Nigeria, EU discuss on €20 million initiative to strengthen museum partnership and promote creative industries
By Benjamin Njoku Nigeria and the European Union have agreed on a €20 million (Twenty Million Euro) initiative to strengthen partnerships between museums and support film festivals and digital creative industries. The agreement was made during a meeting between a high-level EU delegation led by Ambassador Gautier Mignot and Nigeria’s Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism, […]
Court orders prosecution of auxiliary nurse linked to Mohbad’s death
The Lagos State Coroner’s Court in Ikorodu, has ordered the Director of Public Prosecutions,DPP, to prosecute Feyisayo Ogedengbe, the auxiliary nurse who administered an injection to Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad before his death.
Nigeria secures 44 terrorism-financing convictions in Phase 7 trials – ONSA
Nigeria has recorded 44 convictions out of 54 individuals arraigned in Phase 7 of the terrorism trials at the Kainji Detention Facility, marking a continued effort to strengthen its criminal justice response to terrorism and terrorism financing.
Ogun court convicts three for ritual killing of 16-year-old girl
An Ogun State High Court on Friday convicted and sentenced three young men for the gruesome ritual killing of 16-year-old Sofia Okeowo in the Kugba area of Abeokuta South Local Government.
Nigerian Solid Minerals company begins operations — Alake
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has announced the commencement of skeletal operations of the Nigerian Solid Minerals Company (NSMC), modeled after the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), as part of strategic efforts to reposition the sector for economic transformation.
Autonomy: We won’t allow LGs to be weakened — FG
The Federal Government has vowed to safeguard the autonomy of local government councils, affirming that it will not allow any effort to weaken the third tier of government following the recent Supreme Court ruling that affirmed their independence.
