registration will now start on Monday, February 3, 2025. JAMB spokesperson Fabian Benjamin confirmed the development in a statement on Friday, explaining…
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, has called on African countries to prioritize healthcare funding from their own resources, rather than depending on foreign aid. Moghalu made the statement in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) handle, describing the over-reliance on external funding for healthcare as a poor…
By Ayomide Otitoju Health experts have called on President Bola Tinubu to take urgent action to prevent a resurgence of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria following the suspension of billions of dollars in U.S. global health and education funding, including aid to Nigeria. Speaking on Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political program on Channels Television, analysts…
Germany’s inflation rate unexpectedly eased in January, marking its first decline in several months and reinforcing expectations of further interest rate cuts in the eurozone. According to preliminary data released on Friday by the federal statistics agency Destatis, the annual inflation rate in Europe’s largest economy fell to 2.3%, down from 2.6% in December. Core…
Ayomide Otitoju The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, has announced that corps members will begin receiving an increased allowance of ₦77,000 starting February 2025. Speaking to the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream II corps members in Katsina State on Thursday, Ahmed confirmed that the increment has been approved by…
By Ayomide Otitoju Nearly two months after announcing the arrest of 193 foreigners and 599 Nigerians in a large-scale operation targeting cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scams, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced prosecution of some of the suspects. On Friday, the EFCC arraigned 13 Chinese nationals and a company, Genting International…
By Ayomide Otitoju The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, alongside Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, resumed on Wednesday before Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court. During the proceedings, the first prosecution witness (PW1), Fabian Nwaora, testified that Shehu Bello, an associate of Yahaya Bello, requested a…
