The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a public health advisory following the declaration of an Ebola virus disease outbreak in Uganda. The advisory is contained in a statement issued by the Director-General, of NCDC, Dr…
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the structure and accountability of the Joint Venture (JV) businesses and production sharing contracts (PSCS) of the Nigerian Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has accused oil companies of tax evasion. Rep. Abubakar Fulata, the…
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Monday inaugurated its 2022 World Oil Outlook (WOO). The WOO was inaugurated at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) 2022 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). ADIPEC is the…
A 27-year-old man, Joshua Obinna, who allegedly broke into an apartment in Surulere and stole property worth N790,000, was on Monday arraigned before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Obinna, whose address was not given, pleaded not guilty to…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday joined world leaders in congratulating Brazil’s newly elected President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on winning a hard-fought, divisive runoff election. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide in a statement on Monday in Abuja,…
Cecilia Idowu, 55, has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital for allegedly killing her tenant. The defendant was said to have killed the 26-year-old person, Stephen Haruna, at her residence on Oke-Igbala Street…
A businesswoman, Bukola Orekoya, was on Monday docked in an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly assaulting her domestic worker. The police charged Orekoya, 42, with two counts of assault and endangerment. She pleaded not guilty to…
Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State on Monday carried out a minor reshuffle of his cabinet by appointing two commissioners and four special advisers. He said at their oath-taking event in Gombe, that the move was part of efforts to…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State says the association is more concerned about peace and security in the state rather than the challenge of going to pilgrimage in Jerusalem CAN claimed the insecurity in the state also affected…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kogi State has suspended the state Chairman of the party, Mr. Kingsley Temitope Oggah, for various offences ranging from misappropriation of funds, gross misconduct amongst other offences. The decision followed the Vote of no…
