The World Bank Group has approved a loan of $500m to help Nigeria drive women’s empowerment This became the second loan approved by the World Bank under the new President, Bola Tinubu. It is a scale-up financing for Nigeria for Women Programme, which was initially approved on June 27, 2018, with $100m financing. A statement…
A witness on Monday told the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal headed by Justice Arum Ashom, that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his wife, Ibijoke were allowed to cast their votes, despite their voter cards being invalid. This testimony was given by an agent of the Labour Party, Dayo Isreal who was subpoenaed to testify…
A lecturer at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Prof. Samuel Oluwalana, has said Nigeria is losing a huge amount of money for its failure to export human faeces, cockroaches, as well as, scorpions to foreign countries. The lecturer noted that the American government gets $3.5 billion every year because it is used to protect…
The corpses of three medical students who went missing when the boat conveying them to a destination crashed in the Calabar area of Cross River State have been recovered. The corpses consist of two male and female students. The state Commissioner of Police, Gyogon Grimah, confirmed the development on Monday, adding that “The three corpses…
Nuhu Ribadu takes over from Major-General Babagana Monguno (Rtd) as National Security AdviserThe newly appointed National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu has officially assumed duties with a pledge to subdue insecurity and stabilise Nigeria A statement by the spokesperson, Usman Zakari Mijinuawa says Ribadu took over from Major-General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), following his appointment by…
Vice President Kashim Shettima says the Bola Tinubu-led federal government would be creating at least one million technology-related for young Nigerians. Shettima disclosed this on Monday when he received a delegation from the Republic of Korea led by the Special Envoy to the President, Jang Sungmin, at the Presidential Villa. The vice president re-emphasised Nigeria’s…
The Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Cooperatives and Empowerment, Mrs Kehinde Odediran has made it known that Imole free train service will not be able hold for this year Ileya festival due to a train accident that occurred around Lagos – Abeokuta old guage line. In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has decorated the new Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, describing his appointment by President Bola Tinubu as a morale booster for officers in the service. Shettima, in a statement on Monday by the Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola, congratulated Adeniyi for “bringing…
Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has decried a report by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime in Nigeria, indicating that 14.4% of citizens aged between 15 and 64 abuse drugs, which he said is significantly higher than the global average of 5.6%. Obi also blamed leadership failure in the country,…
A Magistrate Court situated at Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, has ordered the remand of skit maker, Abdullahi Maruff Adisa, popularly known as Trinityguy, in prison over allegation of s&xualising minor in his viral skit video. It had been reported earlier that the skit maker was on Friday, June 23, quizzed by the skit maker…
