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Hon. Mark Okpanachi Ogah attended the thanksgiving ceremony of DIG Ben Nemolisa Okolo, who was recently promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG). DIG Okolo, a distinguished officer, is the second person from the South East to attain this prestigious rank. He hails from Anambra State. The thanksgiving event took place at the Vision Event Centre in Abuja, drawing a host of dignitaries, family members, colleagues, and well-wishers. The atmosphere was filled with joy and gratitude as attendees celebrated the milestone in DIG Okolo’s career. Speaking at the event, Hon. Mark Okpanachi Ogah thanked God…
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By Alexandra Oladipo The Director General and Chief Executive, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Dr. Matthew Adepoju, has described corruption a major threat to national development, saying it is a cankerworm that has eaten deep into the fabric of human society. He made this statement while declaring open a sensitization program organized by NASRDA’s Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) at the Agency’s headquarters in Abuja. The NASRDA boss who was represented by the Director Media and Corporate Communications, Dr. Felix Ale, charged the management team to remain steadfast in ensuring that corruption does not infiltrate the Agency. He…
The House of Representatives has approved the State of Emergency proclaimed by H.E. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, in Rivers State on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. The approval, which followed a unanimous voice vote by 243 Members present at plenary, in accordance with Section 305 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, (as amended), came after extensive deliberations and key amendments introduced during Thursday’s plenary at the Green Chamber. The House commenced Thursday’s session with an executive session in line with Order 16 of the Standing Orders (Eleventh Edition), where the Speaker and Presiding Officer,…
The Chief of Staff to the President, Rt Hon Femi Gbajabiamila has assured the Nigerian Institute of Architects, (NIA) that the Federal Government will collaborate with the institute to ensure proper regulation in order to curtail the incessant building collapse witnessed in different parts of the country. Hon Gbajabiamila spoke at the State House on Wednesday when he received on a courtesy visit, a delegation of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, led by its National President, Arc. Mobolaji Adeniyi. He noted that every profession had its challenges, and that quackery remained a major challenge in the industry,…
Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Olowookere Temitope to six months imprisonment for internet fraud. The convict was prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a one-count charge that bordered on cheating by personation. The charges reads: “That you, Olowookere Temitope, sometime between 2023 and 2024 in Offa, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did cheat by personation when you pretended to be unsypathisch, a verified streaming app, and in that guise induced one…
Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has awarded 18 Hajj seats, 18 Certificates of Occupancy, and a total of N12 million in cash prizes to the outstanding winners of the 39th National Qur’anic Recitation Competition and the Al-Yatama Orphanage Foundation contestants. In a statement issued on Tuesday by his spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Governor Yusuf reaffirmed his administration’s dedication to promoting Islamic scholarship and rewarding excellence. Among the highlights of the event was the governor’s announcement of fully funded scholarships to Al-Azhar University, Egypt, for Buhari Sunusi Idris and Fatima Abubakar Lawan, the top winners of the prestigious…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in River State. Read full text: TEXT OF THE BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES, DECLARING STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE ON TUESDAY 18 MARCH 2025 Fellow Nigerians, I feel greatly disturbed at the turn we have come to regarding the political crisis in Rivers State. Like many of you, I have watched with concern the development with the hope that the parties involved would allow good sense to prevail at the soonest, but all that hope burned out without any solution to…
By Ninma Yacim The Director General, National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA, Dr. Matthew Adepoju has said that t he Agency will continue to uphold its commitment to solidifying its reputation as Africa’s premier Space Agency, not only in space science but also in space law. The Director General, who was represented by the Director, Satellite Data Management department, Dr. Abayomi Alaga, made the assertion during the opening ceremony of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot court competition 2025, at the Agency’s headquarters in Abuja. Dr. Adepoju emphasized that there are not enough space lawyers globally, making…
Operatives of the Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, March 15, 2025 arrested 21 suspected internet fraudsters in Bauchi, Bauchi State. The suspects were arrested based on credible intelligence on their alleged involvement in internet-related fraud at Kaure New Government Reservation Area, GRA, Bauchi and Awala, Maiduguri road, Bauchi state. Items recovered from them at the point of arrest include one BMW and Toyota Camry cars, three play station 5, 30 expensive phones, one flat screen television set, six Point of Sale, POS, machines, four ipads, and five laptops. The…