At the closing session of the 2025 First Extraordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament in Lagos, Nigerian lawmaker Senator Ali Ndume, Gambian Fourth Deputy Speaker Billay Tunkara, and Sierra Leonean MP Saa Emerson Lamina voiced strong concerns over the region’s growing instability. Lawmakers emphasised the urgent need for proactive measures to safeguard democracy, particularly in…
A group of stakeholders from Kogi Central Senatorial District has warned their representatives in the 10th National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, to concentrate on her primary assignment or risk being recalled. The group expressed deep dissatisfaction with Natasha’s conduct in her ongoing public feud with Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The lawmaker recently claimed on live…
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The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has extricated two adult males, with six injured persons, from a building under construction that collapsed in Odoriwu Estate in the Lekki area of the state. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu said the incident happened around 14.25hrs….
Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo warned contractors handling projects in the state on Wednesday to work according to specifications and timelines or face contract termination. Okpebholo, who warned while inspecting ongoing road projects and drainage in Benin, expressed disappointment over the slow pace of some projects. He particularly criticised the contractor handling Orior-Ozolua road, where…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it uncovered rifles, live cartridges, and other weapons hidden by unknown persons at the Ogbo-Ogwu Drug Market in Onitsha, Anambra. Its South-East Zonal Director, Dr Martins Iluyomade, disclosed this while addressing journalists on Wednesday. The agency’s ongoing enforcement exercise aims to eradicate fake…
A suspected drug dealer, Gabriel Akintola, on Wednesday, confessed before a Federal High Court in Ibadan to dealing in Cannabis and psychotropic substances. Akintola acknowledged the three-count charge of unlawful dealing in narcotics when read to him before Justice Nkeonye Maha. Maha admitted all the exhibits tendered against the defendant by the National Drug Law…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Temitola Adekunle-Johnson as Special Adviser to the President on Job Creation and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Office of the Vice-President. Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of The Vice President, said this in a statement on Wednesday…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has instituted a legal action against MultiChoice Nigeria Ltd. and its Chief Executive Officer, John Ugbe, for violating regulatory directives. This is contained in a statement by the commission’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Ondaje Ijagwu, on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement said the company was also charged…
The Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan in Kaduna has confirmed the death of its priest, Rev. Fr Sylvester Okechukwu, just a day after he was kidnapped. Okechukwu was the pastor of St Mary Catholic Church, Tachira, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A statement signed by the Chancellor of the Diocese, Rev. Fr. Jacob Shane,…
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