By Martha Agas The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake has condemned the kidnapping of some school children and killing of traditional rulers in Ekiti. The minister condemned the act in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls thatContinue Reading
By Itohan Abara-Laserian An Ikeja High Court has sentenced one Richard Saviour to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his wife’s niece and infecting her with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The victim (name withheld) was aged 14. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that during the trial the StateContinue Reading
Nigeria improves in corruption perception indexContinue Reading
By Gabriel Agbeja Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, representing Oluyole Federal constituency, has sympathised with the victims of fire incident at Ire Akari Estate Soka, Ibadan. Akande-Sadipe said in a statement on Tuesday, in Abuja that she received the devastating news of the fire outbreak, which destroyed several buildings on Monday. TheContinue Reading
By Monday Ijeh A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), the Network Against Corruption and Trafficking Initiative (NACAT), has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its initiatives to revisit corruption cases against former governors. Mr Tega Oghenedoro, the Executive Director in charge of Investigation of the CSO, gave theContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne The Managing Director (MD), News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Ali Muhammed Ali has urged the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) to lead the campaign for a new Nigeria. This, he said would be done by changing the narratives, using the PR strategies. Ali gave the chargeContinue Reading
By Cecilia Odey A climate change advocate, Chief Sam Onuigbo, has said President Bola Tinubu has demonstrated political will to ensure that Nigeria seamlessly transited to clean energy. Onuigbo said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. Onuigbo, a former House ofContinue Reading
By Ehigimetor Igbaugba A driver affiliated with an e-hailing company, Mr Kingsley Benson, successfully intervened on Monday to save a passenger who appeared to be on a suicide mission in Calabar. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Benson explained that he noticed something unusual when the female passenger,Continue Reading
Intervention Funds: Experts task FG on MFBs’ disbursement rolesContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has called for the reconstitution of the National Stakeholders Working Group (NSWG) of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). Dr Bady Balde, Deputy Executive Director, Global EITI Secretariat, while briefing the newsmen on Friday in Abuja expressed hope thatContinue Reading
