President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the 19th Heads of State and Government Summit of the Group of 20 (G20). The President, who arrived on Sunday at 11.03 p.m. local time, (Monday 3. 03 a.m. Nigerian time) was received by Amb. Breno Costa in the Ministry of External Relations of Brazil. He was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, […]
The Supreme Court, on Friday, dismissed a suit filed by 19 states challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit. The 19 states involved were Kogi, Kebbi, Katsina, Sokoto, Jigawa, Enugu, Oyo, Benue, Anambra, Plateau, Cross River, Ondo, Niger, Edo, Bauchi, Adamawa, Taraba, Ebonyi, and Imo. Although Ogun and Nasarawa […]
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has constituted a monitoring team to oversee the payment of compensation to land owners affected by the acquisition of lands on the first segment of the Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja Circular Road. A letter signed on behalf of Olanike Adeyemo, a Professor and the Secretary to the State Government, indicated that the monitoring team would be headed by Sunday Odukoya, a retired of […]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been re-appointed as the director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO). She is now set to serve her second term as the DG of the global trade institution. The WTO had earlier confirmed that Okonjo-Iweala was the sole candidate for the position. A statement by the organisation on Saturday said Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former finance minister, confirmed her willingness to serve a second four-year term on September 16.
The late Chief Of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja will be buried on Thursday and Friday. His burial announcement issued by the Acting COAS, Lieutenant General OO Oluyode on Wednesday on behalf of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday, said the service of songs for the late COAS who died on November 5, will be held at the Army headquarters’ garrison parade ground, Mogadishu cantonment, in Abuja. The service of songs will […]
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, will present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the state House of Assembly today. Recall that the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, disclosed on Tuesday that the budget will be presented at an event scheduled to take place at the House of Assembly Complex, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, the state capital. Governor Makinde said on Monday that the 2024 Budget performance had […]
The estimated cost of landing Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol dropped by 20.34 per cent to N971.57 per litre over the past three months. This was revealed by the Major Energies Marketers Association, in its latest competency centre daily energy bulletin for November 8, 2024. The decline in landing costs on Nigeria’s shores indicated an equal reduction in global market fluctuations and supply chain factors. The decline […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced Sunday that its operatives have dismantled two major cross-border drug trafficking syndicates, seizing cocaine and opioids worth billions of naira and arresting six cartel leaders across various regions in Nigeria. This crackdown included a significant operation at Apapa Seaport, Lagos, on Wednesday, November 6, where NDLEA agents intercepted 31.75 million tablets of 240mg Voltron, a controlled opioid, concealed in a container from […]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has expressed concerns over the rising incidents of vandalism targeting transmission lines and towers, warning that this trend is severely disrupting the nation’s power grid and infrastructure. TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, made this known in a statement while reacting to the recent destruction of the 330 kV Lokoja-Gwagwalada transmission line I. The company urged well-meaning Nigerians to join its campaign […]
