Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has arrived in the nation’s capital, after a week away from the country. The president had embarked on a working visit to New Delhi in India for the G20 Summit and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a diplomatic intervention. While in UAE, the Nigerian leader met with his counterpart,…
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has said will reportedly be granting universities the autonomy to explore new sources of financing their activities. He said this is in a bid to initiate a new creative means of funding tertiary education in the country. Speaking at Nigeria’s Annual Education Conference (NAEC) in Abuja on…
It has been reported that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the State Department have announced plans to start turning over documents relating to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in their databases. This is according to Peoples Gazette. The report revealed that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have also stipulated readiness…
The Ondo state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 39-year-old Pastor, Micheal Ogundepo, over an alleged visa scam. Ogundepo was accused of defrauding one Miss Fagbuyiro Ajetomobi of the sum of N1.6 million. He allegedly seized Miss Ajetomobi’s passport and converted her money for personal use thereby…
The Presidency has said Nigerian government officials and those of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are finalising agreements on visa ban lift. President Bola Tinubu had met with Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, his UAE counterpart, to resolve the diplomatic dispute between the two countries. UAE authorities had suspended visa issuance to…
President Bola Tinubu has directed relevant agencies in the maritime sector to conduct a thorough and comprehensive investigation into recurring fatal boat accidents across the nation, including the recent mishaps in Mokwa, Niger State and Gurin, Adamawa State. The President gave the directive in a statement issued by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Tuesday. He…
The Court of Appeal has announced that it has uploaded the 794-page judgment given by the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on the 2023 election on its website. This was made public on its Twitter page on Sunday. There had been insinuations that the tribunal ruling was compromised in favour of President Bola Tinubu…
The Economic Community of West African States has announced its intentions to introduce the Joint Platform for Advancing Cybersecurity in the West African region. According to the body, the launch is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, September 12, in Abuja. This was disclosed on Monday via its official X handle (ecowas_cedeao). The…
The gunmen killed eleven people, set houses ablaze, and injured several others in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. It was gathered that the gunmen suspected to be killer herdsmen invaded the Kulben community in Kunbum District of the council at about 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 10, 2023, when the inhabitants…
Nigeria’s first indigenous chartered accountant, Akintola Williams, has died. Family sources say he died in his Lagos residence in the early hours of Monday, September 11. He was 104 years old. Born in 1919, Akintola Williams studied accounting at the University of London and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1947. He returned to…