The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned that 19 states across the country may experience flash flooding. In an advisory issued yesterday, NiMet said increased surface runoff and flash flooding could occur during heavy early rains due to dry and hardened soils that prevent water from properly soaking into the ground. The agency listed the […]
The Federal Government has commenced arrangements to evacuate Nigerians willing to return home from South Africa following renewed anti-foreigner protests and rising tensions in parts of that country. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, disclosed this, yesterday, after a telephone discussion with South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr. Ronald Lamola, over […]
A member of the Lagos Governance Advisory Council (GAC), Henry Ajomale, has vowed to ensure that the Member of Federal House of Representatives Oshodi-Isolo II, Lagos State, Okey-Joe Onuakaluasi, is unseated. Onuakaluasi recently came under heavy backlash after he posted a list of those who benefitted from his empowerment scheme. The lawmaker, a non-native of […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Capital Territory Command, says it has retrained 65 per cent of its personnel on weapon handling between 2023 and 2025. The FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. Odumosu said the command plans to retrain […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has clarified that the recent defamation judgment involving the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) was instituted by two of its operatives in their personal capacities and not by the agency itself. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Deputy Director, Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Favour Dozie, […]
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has strongly hinted at joining the 2027 presidential race amid mounting pressure from supporters and political stakeholders across the country urging him to contest. Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the former Nigerian leader said he would contest “when the need arises” after wide consultations, adding that he would engage […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of nine properties linked to the former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, to the Federal Government. Justice Obiora Egwuatu made the order after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission counsel, Oluwaleke Atolagbe, moved an ex parte motion to the effect. The […]
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has disclosed plans by his administration to commence construction of a 660-megawatt coal-fired power plant in July as part of efforts to strengthen electricity supply and drive economic growth in the state. Mbah made the disclosure on Wednesday during a solidarity visit by the Organised Private Sector Nigeria (OPSN), […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday convicted a former Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, of 12 counts of fraud and money laundering, charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice James Omotosho, said it was satisfied that the anti-graft […]
The exit of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, two prominent opposition figures, has weakened the African Democratic Congress across both chambers of the National Assembly. The National Democratic Congress, which received Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso on Sunday, recorded its biggest gains on Tuesday with the addition of 17 House members and a senator. Weeks […]
