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Members of the House of Representatives have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to confer a posthumous national honour on late Dr Stella Adadevoh. The lawmakers made the call during plenary on Tuesday. They are calling on the Federal Ministry of Education to ensure the inclusion of Dr Adadevoh’s heroic deeds in the education curricula to build […]
The Senate has rejected the nomination of Dr. Joy Nunieh as a board member of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and confirmed Pius Odubu as chairman of the commission. Dr. Nunieh was rejected because she failed to appear before the Senate Committee on Niger Delta for screening. The Senate also confirmed the nomination of […]
The Ijaw Youth Council has threatened to ground activities at the headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. According to the IYC, it will back the threat with action if the NNDC’s Interim Management Committee constituted by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godswill Akpabio, is not disbanded immediately. Addressing […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has explained how suspected internet fraudster and social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha aka Mompha; and his Lebanese accomplice, Hamza Koudeih were arrested after allegedly laundering the sum of N33billion. According to a statement on the website of the anti-graft agency, Koudeih is a Lebanese, resident in Lagos, Eko […]
The 2019 edition of the Nigerian Legal Awards has held in Lagos, with a host of legal luminaries across the country being recognised. The Awards, which is convened by ESQ Legal Blitz, a platform projecting the achievements of legal players within Nigeria’s business law community, took place on Friday, November 1, 2019. At the Awards […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its fighter planes have destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) hideout at Arrinna Ciki on the fringes of the Lake Chad in the Northern part of Borno State. NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed this in a statement forwarded to Channels […]
The Federal Government has extended the duration of the ongoing ‘Exercise Swift Response’ across the nation’s borders till next year. President Muhammadu Buhari approved the extension of the exercise until January 31, 2020. Nigeria had closed all land borders with neighbouring countries in October, following an earlier closure of its borders with its western neighbour, […]
President Muhmmadu Buhari has departed Makkah for the United Kingdom. The President left the Abdul’aziz International Airport, Jeddah for London, on Saturday. His departure to the UK comes after successful participation at the Future Investment Initiative (#FII2019) conference in Riyadh and Umrah. President Buhari while in Saudi held bilateral talks with King Salman Bin Abdulaziz […]
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High court sitting in Lagos, today November 1, 2019, remanded the Managing Director of 606 Autos Limited, Sarumi Samusideen Babafemi in Ikoyi Prison. Babafemi was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC alongside three of his companies; 606 Autos Limited, 606 Music Limited and Splash Off Entertainment […]
The first military governor of Lagos State, Brigadier-General Mobolaji Johnson (rtd), is dead. The state government announced this in a Facebook post on Thursday. According to the post, the former governor died on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 83. The government prayed that the soul of late General Johnson rests in peace. Born on […]
