Election: Lagos tribunal dismisses petitions against Sanwo-Olu
May 24, 2023 Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday dismissed two petitions filed against re-elected Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat. The three-man tribunal headed…
Assault: Court Dismisses Police Bid To Arraign Seun Kuti
May 24, 2023 A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos has dismissed an application by the Nigeria Police Force seeking to arraign Afrobeats singer, Seun Kuti,…
Amnesty Office to Spend N1.5bn Cooperative Fund on Entrepreneurship for Ex-Agitators
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), has launched a N1.5billion Cooperative Fund – the Presidential Amnesty Programme (Beneficiaries) Cooperative Society Limited (PAPCOSOL) to give strategic empowerment directly to ex-agitators of the…
Buhari seeks Senate nod for payment of N226bn, $556.8m, £98.5m Judgment debts
President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the approval of Senate to issue a promissory note for the payment of 566,754,584.31 dollars, 98,526,012.00 Pounds and N226,281,801,881.64 judgment debt owed by the Federal…
African GDP growth to edge up in 2023 despite South Africa slide -AfDB
May 24, 2023 Africa’s economic growth is set to edge upwards in 2023 and 2024 amid tighter global monetary policy and the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but South…
EFCC Arraigns Apostle for Fraud in Enugu
May 24, 2023 The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today arraigned one Apostle Uchechukwu Samuel before Justice H.O. Eya of the Enugu State High…
Social Media Could Harm Youth Mental Health, U.S. Surgeon General Warns
May 24, 2023 Social media can profoundly harm the mental health of youth, particularly adolescent girls, the U.S. Surgeon General warned in an advisory on Tuesday, and he called for…
CHILD PROTECTION: LASG DEVELOPS ONLINE COURSE
May 24, 2023 The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), in partnership with the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), has developed an advanced online course on Safeguarding…
Tony Blair Visits President-elect, Tinubu Ahead of Swearing In
May 24, 2023 Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on Tuesday, paid a visit to the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at the Defence House in Abuja. In a series of…
WHO ‘overstretched’ in response to increasing health emergencies
May 23, 2023 A growing number of health emergencies around the world, from COVID-19 to cholera, have left the World Health Organization’s response “overstretched”, a senior advisor said on Tuesday….