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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has called for global cooperation in the efforts towards tackling disinformation and misinformation. He made the call on Wednesday in Abuja during the Diplomatic Correspondents Association of Nigeria (DICAN) Diplomatic/Security International Conference 2025. The conference was themed: “Nigeria’s 4Ds Foreign Policy Strategy in an Era of Global Insecurity,…

Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has described the killing of two Nigerian traders in South Africa by “unknown gunmen” as intolerable and senseless, calling on the government of the southern African country to fish out the culprits. Dabiri-Erewa in a statement signed by the Commission’s spokesperson, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said the Nigerian…

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has shut down a popular entertainment centre, Ibiza Nite Club and 13 other facilities in Abuja for various environmental crimes. Addressing the media on the latest clampdown, the Director General of NESREA, Prof. Innocent Barikor, on Wednesday warned facilities against violating environmental laws, promising that the…

In a concerted effort to curb the misuse of Nigeria’s digital and cyber space, Advocacy for Policy and Innovation (API), in collaboration with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), convened a two-day workshop to deepen public discourse and stakeholder engagement on emerging digital governance frameworks and online safety in Nigeria. The initiative aims not…

By Uko Okon Operatives of the the Akwa Ibom State Police Command has foiled an armed robbery attempt at the Annex B Estate in Ikot Ator Village, Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area. The incident occured on Wednesday after the police received a distressed call reporting an ongoing armed robbery. This was contained in a statement…

By Uko Etim The Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo, Thursday, sentenced two armed robbers to death by hanging for robbing tricycle operators, popularly known as “keke riders,” at gunpoint in the capital city. One of the condemned criminals, Lance Corporal Promise Okokon Usoro, is a former soldier who was dismissed from the 6…

By Barikui Felix The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has donated supportive aids and mobility devices to persons living with disabilities in Bayelsa State. Speaking at an awareness programme organised for people with disabilities at the NDDC Bayelsa State office in Yenagoa, the Commission’s Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, urged persons with disabilities to maintain…

By Barikui Felix The Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board, RSUBEB, has expressed its willingness to partner the Journalists for Sustainable Development Initiative, JSDI, in advocating for climate friendly practices amongst pupils in the various schools in the state. JSDI is a non governmental organization comprising of practicing journalists into climate change advocacy and sustainable…

The First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Sulaiman Kwalla, in the trial of Bishop Katung Jonas and Okewole Dayo, chairman and secretary of Covenant Fadama Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, Jos, Plateau State, respectively, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, told Justice Sharon T. Ishaya of the Federal High Court, sitting in Jos, Plateau State that many of the victims of the alleged fraudulent cooperative society, including him and his wife were lured into investing their…

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of two internet fraudsters, Emmanuel Nwanze and Omogbe Aroghene Justice, before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. They were arraigned on  one-count separate charge of fraudulently…