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By Admin The senator representing Delta North senatorial district in the Nigerian Senate, Ned Nwoko, has insisted that no economic policy would work in the country as long as Nigeria continues to allow use of different currencies. The lawmaker stated this during Wednesday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today, noting that the economy is currently…
By Admin President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday announced the appointment of Maj. Gen. Olufemi Olatubosun-Oluyede as the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Tinubu, in a statement signed and issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, said Olatubosun-Oluyede will act in the position pending the return of the indisposed substantive…
By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned hearing in the money laundering case preferred against the immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) until Jan. 21, 2025. Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the matter after EFCC’s counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, and the ex-governor’s lawyer,…
By Abujah Racheal The Federal Government is advancing its commitment to ensure a self-sustaining healthcare system by collaborating with pharmaceutical giant, GSK, to bolster local drug production in Nigeria. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, shared on his official X account on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the collaboration was part…
By Peter Amine The Benue Government, in collaboration with local and international partners, has concluded the development of a durable solutions action plan to return and rehabilitate the IDPs in their ancestral homes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that durable solutions are to provide lasting solutions to the plight of IDPs instead of…
By our reporter & Agency Reports The Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) on Monday says all is set for this year’s film festival to take.pace in Lagos State. The event organisers, in a statement issued in Abuja by AFRIFF Founder, Chioma Ude, said that it would be held at AFRIFF HUB, the Palms, Oniru, between…
By Taiye Agbaje Some lawyers, under the aegis of Ekiti Lawyers Vanguard for Transparency, have petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) over alleged controversial rulings by Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court in Abuja. In a letter addressed to NJC’s Chairman, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, on Oct. 14 and a certified true copy made…
By Taiye Agbaje Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged threat to arrest, detain and prosecute him after his tenure as governor. Sanwo-Olu, through his lawyer, Darlington Ozurumba, filed the fundamental right enforcement suit before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of a Federal High Court in Abuja. When…
By Temitope Ajayi A video of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s interview with News Central Television has been trending on social media platforms for the past week. In the interview, the former President, in a veiled reference to the current administration, said Nigeria has a President who came into office without a plan. Yet, the same…
By Blessing Odega The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Plateau branch, says it would conduct free medical checks for 1,000 civil servants in the state. Chairman of NMA in Plateau, Dr Cashmir Kumtap, who made the disclosure on Monday in Jos when he briefed newsmen, said that the free medical checks would take place on Wednesday…
