NAF to acquire additional 50 new aircraft by 2026 – Air Chief
Oct. 17, 2024 The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, says the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) will take delivery of 50 brand new aircrafts between December,…
Nigeria seeing positive results from fiscal reforms – World Bank
October 17, 2024 Nigeria is beginning to reap the benefits of significant policy reforms following a near fiscal crisis in 2020, but must stay the course, the World Bank said…
Alleged fraud: EFCC calls 15th witness in Fayose’s trial
Oct. 17, 2024 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, called its 15th witness in the money laundering trial of a former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose….
Nigeria takes delivery of first batch of 846,000 doses of R21 malaria vaccines
Oct. 17, 2024 Nigeria has received the first batch of 846,000 doses of the R21 malaria vaccines, from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. According to the Minister of Health, Ali Pate,…
At BRICS summit, Russia to push to end dollar dominance
October 17, 2024 Russia is seeking to convince BRICS countries to build an alternative platform for international payments that would be immune to Western sanctions when it hosts the group’s…
No life lost in Lagos -Ibadan Expressway tanker explosion – FRSC
Oct. 17, 2024 The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that no life was lost in Wednesday’s tanker explosion in the Ibafo axis of the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway. Mrs…
Court Orders Final Forfeiture of N2.7bn Proceeds from Illegal Mining in Nasarawa
Oct. 17, 2024 Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of N2, 739,836,331.31(Two Billion, Seven Hundred and Thirty-nine Million,…
GITEX 2025: LASG ready to host the world
October 17, 2024 The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, has expressed the Lagos State Government’s readiness to host the GITEX Nigeria conference in September next year. He said…
Ola Olukoyede: Sailing through the storm (2), by Shina Philips
Systemic corruption is the bane of many developing countries. In the words of a prominent anti-corruption crusader, corruption is a “force which drives poverty, inequality, dysfunctional democracy and global…
Minimum wage: Lagos leads with N85,000
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said his government will pay a new minimum wage of N85,000 to workers in the state, the highest so far in Nigeria. Sanwo-Olu disclosed…