The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) today urged Nigerians to disregard messages on free registration of business names and companies. The Nigerian Companies Registry issued this warning in a statement on X (formerly Twitter) and said such messages would never come from them. “Please, disregard any SMS or WhatsApp message asking you to enrol...
•Israeli bombardment in Gaza Strip today The Nigerian Senate has asked the federal government to collaborate with other countries to call for a ceasefire in the Isreal/ Hamas conflict. Since October 7, the Israeli military has relentlessly bombarded Gaza when Hamas militants launched an attack that left 1,400 dead in Israel, most of them civil...
A seven-year-old boy, simply identified as Abdul-Hayi, has been recovered dead from a domestic well in Kwara State. The deceased, from Yaa-Lateef compound, Tinu street, Akerebiata, in Ilorin East Local Government Area, was said to have fallen into the well after one of his legs suddenly slipped while he was fetching water around 5:30 pm [&hell...
•Cocoa farm Stakeholders have advocated for an elimination of all forms of forced labour and child labour and called for improved working condition of individuals in the cocoa industry in Nigeria. The stakeholders made the call at a forum held in Ibadan, Oyo State, to examine the report of one-year investigation by African Law Foundation [&hel...
•Idumota, Lagos Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Hon Nasir Isa Kwara, on Monday assured Nigerians and the international community of the present administration’s resolve to provide accurate population data against the current estimated 223 million. Hon Kwara made this statement during a media chat with Humanitarian Corresp...
•Emefiele A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has restated its earlier order directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to either release former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele unconditionally or produce him in court tomorrow for him to get bail. Justice Olukayode Adeniyi restated the o...
•Tinubu and Biden The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Malagi, has cautioned the US Mission in Nigeria and other foreign missions in the country against “needless security advisories”. The minister told reporters in Abuja yesterday that such advisories had far-reaching implications on the general polity as well as the...
•Seyi Makinde The Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has declared that workers and pensioners in the state would receive a monthly cash award of N25,000 and N15,000 respectively for the next six months. He noted, however, that the workforce and the people of the state would have to work with the state government to develop […]
•Gov Soludo (r) with his late father Pa Nwankwo Soludo, the father of the Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, is dead. The nonagenarian died early today after a protracted illness. The patriarch of the Soludo family of Umueze, Isuofia community, in Anambra died at the age of 92. The governor’s Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, [&hell...
•Emefiele The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele didn’t make it to the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory today. This is despite an order of a trial judge Justice Olukayode Adeniyi for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to produce him in court for hearing of his […]

