The investigation is intended to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of the student. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says it will investigate the alleged murder of a Nigerian student by a group of Chinese citizens in the Philippines. This is contained in a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, Public Relations, and…
The fund was a flexible form of financing that could help the government get contributions from different sectors. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of the Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation Trust Fund to raise $5 billion annually. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, disclosed this while briefing…
The new NPHCDA boss assured staff and requested for their support and cooperation. Dr Muyi Aina has assumed duty as Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). He took over from Dr Faisal Shuaib at the agency’s headquarters on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
The convict’s name will be registered in the Lagos State Sexual Offences Register. An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Lagos on Monday sentenced a man, Joseph Ekanem, to double life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s 13-year-old daughter. Delivering judgment, the trial judge, Justice Abiola Soladoye, held that the prosecution had proved…
The husband is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter before the court. The Police on Monday told an Ikeja High Court they were seeking justice in the death of one Abimbola Ogbonna, who accused her husband of threatening her life. DSP Fetuga Olatunji told Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay that Abimbola, before her death, wrote a petition to…
The Ondo House of Assembly has directed the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Olusegun Odusola, to constitute a seven-member panel to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct against the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The Speaker of the assembly, Olamide Oladiji, in a letter addressed to the chief judge on Monday in Akure said that the Federal…
The governor said public servants must learn to make personal sacrifices. Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, has banned top officials of his government from embarking on foreign trips for the rest of 2023. The governor made the announcement during a meeting of the State Executive Council on Monday, October 23. The 63-year-old said public servants…
Jandor believes the transfer will safeguard neutrality, equity and discourage interference. Lagos State PDP governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, aka. Jandor), is seeking transfer of his appeal against the verdict of the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal headed by…
The drop in the number of licensed importers was due to the challenge of forex illiquidity. Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says the country’s domestic consumption for petrol has significantly dropped from 66.7 million litres, before the deregulation, to 44.3 million litres per day. Farouk Ahmed, the Authority Chief Executive of NMDPRA…
Officers of the agency are advised to always carry out their duties in accordance with stipulated laws. No fewer than 14 personnel of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) are to face a disciplinary panel for various official infractions, the Lagos State Government has said. LASTMA’s General Manager, Bolaji Oreagba, disclosed this in a…
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