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In remembrance of the stampede deaths in Abuja and Okija, Anambra, President Bola Tinubu postponed all of his scheduled events in Lagos on Saturday, including his participation in the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta. Numerous people were killed and injured in the two catastrophes. According t ....
Ten persons, including four children, were killed in a stampede at a food distribution event held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, Abuja, on Saturday, according to confirmation from the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. Around 6:30 am, more than 1,000 people gathere ....
Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, congratulated Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, his counterpart in Ekiti State, on his 57th birthday and called him a dedicated and selfless public servant. On Saturday, December 21, 2024, Ekiti State Governor Oyebanji will turn 57. ....
The besieged lawyer and human rights activist Dele Farotimi has been granted N30 million bail by a magistrates' court in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State. Farotimi's bail plea was granted by Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun during the bail hearing on Friday. "The bail conditions r ....
In remembrance of the children who perished in a stampede at a children's funfair in the state capital of Ibadan, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has cancelled his birthday party. This was revealed by the governor on Friday in Ibadan at the reception of the Peoples Democratic Party's ....
After fulfilling the requirements of his bail, Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi, is now free. In violation of sections 96 and 311 of the Penal Code legislation Cap.89, Laws of Northern Nigeria, 1963, Bello has been accused of criminally breaching trust for N110,446,470,08 ....
Ten terrorists were neutralised when troops from Sector 1 of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) repulsed a coordinated attack on a military installation in Darak, Cameroon, by members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). This was revealed in a statement released on ....
A special court has sentenced Mohamed Diane, a former Guinean defence minister, to five years in prison on accusations of embezzlement, money laundering, corruption, and unlawful enrichment. Diane was also penalised $58.5 million, or £46 million, for her work under former Pres ....
To establish Nigeria as a leader in the global digital economy, the Federal Government has launched a free Artificial Intelligence (AI) Academy. The AI Academy was established in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat and Intel Corporation, according to Chief Uche Nnaji, Mini ....
On Wednesday, the naira resumed its downward trajectory, falling from N1,665 per dollar on Tuesday to N1,670 per dollar on the parallel market. According to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the naira depreciated on the official foreign currency market as well, dropping from N ....