Author: Paul Dada
AGN seeks financial assistance for ailing veteran actor, Amechi Muonagor
The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has called on Nigerians to render financial support to veteran actor, Amechi Muonagor, who…
UNESCO includes Sango Festival in World Heritage List
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has inscribed the Sango Oyo Festival in the list of World…
N1.2bn debt: PTAD urges court to wind up insurance company
By Akin Kuponiyi The Pension Transitional Arrangements Directorate, PTAD, has filed a winding up petition against Goldlink Insurance Plc over…
Tinubu appoints new members of National Council on Privatisation
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of four new members of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP), representing the…
10 quick facts about late Frank Kokori, the dreaded Labour unionist
He was a feared labour unionist who led NUPENG and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria,…
EFCC arraigns man for alleged $63,590 fraud
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on arraigned one Abdulhamid Isah before Justice…
COP28: Nigeria secures over $5bn commitment for adaptation fund
The Federal Government says it has secured more than 5 billion dollars commitments for its climate action at the ongoing…
Customs boss seizes smuggled vehicles, others
The Acting Comptroller of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’, Hussein Ejibubu, has warned against the use of ingenious concealment…
Coups drive insecurity in West Africa — ECOWAS
The Economic Community of West African States has stated that the incessant coups in some countries in West Africa drive…
Akpabio pledges to give priority to bills on disability
Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio says the 10th National Assembly will give priority to bills and laws concerning Persons With…
Ex-NUPENG scribe, Frank Kokori dies at 80
A former General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Chief Frank Kokori, is dead. Kokori,…
Retirement not time to marry new wives – Former Director urges NCC retirees
Former Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Mr Olusegun Adekunle, has called on retirees who are exiting…
UK Igbos to Sanwo-Olu: Compensate easterners over destroyed properties
Igbo Leadership in the United Kingdom and Ireland has urged the Lagos State Government to compensate Igbo people in the…
Dangote Cement donates electricity materials to Ogun communities
Dangote Cement Plc, Ibese has donated multi-million Naira worth of electrical items to some neighbouring communities around its operation in…
Kogi guber: Tribunal loses petitions to gunmen, relocates to Abuja
By Richard Elesho President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has directed the immediate relocation of the sittings…
COP28: NNPCL seals LNG deals for domestic, international markets
In its efforts to further boost natural gas utilisation in the country and enhance Nigeria’s gas revenue NNPC Ltd has…
Mauritania’s former president jailed five years for corruption
Mauritania’s former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has been sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering and “illicit…
Iranian President to meet Putin in Moscow
In a bid to strengthen economic and military ties between their countries, the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will meet the…
Kaduna village bombing must be thoroughly investigated, says Atiku
By Paul Dada The Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the February 25 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said the…
Court jails US YouTuber six months for crashing plane
A US court has sentenced a 30-year-old YouTuber, Trevor Jacob, to six months in prison for deliberately crashing his plane.…
Team Nigeria jets out to New Zealand for World Squash Team Championship
Team Nigeria on Tuesday jetted out of Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, to participate in the Men’s World Squash Team…
Why the attack on Kaduna community happened – Nigerian military
The Defence Headquarters says the drone attack on Ligarma community in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday,…
Tinubu angry over army bombing of Kaduna village
By Paul Dada President Bola Tinubu has expressed indignation and grief over the bombing of Tundun Biri village, in the…
NDLEA seizes 478kgs illicit substances in Kaduna, nabs 99 suspects
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command says it has seized 478kilogammes of various illicit substances in…
EFCC arraigns husband, wife over alleged land fraud
The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a couple, Mr Udeani Simon Sunday…
FG, IOM evacuate 145 Nigerians in Libyan detention centres
The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has safely returned 145 stranded Nigerians from Libya…
Our job isn’t only about arrest, detention, prosecution –EFCC boss
By Paul Dada The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, said the anti-graft war by the…
Lagos Assembly Speaker counsels ANAN members on integrity
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has charged members of the Association of…
N15bn allocation for VP residence, shocking, disheartening – Peter Obi
Peter Obi wrote: “Even as I am still studying the 2024 fiscal budget as presented to the National Assembly last…
FG settles N52m fines, compensation for 399 inmates in Kaduna
As part of the efforts to decongest the correctional centres, the Federal Government has settled N52m fines and compensation for…