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Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration inherited 2,064 projects, totalling about N13 trillion. Today, those projects, he said, will be over N20 trillion, by reason of the floating of the naira and the removal of fuel subsidy. Umahi said this during a courtesy call by a delegation from the Anambra … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, defended Kayode Egbetokun’s continued tenure as Inspector General of Police on Thursday, stating that it is legitimate. The Minister of Justice, Fagbemi, revealed this in a signed statement. According to him, Egbetokun’s appointment, which began on October 31, 2023, would have ended on September 4, 2024, when … [Read more…]
Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has reiterated his call for the enforcement of anti-spill lock on fuel tankers across the country, saying that disasters arising from tanker-spill had become too frequent. Mbah restated the call on Tuesday when he received in his office the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mrs. … [Read more…]
INTERPOL is making progress in dismantling terrorist cells in Africa 37 members linked to major terrorist organizations were arrested in a large-scale raid across eight East African countries The operation aimed to reinforce border security measures and prevent terrorist activity in East Africa Major terrorist organizations, including ISIS and Al-Shabaab, which have strongholds in the … [Read more…]
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has announced that his administration will flag off 31 projects before May 2025. The Governor disclosed this at the foundation-laying ceremony of the ARISE Senior Citizens Centre, located in Itak, Ikono Local Government Area. Some of the projects, he revealed, include the Command and Control Center, Akwa Ibom … [Read more…]
In line with the administration’s zero tolerance for domestic and gender-based violence, the Enugu State Government has caused the arrest of a man, Mr. Sunday Echegi, who chopped off the hand of the wife, Mrs. Chinonso Loveth Echegi. The government has also moved the wife to a top hospital in the state capital for medical … [Read more…]
Chinese AI application DeepSeek has surpassed ChatGPT and other competitors to become the highest-rated free app on Apple’s App Store in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. Since its launch in January, the app has gained immense popularity, challenging the common perception that the U.S. is the uncontested frontrunner in the AI sector. … [Read more…]
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has issued a 21-day ultimatum to begin a strike in federal courts and judiciary bodies over non-implementation of the national minimum wage and other outstanding pays for the workers. Past strikes by the workers had led to the shutdown of all federal and state courts across Nigeria, causing a … [Read more…]
The Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned One Habu Gambo on a one-count charge bordering on intent to defraud and fraudulently obtaining the gross sum of N14,907,000 (Fourteen Million Nine Hundred and Seven Thousand Naira) before Justice Mashkur Salisu of the Federal High Court Jalingo, Taraba State. The … [Read more…]
In a significant development, Aare Afe Babalola, the founder and chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, has decided to drop all criminal charges against prominent human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi. This decision follows the intervention of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, along with the support of other influential traditional rulers in the country. … [Read more…]
A father has been found guilty of murdering his daughter after he stabbed her in the heart at their home in Darlington. Simon Vickers, 50, was convicted of murder at Teesside Crown Court on Monday. He gave different accounts of what happened in the seconds before he plunged a kitchen knife into his daughter Scarlett’s … [Read more…]
With barely one week after a fuel tanker explosion rocked Dikko, Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State, killing over 100 people and injuring 69 others, another explosion has rocked the state, this time at a mining site in Sabon Pegi, Mashegu Local Government Area. The explosion reportedly occurred in the early hours of Sunday … [Read more…]