Royal Visit: Sanwo-Olu Welcomes Prince Harry, Megan Markle

…Promises Support For Foreign Innovations Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has said that his administration will continue to support foreign innovations, which will bring about development and growth of Nigeria. The Governor disclosed this while speaking with journalists after a closed-door meeting with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who paid him a courtesy call at the Lagos House, Marina, on Sunday. Sanwo-Olu lauded Prince Harry for using the...

Plateau Shall Experience Peace and  Regain Lost Glory, Adeboye Prophesizes

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has prophesied that Plateau State will experience everlasting peace and regain its lost glory. Adeboye stated this on Sunday during a special combined interdenominational service with the theme “Promoted for a Purpose” held at the Redemption Camp of the RCCG in Kassa Barakin-Ladi local Government Area of Plateau State. The revered clergyman, who has not been in Plateau State in...

ENSG, FAAN Set Committee for Upgrading Akanu Ibiam International Airport

A committee has been set up to work out modalities and terms of partnership between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the State Government in completion of the international terminal, construction of a cargo terminal, and warehouses at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. Eulogizing the foresight of the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah in partnering with the Federal Government, the Managing Director of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mrs. Olubunmi...

Fubara vs Wike: Fist-fighting in Troubled Rivers Over Public Money

“It is important to at least acknowledge that there is something that makes Rivers attractive to trouble or trouble attractive to Rivers,” —Ebuka Onyekwelu In many ways, Rivers State politics is an interesting game to behold. There is no former governor of Rivers State who never had an eye on the Presidency of Nigeria. Also, there have been none of those governors since 1999, without a life-defining political battle. Without prevarication, both the ambition and...

Rivers Assembly: Court Banishes Speaker, Others – Police Takes Over Complex

Pro-Wike speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, and 24 other members have been restrained from parading themselves as legislators. This follows the face-off between Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over the political structures of the state. The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an interim injunction prohibiting them from convening or participating in any official meetings at the Assembly premises. The...

President Tinubu Confers Awujale With Second Highest National Honour

President Bola Tinubu on Friday conferred second national honour, GCON on HRM Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland. The event took place on the occasion of the 90th birthday anniversary of the Oba by the President, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima. Tinubu in his remarks said, “We’re here today to celebrate and rejoice with an outstanding and extraordinary monarch on the occasion of his 90th birthday anniversary. “It also gladdens...

Senate Backs Death Penalty for Drug Traffickers

A fiery debate erupted in the Nigerian Senate this week, culminating in a vote to potentially impose the death penalty on drug traffickers. The measure passed on Thursday, marks a dramatic shift in sentencing for such offenses, which previously carried a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. “Any person who, without lawful authority, imports, manufactures, produces, processes, plants or grows the drugs popularly known as cocaine, LSD, heroin or any other similar drugs shall be guilty...

Troops Intercepts Suspected Gun Runners, Seize arms Adamawa

Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed for Counter-terrorism operations in North East Nigeria, in conjunction with the Civilian Joint Task Force, have intercepted a group of terrorists in transit to unleash an attack in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. This is contained in a statement posted on the Nigerian Army X handle. It said the troops on fighting patrol near Wuro Jabbe encountered the terrorists who were on a mission to attack...

Ministry of Defence Boosts Morale of Military with New Fighting Vehicles 

The Nigerian military received a boost in its fight against insecurity with the recent delivery of 20 improved Armoured Personnel Carriers, APCs, on Wednesday. General Christopher Musa, Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, received the new vehicles in a ceremony held in Abuja. The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence, Dr Ibrahim Kana, representing the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, handed over the keys of the APCs to General Musa on Wednesday. These APCs are not...

Nigerian Woman is First Black to Earn PhD in Robotics at University of Michigan

Nigerian-born Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi has etched her name in history, becoming the first Black woman to receive a PhD in Robotics from the prestigious University of Michigan in the United States. Dosunmu-Ogunbi’s accomplishment was celebrated during the university’s College of Engineering convocation. The ceremony provided a platform for Dosunmu-Ogunbi to acknowledge the importance of the support system that propelled her to this achievement. She emphasised, “I do not stand here on my own two feet alone....

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