Delta State Government has commenced the distribution of 3.182 million insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) across the 25 local government areas of the state. The state Ministry of Health Programme Manager for Malaria, Dr….
Month: April 2025
EBRD opens Lagos office as Nigeria deepens EU ties
Nigeria’s economic diplomacy received a major boost on Tuesday with the formal announcement that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is opening its first West African office in Lagos, a…
No Permit, No Hajj: Saudi Interior Ministry issues stern warning to intending pilgrims
The Saudi Ministry of Interior has once again stressed that no one will be allowed to perform Hajj without a valid permit. In a statement released on 28th April 2025, the ministry…
Olukoyede decries rampant breach of contract rules in MDAs
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has raised concern over widespread disregard for due process across Nigeria’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), warning that non-compliance with financial…
Serial investment fraudster bags 63 years in Ibadan
Justice Olusola Adetujoye of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Monday, April 28, 2025, convicted and sentenced Olaniyan Gbenga Amos to 63 years’ jail term for multiple investment fraud….
Globacom, Airtel scramble for 1.5m MTN subscribers in Kogi
Two telecommunication companies, Globacom and Airtel, are currently scrambling to capture the telecom market available in Kogi State following the collapse of MTN network services in the state. This scramble, our reporter…
JAMB registers over 41,027 underage candidates for 2025 UTME
A total of 41,027 underage candidates have registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), part of the 2.03 million candidates who have signed up for the examination, according to data…
Non-oil export records 24.7% surge in Q1 2015
Nigeria’s non-oil export sector recorded significant growth in the first quarter of 2025, hitting $1.791bn, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council has disclosed. This marks an increase of 24.7 per cent compared to…
NCAA threatens to shut down airports operating without approval by Jan 2026
Director of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards (DAAS) with Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Godwin Balang, has said that any airport The post NCAA threatens to shut down airports operating without approval by…
South South APC blasts VeryDarkMan over alleged verbal attack on Akpabio
South South chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has cast aspersions against social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, over an unwarranted and slanderous verbal attack on the…