Following a protest by the wives of troops, Liberia’s newly appointed minister of defense announced his resignation on Monday, barely ten days after taking office, according to the presidency. Since taking office at the end of January, Joseph Boakai, the new president of Liberia, has faced several political challenges. This resignation is the first of…
Abdourahamane Tchiani, the head of the military junta in Niger, has sworn that his nation will not re-join the Economic Community of West African States. None of the three Sahelian countries would re-join the ECOWAS, he further pledged. Tchiani made this claim on Monday during an interview with the nation’s leading news outlet, RTN, in…
Bolaji Agbede was named as Access Holdings Plc’s acting group chief executive officer on Monday by the board of directors. This announcement was made in the wake of Herbert Wigwe, the company’s former group chief executive officer, who passed away in a helicopter crash on Friday. In a helicopter crash in California, close to the…
Austin Agada, the All Progressives Congress state chairman who had been suspended, was reinstated on Monday by the Benue State High Court in Makurdi. Justice Maurice Ikpambese, the Chief Judge of Benue State, issued the directive in response to a plea to vacate the temporary injunction prohibiting Agada from representing the Benue State APC Chairman….
The prohibition on the importation, production, distribution, sale, and use of alcoholic beverages in sachets, PET, and glass bottles with a capacity of less than 200 milliliters was declared irreversible by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Monday. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of NAFDAC, maintained that the ban was…
David Umahi, the Minister of Works, has reiterated President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to improving the country’s road infrastructure to foster economic growth. Umahi emphasized the importance of establishing safe and properly maintained roads. To achieve this goal, Umahi endorsed collaboration between the Ministry of Works and the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC). He also stated…
Senator Adams Oshiomhole (representing Edo North) has attributed the severe economic hardships experienced by Nigerians to what he describes as the “reckless policies” implemented during the tenure of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Oshiomhole asserted that he had opposed many of these policies, alleging that they were designed to further oppress an already struggling population. These…
Experts are currently deliberating on the true motives behind the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) allegations of misappropriation of N80 billion against former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello. The timing of the alleged crime, purportedly committed four months before Bello assumed office, has raised questions about the EFCC’s intentions. The EFCC recently amended a…
According to Bwaigu Fungo, a forensic and intelligence analyst with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar, Cyril Ndifon, forwarded the videos sent by a witness named TKJ to another number. Fungo also disclosed that a total of 16 nude…
Tunji Disu, the Head of the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigerian Police Force, has honored the memory of the late Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe. Disu fondly remembered their enduring friendship and Herbert’s dedicated efforts towards enhancing educational standards. In a statement on his Facebook account on Monday, Disu…
