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RMRDC Urges Apiculturists to Explore Innovations in Beekeeping for Nigeria’s Economic Growth The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has called on apiculturists to explore innovations in beekeeping value chain development for Nigeria’s economic growth. The Director-General of  RMRDC, Prof. Hussaini Ibrahim, made the call at a beekeeping workshop organised by the council in […]

AfDB President Receives Obafemi Awolowo Leadership Prize The President, African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has been conferred with the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership. The Executive Director, Obafemi Awolowo Foundation, Amb. Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu, said this in a statement in Abuja. The award promotes the legacy and democratic ideals of the late […]

Desist From Hoarding Cash or Face Sanctions, CBN Warns DMBs, POS Operators The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Point of Sale (PoS) operators to stop disrupting the seamless distribution of Naira notes. According to a statement by CBN’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mrs Hakama Sidi-Ali, failure to comply […]

The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has said that transporters in most parks are not aware of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 50 per cent slash in the price of interstate transport fare during Yuletide. In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, the former Anambra State governor who […]

The French parliament has passed a law restraining Nigerian students and others from bringing their families to the country. According to a report by the BBC on Thursday, the law was backed by both President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Renaissance party and Deputy of the French National Assembly, Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally. A previous […]

An independent report has indicted the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, of spending over N1.7 billion on legal fees for suits instituted against the naira redesign policy introduced during former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. According to the report , Emefiele spent questionable legal fees for 19 cases instituted against the policy. […]

The leadership of the Osogbo Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association on Thursday pleaded with the striking members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, to call off their strike that has been on for about a month. The union commenced the strike on November 22 after policemen stopped them from physically harassing the Chief […]

The Nigerian Navy board has promoted a total of 58 senior officers to various ranks in the service. The breakdown of the promotion released showed that 28 Navy Captains were elevated to Commodore while 30 Commodores were promoted to the rank of Rear Admirals. The Director of Information Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, in a statement on […]

The Nigeria Police Force says the open threat issued by a suspect against an investigating officer in a viral video underscores the need to overhaul the country’s criminal justice system. Reacting to the chilling video on Thursday, Police Spokesperson ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi noted that such incidents are all too common for security agents. He said […]

The Army Council has approved the promotion of senior officers to the next ranks of Major General and Brigadier General respectively. A statement by Army spokesperson Brigadier General Onyema Nwachuckwu on Friday, December 22, disclosed that the council gave the approval on Thursday 21 December 2023. He said a total of 47 Brigadier Generals have […]

The Federal Government has declared Monday, and Tuesday, December, 25 and 26 2023, and Monday, January 1, 2024, as public holidays to mark Christmas and New Year’s Day celebrations, respectively. The Hon. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government felicitates with Christians and all Nigerians at […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the remand of an alleged WhatsApp hacker, Stephen Andrew Ojo, at the Ikoyi centre of the Nigerian Correctional Services. Justice Akintayo Aluko remanded the defendant following his arraignment before the court by the officers of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos. Ojo was arraigned on […]