The Federal Government has secured a $1.1 billion credit facility from African Development Bank (AfDB) to provide electricity for five million people in Nigeria by 2026. President Bola Tinubu disclosed this at the just concluded two-day Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The president, according to a statement issued on Thursday…
Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuje, on Thursday adjourned the arraignment of former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, to February 3. Yusuf was taken into custody by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday for alleged contract fraud and other charges….
A group under the aegis of Society for Yoruba Culture Renaissance (SYCR), has told the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, to restrict the application of Shariah Laws to to the north because the system is alien to Yorubaland. The group was reacting to the monarch”s backing to the planned establishment of Independent Sharia Arbitration Panels…
Senate President, Chief Godswill Akpabio (R) and Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (Rtd), By Dianabasi Effiong The leadership of the Police Service Commission (PSC) has paid a courtesy visit to the Senate President, Chief Godswill Akpabio, calling for more recruitment exercises in the face of security challenges in Nigeria. The Chairman of the…
An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines plane in mid-air near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., late Tuesday. Officials said all passengers, crew and troops were killed in the collision. D.C. Fire Chief John Donnelly told reporters that 28 bodies have been recovered as of late Thursday morning. In…
