News

An Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has denounced a video clip showing Governor Ademola Jackson Adeleke of Osun State praying at the Eid ground. The group described the clip as laughable, despicable and detestable. MURIC spoke on Monday, 31st March, 2025 through its Executive Director, Professor …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved an extension of Mrs. Kemi Nanna Nandap’s tenure as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) through December 31, 2026. Mrs Nandap began her career in the Nigeria Immigration Service on October 9, 1989. President Tinubu appointed her as Comptroller-General on March 1, …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced that the medicine market at Bridgehead, Onitsha, was reopened on March 7, following a shutdown for comprehensive sanitisation. Dr Martins Iluyomade, the NAFDAC Director for the Southeast, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of …

The Federal Government has said that Independence Bridge (Marina bound) will be closed between April 1 and the end of May for essential maintenance and rehabilitation works. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. She said that the closure …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 re-arraigned former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) before Justice Charles Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, for fraud. He was re-arraigned alongside a former General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, …

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, says the apex bank remains resolute in its commitment to maintaining order in the country’s foreign exchange market by identifying and eliminating bad actors whose activities undermine the stability of the naira. This came as findings showed that the naira …

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has denounced the persistence of modern-day slavery in Africa and beyond. He made these remarks during his keynote address at the United Nations General Assembly, held at the UN Headquarters in New York, on Tuesday. The event marked the annual observance of the International Day …

A routine hunting expedition in the Ajinawo area of Yewa North, Ogun State, turned fatal when a hunter, Taiwo Bolugbe, accidentally shot himself while attempting to retrieve a hunted animal. According to a statement by the Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, the tragic incident was reported on …

The command allegedly acted on the orders of the state Commissioner of Information, Ibrahim Waiya. The International Press Centre (IPC), through its Safety and Protection of Journalists (SPJ) Hub, has strongly condemned the reported harassment, intimidation, and detention of Buhari Abba Rano, Online Editor of Kano Times, and freelance journalist, …

Driven to extend digital and financial inclusion across Africa, MTN Group and Airtel Africa have entered into agreements to share network infrastructure in Uganda and Nigeria, while ensuring compliance with local regulatory and statutory requirements. These sharing agreements target improved network cost efficiencies, expanded coverage and the provision of enhanced …