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Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, has defended President Bola Tinubu’s absence from the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, arguing that the President did not need to travel to the United States merely to deliver a 15-minute address when, according to him, a majority of […]

The Ogun State Government and global ports and logistics company, DP World MEA FZE, have signed Memoranda of Understanding for the development of the Gateway Deep Seaport and the Ogun State Blue Marine Special Economic Zone, with the projects expected to attract more than $7 billion in initial investment and create over 50,000 direct jobs. […]

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has accused some politicians who opposed former President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the 2015 presidential election of regrouping against President Bola Tinubu as political activities gather momentum ahead of 2027. Okpebholo, who did not identify the politicians he was referring to, made the remarks on Thursday during the flag-off […]

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has warned Nigerians against indiscriminate littering, saying dropping refuse on the ground including something as small as a discarded recharge card could attract a ₦20,000 fine, six months’ imprisonment, or both upon conviction under Nigeria’s environmental sanitation regulations. NESREA’s Kaduna State Coordinator, Hena Emmanuel-Dangari, gave the […]

A US appeals court upheld on Friday the Pentagon’s decision to exclude Anthropic from its supply chain, a decision taken when the AI startup refused to remove certain safeguards on its Claude model. The conflict began in February when Anthropic refused Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth’s demand to remove restrictions on the use of Claude for […]

A prosecution witness has told the Federal High Court in Abuja how he allegedly invested more than ₦500 million in a purported agricultural export business operated by the Chief Executive Officer of Onome Global Market Resources Limited, Osabohein Alex Ologbose, his wife, Hope Onome Oghelemu, and persons associated with the companies, but neither recovered his […]

The Governor of Zamfara State, Dr. Dauda Lawal, has challenged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike, either to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) or to withdraw from the rainbow coalition if he intends to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. He spoke in an interview on Channels Television’s […]

The Delta State Police Command has transferred the investigation into the death of a Deputy Director in the state Ministry of Secondary Education, Unity Ekpevbughe Adeda, to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department. One suspect has been arrested, while police operatives have launched a manhunt for two others allegedly connected with the […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to compel the Nigeria Police Force to reopen investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. Justice James Omotosho dismissed the suit filed by the Registered Trustees of Break the Silence Foundation, holding that the organisation […]