Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has called on the nation to recognise the vital contribution of fathers to national development, asserting that the strength of the country rests on the leadership shown within the family unit. In a statement shared on Sunday to mark Father’s Day, President Tinubu hailed fathers across Nigeria and the global diaspora,…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike, has said that the wave of infrastructural development across Abuja is evidence of President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to transforming the capital city. Speaking on Monday at the inauguration of the Mohammed Isa Road Extension in Asokoro, Wike criticised those questioning Tinubu’s performance. “You cannot say…
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, William Kumuyi, has urged Nigeria’s leaders and citizens to seek inward transformation as a pathway to national renewal. Kumuyi made the remark in a media chat with journalists at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers on Tuesday. The cleric who spoke against the backdrop of…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has permitted Mr Lucky Okodeh, a former Caretaker Chairman, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa, to give oral evidence in his N2 billion suit against the Nigerian Army. Justice Binta Nyako gave the order on Wednesday after the applicant’s lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, disagreed with the argument…
Some parents, guardians and candidates in Lagos on Monday expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), they described the examination as peaceful and well-coordinated. NAN reports that the 2025 UTME, conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), began on…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed June 4 for the arraignment of Halima Buba, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SunTrust Bank Ltd, over alleged money laundering to the tune of 12 million U.S dollars. Buba will be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), alongside Innocent Mbagwu, the bank’s Executive…
A prosecution witness, Ismail Lawal, in the trial of former governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku told an Abuja High Court that he was instructed to collect all allowances due to the defendant. Ishaku and a former Permanent Secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero, are charged with 15 counts…
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed an alleged human rights violation suit filed by one Patrick Eholor, on behalf of Makia Media Limited, against the Federal Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the applicant had in suit number ECW/CCJ/APP/43/21, alleged that Nigeria’s broadcasting laws violated social media rights, human rights defenders,…
The 2024 Nigerian-German Investment and Cultural Expo (NGICE) Organising Committee has sought the support of Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) to ensure success of the upcoming expo scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany from Nov. 26 to 30. The committee made call in a statement jointly signed by the NGICE Organising Committee Chairman and…
The newly rehabilitated Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja, has generated more than N700 million in three weeks. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, disclosed this on Sunday, during a Thanksgiving Service at St. James’ Anglican Church, Asokoro, Abuja. The thanksgiving was for the successful completion of project inaugurations…
