The Institute of Export of Nigeria (IOEN) has said the wealth of the nation through the non-oil export is primarily controlled by foreigners. Speaking at the 11th Induction and Award Ceremony of the Institute on Thursday December 7, 2023, Deacon Friday I. Uba said Nigerians need not to be poor considering the availability of exportable [&helli...
The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) yesterday ordered the immediate release of Mohamed Bazoum, Niger’s president who has been held captive since the coup that overthrew him on July 26, and that of his family. The Court “orders the defendant (the military authorities in Niamey, editor’s note) to [&hell...
A Senior Officer, Shem Obafaiye has been promoted to the position of the Deputy Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) by the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. It was gathered that Obafaiye was honored with two of his colleagues as deputy commandants-general: Fasiu Adeyinka, ex-Kwara commandant, ...
•Mrs. Gill Lever OBE The United Kingdom has appointed Mrs. Gill Lever OBE as the British Deputy High Commissioner (DHC) in Abuja, Nigeria. According to a statement from the British High Commissioner, Giil takes over from Ms. Gill Atkinson, who recently concluded four years as Deputy High Commissioner in Abuja. Gill is an experienced career [&h...
•The suspects Men of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested two persons over the disappearance of a newborn baby and the placenta of the baby at Isua, the headquarters of Akoko South-West Local Government of the state. The suspects, Akinjise Ifeoluwa, 40, and Oyewole Margaret, 66, a herbalist and the grandmother of the missing […]...
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, today urged lawmakers of the state to avoid letting their constituents down. Dr. Obasa gave the advice in Abuja at a three-day budget retreat titled: ‘Sustainability of ongoing reforms in Lagos State: prospects, opportunities and challenges’, organise...
A Nigerian woman known as Safiyyah has become the center of social media chatter after tying the knot with her friend’s ex-husband, Ruffy, a mere six months after his divorce. The buzz began circulating on the X platform as Safiyyah shared videos and photos from her weekend wedding with Ruffy, reports The Guardian. Speculations abound [&hellip...
The federal government has released a total of 64 inmates from the various Custodial Centres in Edo State as part of its efforts to decongest Custodial Centres in Nigeria and to give indigent convicted inmates a second chance to turn a new leaf. This was contained in a statement made available to journalists in Benin, […]
•CP Wale Abass Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Wale Abass, has banned the sale and use of fireworks, knockouts, firecrackers, and other pyrotechnics in Delta State. Abass who disclosed this in a statement signed by Bright Edafe, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) and made available to journalists, said that the act posed a threat [&...
•Nnamdi Kanu and Abaribe A former minority leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, today, Friday December 15, called for calm over the Supreme Court’s verdict against the leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, assuring that Ndigbo would vigorously pursue a political solution that would ultimately set him free. The se...

