The National Fire Academy will come alive on May 28 as President Bola Tinubu performs the groundbreaking of several projects in the school. The event is part of activities lined up for the one year anniversary of the present administration. Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, after inspecting some…
Ogun State Head of Service (HoS), Mr. Kehinde Onasanya said the state government would continue to put in place policies that would strengthen the institution of Obaship. This, according to him, was because the institution represented the custom, tradition, and beliefs of a people and must be given pride of place. Onasanya spoke when he…
A Coalition of Civil Society Group under the auspice of Action Group for the Protection of Civic Actors and a human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore on Thursday in Abuja staged a protest at the Force Headquarters to demand for the release of Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), who has been…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Ekperikpe Ekpo, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), as the Co-Chairman of the NCDMB Governing Council. The NCDMB, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), is charged with increasing local content for more job creation, boosting the domestic private sector, facilitating technology transfer and building…
The government of Slovenia on Thursday began the procedure of recognising the State of Palestine, to help end the violence in Gaza, Prime Minister Robert Golob announced. “Atrocities that we see in Gaza every day are inadmissible and have to stop,” Golob said at a news conference following a government session. Slovenia’s government coalition, which…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration will deal squarely with land grabbers, no matter how highly- placed. Wike gave the warning when officials of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), FCT Chapter, visited him in Abuja on Thursday. “Land grabbing is not new. Some…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has charged youths across the country to build resistance against cybercrime. He made this call in Abuja on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, when students of ARWA Basic School, Abuja, visited the corporate headquarters of the Commission on a study tour. Speaking…
A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, adjourned till September 16, 2024, the hearing of the appeal filed by the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Cletus Ibeto. The case, which was initially before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, had suffered several…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC Abuja Zonal Command on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 arrested 29 suspected internet fraudsters. They were arrested at Apo, Gwarimpa and Katampe axes of Abuja following actionable intelligence about their suspected involvement in internet fraud. Items seized from the suspects include 43 phones of different makes, six…
