Nigeria’s foremost anti-corruption advocacy group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has brought legal action against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), calling for accountability over more than ₦825 billion and $2.5 billion earmarked for refinery repairs. Filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos, the suit seeks an order compelling the state-owned…
Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa would meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara on Tuesday on his second official trip abroad since taking power. The Turkish communications directorate announced this on Monday. The meeting would be held on Tuesday afternoon, the presidential palace in Ankara said. Sources in the Syrian transitional government have confirmed…
Stephen Nana, popularly known as Stevenator, has opened up on the real reason he stepped down as the manager of Afrobeats singer, Asake. In an interview now circulating widely on social media, Stevenator revealed that he parted ways with Asake due to the overwhelming demands of managing the fast-rising music star, coupled with the strain…
Officials on Tuesday confirmed that more than 150 people were injured in a fireworks accident during a temple festival in the southern Indian state of Kerala. According to the police officials, the accident took place late Monday night in Kasaragod district, about 555 km north of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala. The police said…
The Police Command in Ebonyi on Wednesday said it arrested one person in connection with the Sunday attack by suspected hoodlums on Amagu village, Nkalaha community in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mrs Adaku Uche-Anya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki that the police operatives of…
The NNPC/Heirs Energies Joint Venture has launched the OML 17 University Scholarship Programme (USP) aimed at supporting educational development in its host communities. The initiative is being implemented through the OML 17 Host Communities Development Trust (HCDT). In a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos, Mr Osa Igiehon, Chief Executive Officer of Heirs Energies Limited,…
The Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ebonyi chapter, says the union is committed to actualising the payment of the 2024 Christmas bonus promised by Gov. Francis Nwifuru to workers. Mr Stanley Ewah, President of NULGE, Ebonyi chapter, communicated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abakaliki….
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered and dismantled a syndicate that sponsors pilgrims to serve as couriers to move cocaine to Saudi Arabia during pilgrimage. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. He stated that…
World Health Organisation officials on Tuesday said more than 100 patients including children suffering from trauma injuries and chronic diseases will be evacuated from Gaza. The organisation said the patients would be evacuated on Wednesday in a rare transfer out of the war-ravaged enclave. Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said that…
The Arewa Revival Project (ARP), in collaboration with its allied Non-Governmental Organizations across Northern Nigeria, has called on the support of the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, in the wake of reports confirming an alleged impeachment plot against him by certain lawmakers. We view such clandestine moves as unpatriotic, divisive, and counterproductive to the unity and…
