Sudan: $1.2m approved by FEC for evacuation of Nigerians

In a bid to evacuate Nigerians stranded in war torn Sudan, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $1.2million for that purpose Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, disclosed this while addressing State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council’s meeting, which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday. Onyeama noted that the amount would be spent on the hiring of luxury buses that would transport the stranded Nigerians from Khartoum,...

SEC charges investors to expose illegal fund managers

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged members of the public to report any fund manager that is operating without the registration of the Commission, in a to ensure that only registered entities are allowed to operate in the capital market Chief Economist, SEC Dr. Okey Umeano made the remark in an interview with journalists, stressing that the battle against illegal fund managers must be tackled on all fronts. Umeano noted that the new...

FG set to hand over 2nd Niger Bridge project, May 15

Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, has said that the 2nd Niger Bridge project is fully completed and is set to be handed over to the end users by May 15th 2023. Fashola disclosed this through the Minister of Information and Culture, Lia Mohammed shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chambers on Wednesday. He noted that besides the 2nd Niger Bridge, other national projects...

Enugu: Missing APGA guber aspirant found dead

Dons Udeh, Enugu State All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship aspirant in the 2023 governorship election, who was declared missing has been found dead. Ude was reported missing last week Saturday. Report has it that his lifeless body was found at the 9th Mile Area of Enugu State, and his vehicle was also said to have been recovered. Ahmed Ammani, Enugu State Commissioner of Police, who confirmed the incident has ordered the Homicide Section of...

Nigeria: Estimated 6.2 Million Children Unvaccinated – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that 6.2million children are zero dose (unvaccinated), a consequence of the negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 to 2021 in Nigeria. WHO also noted that the Africa Region estimates show that the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine immunization services has driven up the number of zero-dose and under-immunized children, rising by 16% between 2019 and 2021 and pushing the cumulative total (2019–2021) to around...

Lagos: PDP suspends state chairman, deputy over allegation of anti-party activities

The Working Committee of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ratified the suspension of its state chairman, Philip Aivoji and his Deputy, Benedict Felix Tai over allegation of anti-party activities Recall that Aivoji and Felix-Tai were suspended by their ward executives over alleged anti-party activities a few weeks ago. According to reports Aivoji and his deputy are challenging their suspension in court, while the party has gone ahead to appoint...

Actor Saint Von Colucci dies at 22 after 12 surgeries

Canadian Actor Saint Von Colucci has died at the age of 22 after undergoing 12 cosmetic surgeries to look like BTS singer, Jimin. According to Eric Blake, his publicist, Colucci died on Sunday at a South Korean hospital after complications from his most recent procedure. Reports have it that Von Colucci moved from Canada to South Korea in 2019 in pursuit of a career in entertainment, and went under the knife on Saturday, April 22,...

Lagos: EKO Club Atlanta flags of medical rescue mission 

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Eko Club Atlanta (ECA) has given notice that its medical rescue mission will commence in Lagos State from April 24th to April 29th, 2023. Hon Deji Ajiboye, ECA President, while speaking at a press conference in Lagos yesterday at the headquarters of Lagos State Parks and Garages, to flag off  the programme, said that the  medical mission is aimed at providing free medical services for citizens in Lagos and its surrounding communities. Ajiboye...

Transition Committee: VON DG lambasts Atiku over comment on South-Easterns exclusion 

Osita Okechukwu, Director General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) and founding member of All Progressives Congress (APC),  has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s attack on President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s transition as political hypocrisy. Recall that Atiku, the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded general elections decried the absence of any Igbo person on the membership list of Tinubu’s transition committee. While reaction to the former Vice President’s Reacting to Atiku’s...

Eid-El-Fitr: Obi pays visit to Muslims in Anambra,

Says Nigerians are free to live anywhere in the country Presents gift items to them Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the just cocluded general elections, on Sunday paid a visit to Muslims in Anambra State, reiterating the fact that Nigerians are free to  live in any part of the country where he or she is found. According to him, the conviction made him as Anambra State Governor in 2006,...

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