Edo State Diaspora Agency on Thursday said it is determined to ensure that the potential of Edo indigenes in the Diaspora is harnessed to boost the economic, social and cultural development of the state. The Director General of the Agency, Loretta Ogboro-Okor who stated this during her maiden press conference in Benin, Edo State, also…
Ahead of the rainy season, states have commenced measures to arrest the flooding expected to inundate no fewer than 1,249 communities in 176 local governments across 30 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The measures include public enlightenment campaigns, dredging water channels, and relocating communities on river banks and floodplains. On Thursday, the Federal…
Human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has condemned the recent decision by the National Broadcasting Commission to ban Nigerian rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem’s new protest song, Tell Your Papa, labelling the move a “clear violation” of the right to freedom of expression and access to information. In a press statement issued on Thursday, Amnesty International described the…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has commiserated with the family of the National Director of Administration of the All Progressives Congress APC (APC), Dr Rauf Adekunle Adeniji (Congo) who recently passed away. Governor Adeleke who expressed his deep pain over the void that his loss represents for the state and Nigeria…
Justice James Omotosho dismissed the suit on the grounds that the applicants failed to prove they had been unlawfully detained. Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a ₦5 billion lawsuit filed by 110 alleged internet fraudsters against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), ruling that the case lacked…
The incident which happened on April 9 also left another man, 38-year-old Dokagk Danladi with severe injuries in the Lushi area of Bauchi State. The Bauchi State Police Command has vowed to leave no “stone unturned” in its investigation into a case of jungle justice that resulted in the death of a man identified as…
Governor Ademola Adeleke’s Spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed has reiterated that the recent attacks and vituperations by Osun All Progressives Congress (APC) against Governor Ademola Adeleke are confirmation of opposition’s identify crisis, its weakness within the Presidency and frustrations about increasing breakthroughs of the Adeleke administration. According to the statement signed by him, noted that, the Osun…
The aggrieved workers barricaded the main gate of the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja and barred staffers of the ministry. Members of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday morning picketed the Ministry of Steel Development Complex at Wuse 2 in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The aggrieved unions demanded better…
An official of the refinery confirmed the price reduction from ₦880 to ₦867 per litre to Channels Television. Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has reviewed its ex-depot (gantry) loading cost of petrol to ₦867 per litre. It was gathered that the $20bn refinery informed its marketers and customers of the slash on Thursday. An official…
Trump abruptly paused higher tariffs on all countries except China, adding to investor uncertainty.. The US dollar plunged against the euro and other main rivals again on Thursday after President Donald Trump abruptly paused higher tariffs on all countries except China, adding to investor uncertainty. The greenback lost over one percent against the European single…
