By Muhyideen Jimoh President Bola Tinubu on Thursday presided over a crucial meeting of the Nigeria Police Council, which ratified the institutional framework to reform the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The Council meeting followed a session of the National Council of State, both held at the Council ChambersContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje A Lawyer, Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume, SAN, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to sanction Polaris Bank for allegedly withholding a loan facility of N868 million belonging to his client, Kenchez Nigeria Limited. Ume, a former Attorney-General of Imo, made the appeal in a petition toContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi The Nigerian equities market on Thursday sustained its upward trend as investors recorded a gain of N308 billion. Specifically, the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) market capitalisation, which opened at N92.490 trillion, appreciated by N308 billion or 0.33 per cent to close at N92.798 trillion. Similarly, the All-ShareContinue Reading
By Oluwaseyi Oduneye-Ogunwomoju The Postal Manager, NIPOST, Oyo State, Mrs Feyisara Umossoh, has appealed to residents in the state not to abandon it as the agency has embraced automation to deliver optimal service. “We’ve moved from manual way of doing things to doing things the automated way. Our counters areContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The Federal Government, in collaboration with development partners, has committed 30million dollars to tackle child malnutrition through the Small Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements (SQ-LNS) initiative. Mr Tope Ogunbi, the Country Director, Evidence Action, a non-profit organisation, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the National Training ofContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Dr Kalilou Sylla from Ivory Coast has been inaugurated as the new ECOWAS Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture. He was sworn in by Justice Ricardo Gonçalves, the President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, during the Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers in AbujaContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh President Bola Tinubu has granted a posthumous pardon to late Maj.-Gen. Mamman Vatsa, executed for treason in 1986 under the military regime of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida. This was announced in a statement issued by Presidential spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday, following a National CouncilContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has announced Dr Taoheed Elias as Nigeria’s candidate for the UN principal judicial organ, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) election. The ICJ, commonly regarded as the highest court for resolving disputes between sovereign states, was established in 1945Continue Reading
By Florence Onuegbu Loveworld Medicaid, a member agency of the Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International, says no fewer than 18,000 individuals having eye challenges have received full free treatment and improved vision. The Assistant Director, Loveworld Medicaid, Dr Olajumoke Ola-Akisanya, made this known during a news briefing to commemorate the WorldContinue Reading
By Usman Aliyu and Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus Unarguably, Nigeria is facing a worsening housing crisis. Access to affordable housing remains a major challenge for low- and middle-income earners, hampered by high construction costs, inadequate financing, weak infrastructure, and limited government delivery. According to the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), theContinue Reading
