Defence Minister-designate, Major General Christopher Musa (rtd), on Wednesday linked terrorism financing in Nigeria to proceeds from mining activities, calling for tighter monitoring of the sector. Appearing before the Senate for his confirmation hearing, Musa warned that illegal mining has...
The Osun State Government on Wednesday accused the state Police Command of targeting its officials for political reasons, a claim the police have firmly rejected. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, the...
A police officer and a scavenger have been confirmed dead in road accident at Ilubirin inward Simpson, Lagos Island. The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Olalekan Bakare-Oki, confirmed the incident via a statement on Wednesday. Bakare-Oki...
Arsenal defeated Brentford 2-0 to restore their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League on Wednesday, while Chelsea slumped to a 3-1 defeat at struggling Leeds. Liverpool needed a late Nordi Mukiele own-goal to avoid another damaging defeat...
Edo State is set to benefit from a fresh injection of foreign capital as Belgian agro-industrial giant SIAT NV invests $100 million into Presco Plc, Nigeria’s largest fully integrated palm oil company chaired by tycoon Olakanmi Rasheed Sarumi. The funding...
BUA Group is expanding its presence in Nigeria’s food and agriculture sector with plans to construct a 40-tonnes-per-hour animal feed mill in Kano State. The company, led by billionaire businessman Abdulsamad Rabiu, has signed a partnership agreement with Turkey-based Viteral...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has received €3 million as the first tranche of a $40 million loan obtained from the French Development Agency (AFD) to kick-start ICT development projects in 10 Nigerian universities. Executive Secretary, Prof. Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu,...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has appointed Town Planner Mukhtar Usman Galadima as Senior Special Assistant on Development Control and Planning. Galadima, a veteran town planner with over 30 years of experience in the FCTA...
The United States government has announced a new visa restriction policy targeting individuals found to be responsible for attacks on Christians in Nigeria. In a statement released on Wednesday, the US State Department said the measure authorises the denial of...
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has warned Nigerians about 15 fake and unregistered company names currently being used for business transactions across the country. In a public notice posted on X, the Commission said the listed entities do not exist...