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Aminu Umar-Sadiq, CEO of NSIA. The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority is set to launch the second edition of the NSIA Prize for Innovation, with a combined prize value of US$220,000 and an all-expense paid, five-week training at Draper University, Silicon Valley, USA. The maiden edition of the NPI Programme commenced with over …

Explosion rocks Lagos A massive explosion has rocked Iju Ishaga area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The explosion occurred on Tuesday night sending panic among residents. Balls of fire enveloped the atmosphere with loud ‘bang’ heard several metres away from the scene of the incident, which is Agbado Road, Toyin Bus …

  Lagos State Government   The Ministry of Youth and Social Development in Lagos has launched a Special Task Force aimed at tackling street begging. The Task Force, consisting of representatives from various government departments and agencies, was inaugurated today in Alausa. Mr. Mobolaji Ogunlende, the Honourable Commissioner of the …

  The Central Bank of Nigeria building CBN, FCT, Abuja The Team of Special Investigator investigating massive fraud in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has written to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to place three Nigerians on Interpol Red Notice for massive fraud in the Apex bank. According …

Fatai Adams Less than 10 months before the 2024 Ondo State Governorship Election, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Mr Fatai Adams, has died. Adams had served as deputy chairman of the party in the state. He emerged as the chairman of the party on …

Governor Alex Otti has inaugurated a nine-member Visitation Panel to Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), one of the most prestigious institutions in the state. The panel is tasked with reviewing the records and structures of ABSU from 2019 to 2023 and making recommendations that will restore the university to its …

NSCDC Personnel The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command, has presented some welfare package to the family of a deceased operative, the late Corps Assistant I (CAI), Pascal Nnaegbuna, who died in active service. The ceremony was performed by the state Commandant of the Corps, Mr Maku …

Prof. Cyril Ndifon On Wednesday, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) closed its sexual harassment and gratification case against the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Cyril Ndifon, with four witnesses. ICPC counsel, Osuobeni Akponimisingha, who had earlier said he had about seven witnesses …

President Bola Tinubu The thing about economic policies is that they have good and bad sides. The trick for policymakers, and indeed the people, is to focus on maximising the good and minimising the bad. But the larger responsibility rests on policymakers, truth be told. President Bola Tinubu took the …

President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday forwarded the names of five directors for the board of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for confirmation by the Senate. Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpiabio and read at the plenary on …