Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has unveiled the Lagos State Access to Finance for SMEs through Cooperatives (LASMECO) to provide access to finance for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) and registered cooperative societies in the state. Sanwo-Olu unveiled the initiative at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa, Ikeja, on Wednesday in partnership with Bank…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that Mr Karl Toriola, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, and others were evading service of court documents on them. FCCPC, through its lawyer, Nsitem Chizenum, told Justice Hauwa Yilwa upon resumed…
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have killed a suspected bandit and recovered a cache of arms during a raid in Mbagen community, Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. The Acting Media Information Officer of OPWS Headquarters, Lt. Ahmad Zubairu, confirmed the operation in a statement issued on Tuesday in…
Former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has firmly rejected Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike’s criticisms, stating he will not engage in a war of words with “children.” This assertion was made during an appearance on ARISE TV on Tuesday, in response to Wike’s comments regarding Amaechi’s remarks on hunger in Nigeria….
Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has called for a re-examination of governance systems in Africa to achieve an African Renaissance. Mr Obasanjo said this while speaking on the topic “African Renaissance in an Era of Turbulence: Are the Lions Still on the Move?” at the 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM2025) in Abuja on Thursday. He…
A stray bullet from a yet-to-be identified source has allegedly hit and killed a 20-month-old child at Umuoba-Uratta in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occured at about 10p.m on Monday. The child, identified as Emmanuel Eleweke, was the third of his parents, Mr…
More than 800 people have been confirmed dead and nearly 3,000 others injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan overnight, officials have said. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Afghan interim government, said the disaster devastated large parts of Kunar province, particularly in Nurgal, Suki, Watapur and Chapa Dara districts. Initial figures there show 800…
On Friday, May 16, 2025, the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) presented its inaugural prosecution witness, Peter Obumuneme Okoye, also known as Mr P, against Jude Chigozie Okoye, the elder brother and former manager of the renowned musical duo, P-Square. The case was brought before Justice Rahman Oshodi…
The health and living conditions in the Gaza Strip are “inhumane,” the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said. According to UNRWA on social media platform X, sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane. “Mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza’s middle areas as sewage…
The Federal Government has vowed to hunt down and prosecute those responsible for the killings of worshippers in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, disclosed this in a statement he personally signed on Friday in Abuja. Describing the attack as “callous and barbaric,” Idris said…
