Category: Politics

In a landmark collaboration to advance Nigeria’s creative economy, Woodhall Finance House, in partnership with the UK Government’s Department for Business and Trade, Polaris Bank, and the Lagos State Government have launched The Creative Currency Podcast, an initiative designed to serve as both a media platform and an economic catalyst for Nigeria’s creative economy. Hosted…

By Emamuzo Iboma In a bold move to promote women’s economic empowerment through accessible credit, the Federal Government-backed Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP) has distributed tricycles to 40 women in Rivers State under its Queen Rider Programme. The distribution ceremony, held in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, is part of CREDICORP’s broader strategy to empower 3,700…

The Coroner’s Inquest set up by the Lagos State Government to investigate the death of musician, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has recommended the prosecution of the auxiliary nurse, Feyisayo Ogedengbe, who administered injections on him before his death. Delivering the ruling on Friday at the Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, the Coroner, Magistrate Adedayo…

Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Friday ordered the final forfeiture of properties, vehicles and cash linked to a massive fraud involving illegal diversion of funds from Union Bank customers. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured the final forfeiture following an application for a non-conviction-based forfeiture of the assets….

By Uko Okon The Special Assistant to the Governor of Akwa Ibom State on Grassroots Mobilisation, Dr Ephraim Okon has stated that the defection of Governor Umo Eno to the All Progressives Congress (APC) triggered a significant shift in the political landscape of the South-South region. The Governor’s Aide made the disclosure during an interview…

By Prince Woke The Rivers State Police Command has disclosed that suspects, Mr. Hector Ekakita, Chief Security Officer (CSO) and Mr. Aloni Olodi, Chief Of Staff (COS), respectively who were hitherto declared wanted on 6th. July, 2025 in connection with the alleged Criminal Conspiracy/Stealing/ Assault Occasioning Harm on the Ahoada East Sole Administrator, Hon. Goodluck…

The scheduled ruling on the No-case submission filed by a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos was stalled on Thursday, July 10, 2025, due to the absence of the Judge. The  EFCC had, on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, re-arraigned Fayose and …

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday sentenced a man, Babatunde Sulaimon to 14 years imprisonment for an attempted sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl, (name withheld). Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced Sulaimon to 14 years jail term, following his plea bargain agreement to the amended one-count charge of attempted sexual by penetration, brought against him…

Nigeria and France have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening cooperation across trade, security, education, and culture, as both countries continue to explore mutual opportunities built on decades of strong diplomatic relations. The issues bordering on these dominated discussions at the meeting between the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu and the French…

UNAIDS has launched its 2025 Global AIDS Update, “AIDS, Crisis and the Power to Transform”, which shows that a historic funding crisis is threatening to unravel decades of progress unless countries can make radical shifts to HIV programming and funding. The report launched on Wednesday highlights the impact that the sudden, large-scale funding cuts from…