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Stakeholders at the just-concluded four-day strategic Obafemi Awolowo University Council Management Retreat have resolved to work together and use their respective expertise to develop the institution. Rising from the retreat held from May 28 to May 31, 2025, at Ede, Osun State, the Stakeholders used the opportunity to restrategise on the challenges and opportunities confronting…
The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has called on Russia and Ukraine to prioritise peace and dialogue in their ongoing conflict. The institute’s appeal comes amid escalating tensions and violence between the two nations, which have resulted in significant human suffering and destabilisation in the region. IPCR, in a statement signed by its…
The Federal Government has declared Friday, June 6th, and Monday, June 9th, 2025, public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Adha celebration. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Magdalene Ajani, made the declaration on behalf of the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. The Minister,…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of 11 Filipinos, two Chinese, one Malaysian and one Indonesian to one year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud before Justices Yellim Bogoro and A. O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos….
Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, convicted and sentenced one Adenuga Elijah to one year imprisonment for internet fraud. He was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Nigerian Mint charge Board on commercial charges for cybercrimes. The count reads: ” That you, ADENUGA ELIJAH OLUWADAMILARE, (Male) on…
Barikui Felix The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared that he does not support President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. Wike said he wouldn’t have accepted the declaration if the president had consulted him. He also reaffirmed that he has no issue with the suspended…
Uko Okon The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has expressed deep dissatisfaction with the treatment they receive from the government despite their significant contributions to the healthcare system. They equally decried the continued exclusion of members from paying specialist allowances despite performing specialist functions in various health institutions across the country. This was contained…
A taxi driver whose identity is yet to be ascertained was killed on Sunday night, June 1, 2025, around Echue axis/ Illabouchi, Mile 2 Diobu, Port Harcourt, as suspected factions of Deygbam cult groups engaged in supremacy battle, we learnt. We gathered that the taxi driver was killed during a shootout between suspected factions of…
Katherine Abayomi. There is an allegation of diversion of ₦21 million, meant for the renewal of a telecommunications mast at the Port Harcourt Zoo, into a dormant Access Bank account belonging to the Rivers State Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Sources revealed that the payment was made by a telecommunications company expected to be remitted…
Tracy Ohovwore, Benin City The Edo State Government has commenced a profiling exercise for property owners in the New City Development Area, formerly Coral City, as part of Governor Monday Okpebholo’s renewed efforts to resolve lingering community land disputes. A statement issued on Sunday, May 31, and signed by the Secretary to the Edo State…