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The Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja in Kogi State has received a critical medical boost with the donation and installation of a multi-slice CT Scan machine by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) company, marking a significant milestone in emergency healthcare delivery for Kogi State and surrounding regions. The machine, delivered along with a backup generator […]
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to put an end to the use of public funds in supporting private electricity distribution companies (DISCOs), describing the current model as unjust and unsustainable. Raising the issue on the floor of the Senate on Thursday, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment, Senator Yunus Akintunde (APC, […]
The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has declared that the push to allocate special legislative seats for women should not be seen as an act of charity but as a strategic step toward strengthening democracy and inclusive governance. Speaking on Wednesday through the Chairman of the House Committee on Women Affairs, Kafilat Ogbara, at an […]
South Korea’s former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was detained for a second time on Thursday as prosecutors intensified their investigation into his failed attempt to impose martial law, plunging the country into political turmoil. Yoon, 64, was accused of attempting to subvert civilian rule by ordering armed troops to storm parliament on December 3, 2024, […]
Deutsche Bank has led a landmark $747 million syndicated loan to finance Phase 1 Section 1 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, marking Nigeria’s largest road infrastructure loan and a significant boost to the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Agenda. The loan, which will fund the stretch from Victoria Island to Eleko Village (47.47km), represents the […]
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has threatened to delist tertiary institutions which fail to properly utilise funds allocated to them for intervention projects. Its executive secretary. Sonny Echono, gave the warning in Abuja at a two-day strategic workshop for directors of physical planning, academic planning, and Information Communication Technology (ICT) drawn from schools benefitting from […]
The administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, has charged the people of the Niger Delta region to support the declaration of the leaders of the South- South All Progressives Congress (APC) to support President Bola Tinubu for a second term. In an interview with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, Otuaro applauded […]
The Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre in Africa (PAACA), a civil society organisation (CSO), has commended the MacArthur Foundation for its sustained support in deepening Nigeria’s electoral integrity and civic awareness. Ezenwa Nwagwu, executive director of PAACA, spoke in Abuja on Tuesday during a courtesy visit to the MacArthur Foundation country office to present the […]
A coalition of Tiv elite and professionals under the aegis of Club De Pals, Abuja, has demanded the immediate prosecution of those responsible for the massacre of over 200 people in Yelwata community, Guma local government area of Benue State, in what they described as a genocide. In a press statement jointly signed by its […]
In recognition of its lofty standards and excellent services, IT services provider, IMBIL Telecom Solutions Nigeria Ltd, has received the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for Information Security Management Systems (ISMS). By the certification, IMBIL Telecom is now positioned to attract enterprise clients, public sector agencies, and international partners seeking secure and standards-compliant telecom solutions. The certification, […]