Edo governor earmarks N70b for Agric sector in 2025 budget
In line with his administration’s commitment to address food insecurity and make Edo sufficient in food production, Governor Monday Okpebholo has earmarked over N70 billion for agriculture in the newly-signed…
4 drug lords get 28yrs in jail, forfeit VGC houses, N67m, $50,000
By Onuora Aninwobodo Four drug kingpins arrested in connection with the historic seizure of 2,139.55 kilograms of cocaine at an Ikorodu residential estate in 2022 have been convicted by a…
Prince Charles Dickson: Banana Peels, Dirty Handkerchiefs, End of Year Nigerian Thoughts
By Prince Charles Dickson, Ph.D. “My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing,…
Archbishop Kaigama faults arrest, detention of organisers of fatal Abuja church charity programme
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Most Rev Ignatius Kaigama, last night condemned what he described “verbal demonization of the Catholic Church” by some agents of government in responding to…
Okpebholo signs Edo’s N675b 2025 budget into law
By Onuora Aninwobodo Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has signed the 2025 Appropriation bill of N675 billion, tagged 'Budget of Renewed Hope for A Rising Edo' into law after…
Shocking departure of Rafatu Salami: Thunderbolt on journalism by Dimeji Kayode-Adedeji
By Dimeji Kayode-Adedeji I still find it difficult to believe the sudden demise of Rafatu Salami. I first came in physical contact with her when I joined International Press Institute…
Stampede: Court remands Ooni’s ex-Wife, Oriyomi Hamzat, school principal at Agodi prison
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan has ordered the remand of Naomi Silekunola, a former wife of the Ooni of Ile Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi; the principal…
N250b USSD Debt: CBN, NCC direct banks and mobile operators to resolve dispute
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have jointly issued a directive mandating Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to immediately resolve…
Africa is ‘new focus’ of US biolab activities, says Russia… lists countries involved
Africa has become a focal point of interest for the US government, which views the region as an unlimited natural reservoir of dangerous pathogens and a testing ground for experimental…
Sanwo-Olu names Odubiyi Chairman of Lagos Electricity Regulatory Commission, Animasahun as CEO
*Odubiyi Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the constitution of the Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC), a critical step in advancing the State's energy sector. The appointments, subject to confirmation…
