The executive director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, Auwal Rafsanjani, has condemned the alarming state of hunger and desperation in Nigeria, emphasizing the devastating impact of poor governance and an inadequate response to rising poverty levels. Reacting to ...

Chris Maiyaki, Acting Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, says the commission will continue to encourage the establishment of more universities notwithstanding the criticism. Mr Maiyaki made the disclosure on Friday in his lecture at the 22nd convocation ceremony of ...

The Convener of the groups, Emeka Theodore, while addressing journalists on Thursday in Abuja, said the funds are essential to the advancement of revenue-generating plans and institutional improvements. He said rejecting this proposal is not a sincere concern for the national interest; ...

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday to attend the 19th meeting of the G20 Leaders’ Summit taking place in the South American country. The Nigerian leader’s participation is at the instance of the Brazilian President and current President of the ...

President Bola Tinubu has signed the instruments of accession for six Conventions of the International Maritime Organisation, IMO. This is according to a statement by the Head, Public Relations of the Nigerian Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Osagie Edward, on Wednesday. Mr ...

The Nigeria Army on Wednesday, announced the deployment of 177 personnel for a peace keeping mission in Guinea-Bissau. The Chief of Operations, Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Boniface Sinjen, made the announcement at the graduation ceremony of troops of Nigerian Company 3 ECOWAS Stabilization ...

The new Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Shehu Mohmmed, says modalities have been put in place to eliminate delay in accessing drivers licence and number plates. Mr Mohammed gave the assurance in Abuja at a reception organised in his honour by the Alumnus of College of ...

As the Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, meets on Monday, a financial expert, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, says the committee will likely increase the baseline lending rate by another 100 basis points. Mr Uwaleke, a Professor of Capital Market and the President of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria, ...

A pathologist, Prof. Shokunle Shoyemi, on Wednesday said that the cause of the death of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba (a.k a Mohbad) was concluded as ‘uncertain’. Mr Shoyemi testified before a coroner sitting at Ikorodu, Lagos State. The musician died on September 12, 2023 and was buried ...

Nigerian superstar, Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr, has released an artwork and track list for her upcoming sophomore album, ‘The Year I Turned 21’. The Grammy nominated singer, who took to her social media pages to surprised her fans with an artwork and track ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has commenced a review into the acquittal of former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Bello Adoke, by a Federal Capital Territory High Court in the Malau OPL 245 fraud case. The EFCC had arraigned Mr Adoke ...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, says the Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ART) project is 97 per cent completed. Mr Wike, stated this after an inspection tour of the project from the Metro Station in Central Area to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on ...