A member of the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee, Tolu Bankole, has endorsed the Reserved Seats for Women Bill, urging lawmakers to speed up its passage while extending the initiative to cover Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). Bankole, who serves as the APC national leader for Persons With Disabilities, gave the commendation in a statement […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sounded the alarm over a rise in fraudulent investment schemes that deploy artificial intelligence to mislead unsuspecting Nigerians with false promises of guaranteed profits and fabricated endorsements. In a statement issued on Sunday, the regulator named platforms such as CBEX, Silverkuun, and TOFRO as examples of unregistered operators […]
FG Summons PENGASSAN, Dangote Refinery to Emergency Meeting The Federal Government has waded into the brewing crisis between the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the management of the Dangote Refinery, summoning both parties to an emergency meeting in Abuja. The intervention, according to sources at the […]
Police Arrest Security Guard for Defiling Minor in Rivers The Rivers State Police Command have arrested a security guard simply identified as Godday over the alleged abduction and defilement of a 14-year-old girl in the Mothercat axis of Trans-Amadi in Port Harcourt. The suspect was said to have been arrested last […]
No Genocide Against Christians in Nigeria, FG Insists The Federal Government of Nigeria has strongly condemned and dismissed recent allegations by some international platforms and online influencers suggesting that terrorists operating in the country are carrying out a systematic genocide against Christians. In a statement issued on Sunday, the government described such […]
Nigeria is recording strong growth in agriculture and manufacturing exports, signaling a shift away from decades of oil dependence, according to new data from the Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Figures released in September show that trade contributed 18.28 percent of GDP in the second quarter of […]
Fresh violence has rocked Kwara State after armed bandits launched an attack on a community in Ifelodun Local Government Area, killing at least 10 people and abducting five others. The assailants, described by residents as heavily armed and operating in large numbers, stormed the community in the early hours of Sunday. Witnesses said the […]
The immediate past governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has sparked fresh debate after alleging that his successor, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, has in just six months received more federal allocations than his administration did throughout its eight-year tenure. Ganduje, the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), claimed that […]
China’s former Agriculture minister, Tang Renjian, has been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve after a court found him guilty of taking massive bribes, the People’s Court of Changchun in Jilin province announced on Sunday. The court said Tang accepted more than 268 million yuan ($38 million) in cash and property between 2007 and […]
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the arrest and transfer of a wanted fugitive to neighbouring Benin Republic following a cross-border operation coordinated with the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL). According to a statement released on Sunday through the Police’s official X handle, the fugitive, identified as Sunday Kotin, was apprehended in Nigeria […]
