About 900 employees of the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (Kaduna Electric) has been laid off, with the company telling the affected workers that their ”net benefits will be paid into their accounts later and pension will come “in due course.” In a letter to the staff on January 31, 2025, Kaduna Electric announced that the services of the staff members were no longer required. – The letter signed Deputy Managing…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called for stronger collaboration with student union leaders from institutions of higher learning across Nigeria in the battle against economic and financial crimes, particularly internet fraud.  This plea was made by EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, during an interactive session with the Student Union Executives of the University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State. Speaking through the Acting Zonal Director of the Commission’s…

Highly revered cleric and founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against fielding former vice president Atiku Abubakar as its standard bearer in the 2027 presidential election. The clergyman stated that the party should be prepared for a certain defeat if it gave its presidential ticket to the Turakin Adamawa. Primate Ayodele noted in a statement signed by his media aide,…

President Bola Tinubu has signed into law the bill establishing the Federal University of Environmental Technology, Ogoni, in Rivers State. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Public Communications and Media, Daniel Bwala, announced this in a statement on his X page on Monday.   He stated that President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope administration is committed to correcting past injustices and establishing institutions to prevent future segregated developments. Bwala said: “I am pleased to inform…

Effort to traffic arms and initiate some new members into a cult group known as Aye Confraternity, the security operative in the Anambra State Police Command has apprehended three suspected gang members. At around 8 pm, the police operative attached to Anaku Divisional Headquarters during a stop-and-search operation along Anaku/Omor Junction on Sunday intercepted eight suspects riding on motorcycles. As the search continued, they all took to their heels. Immediately,…

Legendary Ivorian footballer, Didier Drogba has met with Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu in Lagos. The former Chelsea legend, who was one of the best strikers in the world over the last decade met with the governor at the Lagos State Government House, Marina on Monday, February 3, 2024. Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Sanwo-Olu, Jubril Gawat disclosed the development in a video he shared on…

Former pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief Bisi Akande, has reopened the controversy surrounding the unsolved murder of an ex-governor of Oyo State, Bola Ige, emphasising that Ige’s murder was politically motivated. Akande, a former Osun State governor, who spoke in an interview with Edmund Obilo in Ibadan, which was released at the weekend, said, ”He was killed in anticipation of what he might become in…

Senator Rasidi Ladoja, a former governor of Oyo State, has denied knowing anything about the death of the late Chief Bola Ige, a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation. Ladoja spoke in reaction to the comments made by former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, on the unresolved assassination of Ige, in which he (Akande) alleged that Ladoja may have vital…

A former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Usman Yusuf, was on Monday remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre by a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja. Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu gave the order after Yusuf was arraigned and took his plea. The ex-NHIS chief is accused of abusing his office to confer undue advantages on himself between 2016 and 2017. He is also alleged to…

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has praised NEV Electric, an indigenous electric vehicle company under Brilliant Model Technology, for its groundbreaking contribution to Nigeria’s transportation sector. During a firsthand experience with NEV Electric’s buses yesterday, Edun commended the company’s innovation in sustainable mass transit, which aligns with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda for cleaner and more efficient transportation across the country. He emphasised…

The House of Representatives is calling for a substantial increase in the funding allocated to several critical government agencies in the 2025 budget, with proposals to surpass the initial allocations set out in the government’s budget estimates. Speaking on Monday, February 3, Deputy Spokesman of the House, Mr Philip Agbese, revealed that some of the most important agencies driving the nation’s socio-economic development have been earmarked for additional funding in…

President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has revealed that the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has provided financial assistance to 600,000 students, amounting to N104 billion, as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s education sector. Tinubu made the announcement during the 42nd Founders’ Day and 33rd Convocation Ceremony of the Federal University of Technology, Minna. He stated that the financial support is part of his administration’s commitment to making education more…