Tinubu confronts economic downturn, inaugurates turnaround committees
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) and the creation of the Economic Management Team Emergency Taskforce (EET). The Presidential Economic…
IPI to Tinubu: Direct the military to produce abducted FirstNews editor, Segun Olatunji
The Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) is hereby calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to activate the powers of his office as Commander-in-Chief of the…
NFIU Uncovers IPOB’s Cells In 22 Countries
March 27, 2024 The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has uncovered 27 cells belonging to the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in 22 countries across the globe, including the…
Man jailed 4 years for running over, killing wife
March 27, 2024 A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, on Wednesday sentenced Ayedun Makanjuola to four years imprisonment for running over and killing his wife, Adenike. The…
Fossil fuel-focused Africa Energy Bank on track to start this year
March 27, 2024 The proposed Africa Energy Bank, which will focus investment in oil and gas projects across the continent, is set to start operations later this year with an…
Court remands man, 43, for allegedly defiling 10-year-old girl
March 27, 2024 An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 43-year-old man, Oni Jelili, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre, for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl. The police charged Jelili,…
Man, 43, remanded in Kirikiri jail for allegedly defiling 10-year-old girl
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 43-year-old man, Oni Jelili, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre, for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl. The police charged Jelili, who lives at…
UCH denies owing IBEDC N495m electricity bill
March 27, 2024 University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, says it did not owe Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) N495 million bill, as being insinuated. UCH’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mrs….
NAFDAC intercepts psychoactive drugs, busts beverage factories in Anambra, Imo, Enugu
March 27, 2024 The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized banned pharmaceutical products, worth millions of naira, in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra, during…
Over 63,000 people dead or missing while migrating over last decade – IOM says
March 27, 2024 At least 63,285 people have perished or disappeared on migration routes around the world between 2014 and 2023, with most deaths caused by drowning, the U.N. migration…