Oct. 7, 2025 Forensic examination of a phone and WhatsApp chats in the $4.5 billion fraud trial of former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has suffered a major…
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Tinubu confers national honour on INEC chair as his tenure ends
Oct. 7, 2025 President Bola Tinubu has accepted Prof. Mahmood Yakubu’s departure as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), following the expiration of his second term in office In…
Ogun: Gateway International Airport records first commercial flight take-off
Oct. 7, 2025 The Gateway International Airport, Illisan, in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun, on Tuesday recorded its first commercial flight take-off, as a Value Jet airplane conveyed passengers from the…
NDLEA destroys 66,000kg of cannabis, arrests 54 suspects in Edo crackdown
Oct. 7, 2025 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has destroyed 66,078.57kg of skunk cannabis and arrested 54 suspected drug traffickers during its September operations in Edo. Commander of…
Eko DisCo registers new subsidiary for Lagos operations
Oct. 7, 2025 Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has created a new subsidiary, Excel Electricity Distribution Company Ltd., to handle its power distribution business within Lagos State. In a statement on Tuesday,…
World Bank raises Sub-Sahara Africa growth forecast on inflation drop
October 7, 2025 Sub-Saharan African economies are expected to grow by a faster 3.8% this year on the back of stable prices that have spurred easing by policymakers, the World Bank said…
Tinubu declines assent to 2 National Assembly bills
Oct 7, 2025 President Bola Tinubu has declined assent to two bills recently passed by the National Assembly. The two bills declined are the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology Establishment Bill 2025,…
Nigeria Immigration officer’s wife kidnapped in Lagos
Oct. 7, 2025 The Nigeria Immigration Service, Seme Command, Badagry, Lagos State says one of its officers’ wife, Mrs. Ladi Abel has been allegedly kidnapped. Mr. Isaac Elijah, the Public Relations Officer…
Akpoti-Uduaghan resumes plenary Natasha
Oct. 7, 2025 Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, on Tuesday attended plenary, following the expiration of her six months suspension and resumption of senate proceedings. Akpoti-Uduaghan arrived at the…
Rivers secretariat fire incident: No casualty but documents destroyed
The Rivers Head of Service, Dr Inyingi Brown, has said that there were no casualties during a fire incident at the state secretariat complex. But staffers on ground said documents were razed…