US jails ex-Honduras president for 45 years on drugs charges
He was extradited to the United States in 2022, accused of aiding drug smugglers in return for millions of dollars in bribes.
How I managed Anambra security vote account under Obiano, ex-banker tells court
A former commercial bank staff, Mr Ugochukwu Otubelu, on Wednesday, revealed how he managed the security vote account under ex-Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra government. Otubelu, who said he is now a businessman, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja that he was with the bank between Nov. 2, 2008 and March […]
Dangote Refinery: Operations continue as management extinguishes treatment plant fire
ABUJA- BOTH the Senate and the House of Representatives have cut short their Sallah break to have emergency penary sessions today, Thursday to deliberate on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s supplementary appropriation for the 2024 fiscal year.
Yusuf set aside N4.8bn for construction, renovation of schools in Kano
The Kano State government has disbursed cheques totalling over N1.9 billion to the Chairmen of the Community Re-orientation Committee (CRC) for renovation of primary school classrooms across all 44 local government areas.
Nigeria recorded 75,000 new HIV infections in 2023 — NACA
Dr Temitope Ilori, the Director-General of National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), said 75,000 new infected HIV cases and 45,000 HIV-related deaths were recorded in 2023.
Regulators now revenue agents in Nigeria – Peter Obi
THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in last year’s general elections and former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has described Nigeria as the only country where regulators have become revenue agents.
Updated: FG, ASUU reach agreement after meeting to prevent strike
The Federal Government delegation and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), are in a closed-door meeting to discuss the lingering crisis and avert a strike by the Union.
Surveyors laud Mbah’s strides in land administration reforms, security, infrastructure
A group of estate surveyors and valuers has commended Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State for the remarkable progress made in land administration reforms, security, and infrastructure in the state in the past one year, stating that no country in the world had ever developed without proper land policy and administration.
RMAFC seeks financial autonomy
Members of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, (RMAFC) have called on stakeholders to support the organisation’s quest for financial autonomy.
I heard strange voice asking me to kill my mother – Daughter tells Ondo court
A 40-year-old housewife, Abiodun Oluyade, who set her 86-year-old mother, Olawanle Oluyade, ablaze, has said that she heard strange voices asking her to kill her mother.
We ‘re not interested in the proposed Orlu State – Orumba people
ORUMBA indigenes, comprising of people from Orumba North and South Council Areas of Anambra state, have disassociated themselves from the proposed Orlu State currently before the House of Representatives.
