Month: July 2025

Julius Berger Nigeria PLC has won the maiden Award for Leadership in Sustainable Construction for 2025. The feat was announced at the just-concluded 2025 Sustainable Infrastructure Conference of the American Society of Engineers (ASCE) held in Lagos. It was organised by global industry watchdog, American Society of Engineers (ASCE) through its Sustainable Infrastructure Recognition Awards, […]

Federal government has secured 90 convictions in relation to terrorism financing of the 730 terrorism-related cases that have been prosecuted. The national coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Maj-Gen. Adamu Laka, disclosed this at the on-site-meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a strategic simulation exercise yesterday in Abuja. He reaffirmed the government’s commitment to […]

Justice Alexander Owoeye of Federal High Court, Lagos, has ordered the permanent forfeiture of digital assets totalling $222,729.86 USDT, which were recovered from some Chinese citizens by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Owoeye ordered the final forfeiture of the assets to the federal government after entertaining an ex-parte motion filed by an […]

The new advisory board chairman of ‘Miss One Nigeria,’ Mr Ewaen Sorae has expressed his readiness to redefine the landscape of beauty pageant in Nigeria. Sorae, a pageant expert who was recently appointed as the chairman of the advisory board, brings his wealth of experience in real estate and hospitality sectors. He expressed belief that […]

President of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Dr. Smart Olugbeko, has commended the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for its exceptional performance under the leadership of Arc. Sonny Echono. Olugbeko made the remarks while addressing a group of Nigerian students from colleges of education who visited the COEASU leadership in Abuja. According […]

Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has  reiterated his  administration’s  commitment to reducing maternal, neonatal and child mortality. Ododo who stated this yesterday while opening the Kogi State Training-the-Trainers (STOT) on integrated management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM), funded through the ANRIN project,  noted that “all these steps are essential for improving the health […]

As part of the ongoing 2025 Press Week, members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council, yesterday held a peaceful march, demanding for press freedom, human rights protection and a better work environment. The solidarity march, known as “Walk for Press Freedom” which attracted over 200 members started from the […]

Troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, have arrested 62 suspected oil thieves in their recent onslaught against oil theft, pipeline vandalism and associated crimes in the Niger Delta region. During the operation, which was carried out between July 14 and July 20, 2025 in Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, and Akwa Ibom States, the troops also confiscated […]

The Asagba of Asaba, Obi Epiphany Azinge, has called for more sensitisation on the various reforms of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The monarch made the request in his palace yesterday when the Delta State director of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mrs Tracy Ikolomi, led her management team to pay him an […]

Apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed dismay over what it termed discriminatory considerations during the recent reconstitution of the Chairmen and Directors-General of key federal institutions, including the Bank of Industry and other national agencies. The organisation alleged that the lopsided considerations were reflective of gross compromise of national equity and principle of […]