The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has said Nigeria topped the list of out-of-school children in the world. This situation she said has informed the decision of the federal government to set up a committee that would develop plans to address the challenges. Speaking at the inaugural meeting…
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the President said he was acting in accordance with Paragraph 2(3) of Part1, CAP E1 of EFCC Act 2004. Bawa, 40,…
The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni on Monday, 15th February, 2021 flagged-off a reinvigorated special security action plan, code named ‘Operation Puff Adder II.’ The operation is aim at reinforcing the ongoing fight against banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery and other violent crimes in the country. This was disclosed in a statement…
Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has finally written her name in the book of history as she has been confirmed as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation at a special general meeting. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO. “WTO members have just agreed to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Friday, February 12, 2021 secured the conviction of a former Deputy Chief Registrar of the Oyo State High Court, Mutiat Omobola Adio. She was convicted after pleading guilty to a fresh charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense and issuance of Dishonored Cheque…
The Lagos state government is set to commence a free, two-week, mass anti-rabies vaccination campaign to curb the menace of the disease in the State. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, disclosed this on Sunday in Lagos. She said the flag-off programme takes place at Oba Ayangburen’s Palace, Ikorodu, on Tuesday, 16th…
Rosaline Meurer, the lady Tonto Dike accused of breaking up her home in 2017, has finally married Olakunle Churchill, Tonto’s former husband. After much denial by Meurer, stating that her relationship with Churchill was work-related and described him as her mentor, it seems the two love birds could no longer keep their relationship a secret…
Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has so far disbursed the sum of N3.924 billion to 392,490 women and youths across Kano, Jigawa, Kogi, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Lagos, Niger, Nasarawa, Sokoto and Katsina state as part of its microgrant programme Additionally, the Foundation has concluded plans to extend the disbursement of the micro grant program to Ogun,…
The country in recent weeks has been experiencing a series of conflicts ranging from farmers/herders clashes to communities clashes, thereby causing unrest in various parts of the country. President Muhammadu Buhari in a reaction to these reports of breakout of violence warned that his government will not allow any ethnic or religious group to stoke…
The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) on Thursday filed a law suit against President Muhammadu Buhari challenging his decision to extend the tenure of Mohammed Adamu, the inspector-general of police (IGP). Adamu was supposed to have retired in February after completing the maximum 35 years in service but was given a three month extension by the…