The Julius Abure-led Labour Party has distanced itself from a stakeholders’ meeting convened by Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, in Umuahia on Wednesday. During the meeting, former Minister Nenadi Usman was named chairman of a 29-member caretaker committee, with Senator Darlington Nwokocha as secretary. The committee was tasked with overseeing the party’s leadership election in…
By Ayomide Otitoju With support from the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), the World Health Organization (WHO) has introduced a global framework designed to aid Member States in thoroughly investigating the origins of new and re-emerging pathogens. This framework represents the first unified and structured approach for such investigations and…
A Kenyan pastor, Daniel Mururu, is under investigation for alleged cult activities and sexual abuse following a violent incident involving his church in Meru County. The church was set ablaze by local residents late last month after accusations surfaced against Mururu and his associates. According to a police report, Mururu, of the East African Pentecostal…
Beijing, China – The Lagos State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese company to install solar power systems at key educational institutions, including Lagos State University of Science and Technology, Lagos State University of Education, and Lagos State College of Medicine. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the agreement during the Africa-China…
Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, sentenced Ikpaka Courage to two years in prison on Tuesday for impersonating Nigerian singer Chinedu Okoli, also known as Flavour, and defrauding a U.S. citizen of $53,000. Courage, who had presented himself as Flavour on a Telegram account, was convicted on two counts of…
American billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has criticized the low levels of tax collection in Nigeria and emphasized the country’s potential to become a net exporter of food. Gates made these remarks on Tuesday during the Nutrivision 2024, a pan-African youth dialogue on nutrition held in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja. Responding to a question on financing…
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has announced that the $20 billion Dangote Refinery in Lagos will begin supplying the Nigerian market with 25 million litres of petrol daily starting September. By October, this figure is expected to increase to 30 million litres per day. In a statement posted on X (formerly…
Energy expert Omonigho Otanocha has called on the Nigerian government and petroleum product importers to convert their depots into crude storage facilities, in light of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s (NNPCL) cessation of fuel importation following the commencement of operations at the Dangote Refinery. Otanocha, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of FUPRE…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has conducted two successful operations aimed at curbing economic sabotage, targeting illegal gold mining in Ondo State and oil theft in Rivers State. In the first operation, NSCDC Mining Marshals raided an illegal gold mining site within the Ogunlepa, Oluwa Forest Reserve, located in the Odigbo Local…
