By Chioma Obinna The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has stated that the success or failure of newly appointed Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd), will depend entirely on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political will to…
Social media commentator Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan(VDM), appeared in court on Tuesday over an ongoing cyberbullying case. In a video sighted by The Guardian on Tuesday, VDM was seen inside the courtroom standing beside his lawyer, Barrister Deji…
The Nigeria national team head coach Eric Chelle has officially released a 54-man provisional squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco — a tournament that now carries extra meaning after the country failed to qualify for the…
By Emmanuel Iheaka, OWERRI Suspected gunmen on Monday evening reportedly hijacked an Aba-bound bus carrying passengers in the Ngor Okpala area of Imo State. Eyewitness accounts claimed the hoodlums emerged from the bush, shot sporadically and took control of the…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Tuesday unveiled a new $100 million Equity Investment Scheme in partnership with the Bank of Industry (BOI). The development, which marks a fresh push to expand affordable financing for indigenous oil…
The House of Representatives has raised concerns over the continued withholding of billions of naira recovered from the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), warning that the delay is crippling federal poverty-alleviation efforts and denying support to millions of vulnerable…
NCDMB, BOI sign deal By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja The Federal Government has launched a $100 million equity investment scheme aimed at boosting the capacity of Nigerian companies operating in the oil and gas sector. The initiative was unveiled on Tuesday…
The Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has accused authorities of endangering former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to potential security threats by withdrawing police operatives from his security detail. As a former vice…
The Council Chamber of the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House was unusually tense on Monday. Gathered around its long mahogany table were the 19 Northern state governors, the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the nation’s top security chiefs—an assembly…
Britain’s justice minister vowed Tuesday to unveil “the most sweeping modernisation” of the courts “in a generation”, expected to include scaling back jury trials in England and Wales. The reforms are needed to prevent a “total collapse of trust” in…