Imo State has launched ImoTalentHub.com, the first of its kind digital talent marketplace in Africa. The platform connects the state’s rapidly growing ranks of software engineers, data scientists and designers with employers in Lagos, London, Dubai, Silicon Valley and other innovation hubs worldwide. Anchored in the government’s Skill Up Imo initiative and built in partnership … [Read more…]
…to hold Feb 24-27 The Enugu State government has said that over 50,000 tech enthusiasts from across the world are expected to attend the 2026 edition of the Enugu Tech Festival. Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Technology, Lawrence Eze made this known, while addressing newsmen after the inauguration of the central planning committee of the … [Read more…]
A Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged and acquitted former Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose of all charges in the long-running N2.2 billion money laundering case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke in a ruling delivered Tuesday morning, upheld Fayose’s no-case submission, on the ground that the EFCC … [Read more…]
Tension has again erupted in Enugu State as a long‑running land dispute between Etiti Ngwo Community in Udi Local Government Area and their neighbours in Umu-Ugwu Akum Akwuke, Enugu South Local Government Area, claimed another life despite subsisting court judgments. Residents of Etiti Ngwo accused their rivals of defying multiple court verdicts and violently encroaching … [Read more…]
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has been laid to rest on Tuesday evening in the courtyard of his private residence in Daura, Katsina State, following State and Islamic funeral rites. The late president, initially wrapped in the green-white-white colours of the Nigerian flag, was interred at about 5:50pm, in accordance with Islamic tradition and his personal … [Read more…]
The remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari have arrived in Katsina State. Mr Buhari’s remains arrived at the Katsina airport, at about 2:07 p.m., shortly after President Tinubu touched down at the same place. The body was accompanied by Vice President Kashim Shettima, Chief of Staff to President Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum, … [Read more…]
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has approached the Court of Appeal to challenge the ruling of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which ordered the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to the Senate following her suspension. In a notice of appeal dated July 14, 2025, and filed at the Abuja Division of the … [Read more…]
The special Federal Executive Council session on Tuesday in honour of former President Muhammadu Buhari will no longer be held as announced earlier, given the state funeral in his hometown, Daura, on the same day. In addition, the Federal Government has declared Tuesday, July 15, a public holiday in honour of the departed Nigerian leader. … [Read more…]
Donald Trump has said he has made a deal to sell weapons to NATO to help Ukraine. The US president said he was going to be sending “top of the line weapons” to NATO, which will then be able to send them on to Ukraine. “We’ve made a deal today where we are going to … [Read more…]
In a bold and coordinated crackdown on organised human trafficking, the Nigeria Police Force has dismantled two major syndicates operating within the country, rescuing multiple victims, including children, pregnant women, and foreign nationals, while arresting a total of eleven (11) suspects across two states. Recently, acting on credible intelligence, operatives of the Zone-13 Police Command … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 15 July, a public holiday in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari’s death The government said it was in furtherance of the seven days of national mourning declared by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the … [Read more…]
Nigerians are mourning the passing of former President Muhammadu Buhari, a towering figure in the nation’s political landscape, who died in London yesterday. He was 82. Known for his stern demeanour, spartan lifestyle, and unwavering anti-corruption stance, Buhari’s journey from a military ruler in the 1980s to a democratically elected president decades later is a … [Read more…]