Former Education Minister and public accountability advocate Oby Ezekwesili has vehemently denied allegations that she accepted bribes to support Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s sexual harassment claims against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. In a statement posted on her verified X handle on May 4, 2025, Ezekwesili dismissed the accusations leveled by UK-based activist Sandra Duru, known as […]
The UK’s Manufacturing Africa (MA) programme and London-based TLG Capital have signed a strategic partnership to enhance Nigerian manufacturing companies’ access to capital through the Africa Growth Impact Fund II (AGIF II), which secured a $75 million first close towards its $200 million target on April 29, 2025. Anchored by the World Bank’s International Finance […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has clarified that no date has been established for the resumption of Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) or for the transfer and replacement of lost Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs). In a statement issued on Sunday, May 4, 2025, via its official X account, INEC’s Chief Press Secretary, Rotimi Oyekanmi, debunked […]
With the conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor set to begin this week in May 2025, the secretive process, devoid of official campaigns or candidate lists, has sparked widespread speculation about the next leader of the Catholic Church’s 1.4 billion faithful. While no clear frontrunner has emerged, 15 cardinals from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the […]
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has issued a public warning about fraudsters exploiting its Postgraduate Foreign Scholarship Programme to deceive unsuspecting victims. In a statement released on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Port Harcourt, NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Seledi Thompson-Wakama, revealed that scammers are soliciting money from the public by falsely offering […]
The Nasarawa State Police Commissioner, Shetima Jauro-Mohammed, has ordered a thorough investigation into the deaths of five children found lifeless inside an abandoned vehicle in Agyaragu, Obi Local Government Area, on Sunday, May 4, 2025. According to a statement issued on May 5 by Police Public Relations Officer SP Ramhan Nansel in Lafia, the children, […]