The Senior Special Assistant to Osun state Governor on Community Engagement Hon. Sulaimon Musa Olalekan has facilitated with Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke on occasion of his birthday. In his birthday wishes he praised the Governor for his dedication to the development of the state. He said, “Our Dear Governor, the Osun’s…
A 16-year-old student in SS2 class of a private secondary school in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, faked her kidnap and demanded a ransom of N2 million for her release. The teenage girl allegedly contacted a family member, claiming she had been kidnapped. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Joshua Ukandu, disclosed to reporters on Monday that…
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr. Bashir Ojulari, has promised that oil exploration in northern Nigeria will continue. He said drilling activities at the Kolmani oil field in the North-East will soon resume. Mr Ojulari made this known during an interview with the BBC, where he assured…
Nigeria’s economy recorded its fastest growth in about a decade in 2024, the World Bank said yesterday, alluding to early gains of macroeconomic reforms by the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. World Bank’s Lead Economist for Nigeria, Alex Sienaert, pointed out Federal Government’s improved fiscal position, driven by reforms in key areas of petroleum, foreign exchange…
Better days are here for Nigerians treating ailments such as diabetes, hypertension, heart diseases and others that require constant use of medication. The prices of medicines, which skyrocketed as a result of naira devaluation, are about to be driven down and made more affordable. An approval yesterday by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) of the…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has successfully repaid its first ever Sovereign Sukuk of N100 billion, issued in 2017, thus fulfilling all obligations to investors and reinforcing its commitment to transparent and responsible debt management. This milestone was announced on Monday at the Investor Meeting hosted by the Debt Management Office (DMO) in Abuja, during…
The war against cultism in Edo State took a new turn on Monday evening as Governor Monday Okpebholo called on the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, to arrest and prosecute the President of the Neo Black Movement (NBM) of Africa, Olorogun Ese…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted an officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Benue State Command, identified as Simon Agbo, at his residence in Makurdi, the state capital. A close relation of the victim, who disclosed this to journalists on Monday in Makurdi, said the officer was whisked away on Sunday night at about…
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade 1, has said that the Itsekiri are Yoruba, being children of Oduduwa, pointing out that they needed to work together as one people driven by the same history and destiny, because what affects Itsekiri also affects the entire Yoruba people. The Alaafin made this declaration during the…
Former Military Administrator of Bayelsa State and retired Navy Captain, Omoniyi Caleb Olubolade, has passed away at the age of 70. The Ipoti-Ekiti-born former minister died on Sunday, May 11, 2025, in Apapa, Lagos. He had marked his 70th birthday just months earlier, on November 30, 2024. In a statement jointly signed by his daughter,…