Five members of the Obiakor family have been arraigned before a Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja for allegedly stealing the sum of N242.391 million. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) re-arraigned the five defendants, Chisom Obiakor, Daniel Obiakor, Anthony Obiakor, Precious Nwokemodo, and Ifeanyi Nwokemodo before Justice Mojisola Dada. The anti-graft agency…

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has lampooned the Federal Government for neglecting homegrown agricultural innovations against foreign manufactured. The criticism followed the recent importation of 2,000 tractors from Belarus. Lead Director, CSJ, Eze Onyekpere while speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the National Workshop on Improving Visibility and Linkages between Agricultural Research Extension Services…

The United States has issued a stringent visa rule against Nigeria under its latest Revised Visa Reciprocity Policy. The US Department of State on Tuesday announced updates to its reciprocal non-immigrant visa policy, impacting several countries, including Nigeria. A statement by United States Embassy in Nigeria revealed that the action which becomes effective immediately, ruled…

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday revoked the bail of agrorite promoter, Toyosi Ayodele, for presenting a forged medical report in an attempt to obstruct trial proceedings.
 Ayodele is facing charges of N600 million and $50,000 agribusiness investment fraud.
 The defendant, alongside his companies, Reaprite Global Ltd., and Agrorite Ltd., is facing an 11-count…

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wednesday, arraigned one Adepoju Emmanuel Abiodun, promoter of Bigibet, before Justice O.A. Okunuga of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Abiodun and his company, Nobelsteed Nigerian Limited, are being prosecuted on a 10-count charge bordering on stealing and obtaining under…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has promised to keep watch over the newly commissioned projects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The promise was given on Tuesday by the The FCT Commandant of the Corps, Dr. Olusola Odumosu while addressing his personnel on the need to be up and doing to…

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in collaboration with Zamfara state Ministry of Health and Zurmi Local Government Area (LGA) has launched an emergency measles vaccination campaign in Zurmi LGA, following an increase in the number of children suffering from the disease that has already claimed the lives of 24 children this year. Most of the children…

The Federal Government on Tuesday said over 3.5 million passports has been issued in less than two years, adding that a massive N1 billion plus have been saved annually through reforms in the nation’s passport processing system. The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at the inauguration of the…

The Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) is scheduled for Wed. 20th – Fri. 22nd August 2025 in Yokohama, Japan. Established by Japan in 1993, TICAD is a premier international summit dedicated to African development, serving as a vital platform bringing together African countries, Japan, co-organizers (the United Nations, UNDP, World Bank,…

The Federal Government’s green industrialization plan has received a boost with the arrival of a strong team from China to finalise areas of collaboration. The Chinese team is led by the Deputy Division Chief, Foreign Environmental Cooperation Centre, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Wang Zuguang who is in the country to meet with stakeholders on…