New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) says it is taking all necessary legal steps to appeal the judgment of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court affirming Dr Agbo Major as the authentic leader of the party. The NNPP National Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson, made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Johnson…
The Guild of Medical Laboratory Directors (GMLD), Lagos State Branch, has called on health practitioners to embrace digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for improved healthcare delivery. The GMLD Chairman, Mr Adekoya Julius, made the call at the 2025 Annual Scientific Conference of the Association on Wednesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
Gov Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta has said that he would emulate President Bola Tinubu (PBT) by articulating all completed projects for virtual inauguration on Wednesday in Warri. The governor disclosed this while inaugurating the state of the art eight units of four bedroom duplex with two boys quarters each for the commissioners in Asaba on…
A Federal High Court in Kaduna has ordered former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, to pay N900 million in damages for the violation of the fundamental human rights of Adara elders unlawfully detained in 2019. Justice Hauwa’u Buhari delivered the ruling on Tuesday in a case brought by Awemi Dio Maisamari and eight…
Microsoft 2024 Digital Defense Report has revealed an alarming rise in cyber attacks, with incidents targeting customers globally, doubling to 600 million per day. The Commercial Solution Area Director, Microsoft, South Africa Mr Colin Baumgart made this known on Wednesday during his presentation at the virtual Microsoft Africa AI Journalist Academy. The News Agency of…
A prosecution witness, Mahmoud Abdulazeez, on Monday, stated that the name of former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi was not linked to the transactions in the fresh documents tendered by the commission in the ongoing money laundering trial. Abdulazeez, a staff of Dantata and Sawoe Construction Company Limited, told Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal…
Former Imo State Chief of Staff and governorship candidate, Mr Uche Nwosu, has revalidated his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), firmly denying rumours of a possible defection to another party. The revalidation took place during the APC’s ongoing e-registration exercise in Eziama Obaire Ward, Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State. In a…
Islamic scholar Sheikh Lawan Shuaibu Abubakar has denied allegations of blasphemy over his recent public comments on Islamic traditions related to Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). Speaking before the Kano State Shura Council, the cleric — popularly known as Malam Abubakar Lawan Triumph — said his statements had been taken out of context and…
Arab leaders are meeting in Cairo on Tuesday with Egypt to present a plan for Gaza that would sideline Hamas and create interim bodies run by Arab, Muslim and Western states. This would be in contrast to U.S. President Donald Trump’s idea of a “Middle East Riviera.’’ Who will run Gaza is the big unanswered…
Leader of the Senate Opeyemi Bamidele, has said that President Bola Tinubu was not coercing opposition lawmakers to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) contrary to public criticism. He said this during plenary on Tuesday, while justifying the defection of all the three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators from Kebbi to the All Progressives…
