Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written to the United Kingdom court that found former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, guilty of organ trafficking. In the letter addressed to the Chief Clerk, the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey in London, the former President urged the Clerk to intervene and ensure the UK government tempered justice with mercy …

The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Mr Ahmed Audi has ordered the deployment of 30,000 personnel from its offices across the country to beef up security across the country, ahead of the Easter celebration. Audi gave this order in Abuja, while addressing personnel on the need for effective policing of the nation against any atrocious …

The Special Adviser to the Governor of Oyo State on Labour Matters, Mr Bayo Titilola-Sodo has enjoined journalists in the state to criticise the present government in the state constructively. Hosting members of the Oyo State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to an Iftar meal in his residence in Ibadan on Wednesday, Titilola-Sodo described the union as …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N320,345,040, 835 as the 2023 intervention funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country. At the annual strategic planning workshop with all heads of beneficiary institutions in Abuja on Wednesday, the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Mr Sonny Echono said that with the 2023 intervention cycle, each university would receive N1,154,732,133. …

The  Federal Government has declared Friday, this week and next Monday as public holidays to respectively mark Good Friday and Easter Monday. Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary, while Easter Monday is the second day of Easter. Making the announcement on Wednesday in Abuja, Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf …

The Federal Government said it has completed the Loko-Oweto Bridge and the second Niger Bridge and both would be commissioned and handed over before 29th May terminal date of the administration. Inspecting the completed Loko-oweto road and bridge on Tuesday in Nasarawa State, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola said that the contractors had promised to complete …

The Defence Headquarters has said that Nigerians have nothing to panic about concerning the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping fighting vehicles sighted in the country. A video posted on social media had shown the UN fighting vehicles and equipment passing through Benin, the Edo State capital. In a statement on Tuesday, the acting Director of Defence Information, Brig. General Tukur Gusau …

The Senate on Tuesday rescinded its decision on the financier of the Kaduna- Zaria-Kano railway project in the country from the China Exim Bank to the China Development Bank. With this development, the Senate has harmonised the terms of the 2016-2018 Federal Government’s external borrowing plan for the project. The resolution was a sequel to a motion by Senator Sadiq …

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to consider and pass a bill seeking to protect data in the country. President Buhari’s request was contained in letters read on the floor of the House of Representatives and Senate on Tuesday. He premised his request on section 58(2) of the constitution. “Under Section 58, sub-section 2 of the 1999 constitution …

Obukobo Oghenerukhewe, also known as Mayor, was shot and killed by gunmen on Tuesday, according to the Edo State Police Command, which said it was a cult-related killing. Mayor was a final-year student at the University of Benin (UNIBEN). State command Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Chidi Nwabuzor said the late Mayor, who was also the Chief of the Kegites …