The outgoing President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, has hinted at running for the position of Nigeria’s president. The AfDB boss affirmed he is available for national service after his tenure at the bank concludes, specifically stating, “he will be available to serve in any capacity, globally, in Africa, anywhere,…
The South-East Zonal Director of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Martins Iluyomade, has raised alarm over mind-boggling manufacture and sale of fake and expired drugs in popular “Ogbo Ogu Market, otherwise, known as, “Head-bridge Drug Market, Onitsha, Anambra state. Iluyomade raised the alarm after he and his team members…
INTERPOL arrests 36 in Nigeria criminal raid, recovers $3m The International Criminal Police Organisation says it arrested no fewer than 36 suspects for offences bordering on fraud and human trafficking in a coordinated operation with security agencies in Nigeria. In a statement obtained on the INTERPOL’s website on Monday that the operation…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed concern over the growing trend of governors abandoning their states to live permanently in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. This lamentation was made by the NLC President, Mr. Joe Ajaero, during a town hall meeting with workers at the NLC Secretariat in Lokoja, Kogi State. Ajaero noted…
The ruling All Progressives Congress on Monday declared that a possible alliance between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party presidential flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar, posed no threat to President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The National Secretary of the APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru, said this in an interview while…
Enugu Govt, LG Councils To Establish 260 Farm Estates Across Stat The Enugu State Economic Planning Commission rose from its first meeting in 2025 with a resolution to pursue the governor’s vision to create farm estates in all the 17 Local Government Areas of the state. Briefing newsmen at the end of the meeting,…
The Federal Government has announced the scrapping of all Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary Schools in the country and introduced a compulsory 12-year uninterrupted basic education model after which a Nigerian child can aspire to higher education. With this development, the Nigerian Government is seeking the abolition of 6-3-3-4 education system and replacing…
The United Kingdom Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch sparked outrage among Nigerians on social media on Thursday after proposing a stricter immigration policy that would extend the waiting period for British citizenship to 15 years. Badenoch shared a video on her X (formerly Twitter) account on Thursday, outlining her plan to reform the UK immigration system….
Known for her roles in the Nollywood industry years back, former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has made a return to Nollywood with a newly released movie, Hatred. This comes nearly five months after her dismissal by President Bola Tinubu on 24 October 2024, alongside four other ministers. She was replaced…
Donald Trump’s proposal to “take over” Gaza and displace 1.8 million Palestinians to turn the devastated enclave into the “Riviera of the Middle East” has been met with strong criticism and scepticism from European countries, which warned the idea would run roughshod over the two-state solution. FranceFrance delivered an unambiguous rejection of Trump’s plan, saying…
