The President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Engr. Habu Gumel led a joint team of the Executive Committee, and the Executive Board chairmen of the Sports Federation Chairmen to the Main Media Centre of the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja for a meeting with the Minister of Sports, Senator John Enoh Ministry, NOC, Federation chart to Games’ future on the …

Last week, while Wab Kinew was making history as the first indigenous (known as First Nations) premier of a Canadian province, Uzoma Asagwara was also making history as the first female-born Nigerian-Canadian to become a deputy premier of a Canadian province. Both of them became the premier and deputy premier respectively of the Province of Manitoba. Canada uses the name …

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Friday, said it has arrested a daredevil wildlife smuggler, Felix Maiva, in Lagos. According to a press statement by the public relations officer, Theophilus Duniya, Maiva had been on the run since 2021. According to him, Maiva planned to export elephant ivory, pangolin scales, rhinoceros horns, …

Leaders of the pan-Esan socio-cultural organisation, Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI) and other stakeholders are anxiously awaiting report of the Implementation Committee, led by Prof. Michael Ikhariale, which was mandated to prune the list of aspirants of Esan extraction angling for the Edo State governorship race in 2024. Feelers however indicate that the committee, which is wrapping up its report this …

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday presented 32 new patrol vehicles and 160 motorcycles to support the movement of security personnel as government steps up collaborations to improve safety in the hinterlands. The governor also presented three patrol vehicles to the state Road Traffic Management Authority (KWARTMA) to improve their operations. “Today is another day in our efforts to …

The Enugu State chapter of the Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, on Sunday, declared support for Governor Peter Mbah to end sit-at-home in the state. Sit-at-home is the brainchild of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra to press for the release of its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The Ohanaeze said sit-at-home had outlived its usefulness and must stop. …

The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Yusuf Jamoh has lauded the lifestyle and ethical behaviour of Prince Paeke Dongban, an employee of the agency until his death on 23rd July, 2022 While commissioning a multi-purpose hall built in honour of Late Dongban in Ngootlong, Plateau State, Jamoh described the deceased as a morally …

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of three senior police officers over cases of misconduct and abuse of office. In a statement on Sunday in Abuja, PSC’s spokesperson, Mr. Ikechukwu Ani said that the commission also approved a reduction in rank of nine other officers, including a commissioner of police. According to him, the commission took the decisions …

The Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the disclosure of the spending details of about US$5 billion funds from Nigeria’s late Head of State, General Sani Abacha (known as Abacha loot) recovered by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, and Muhammadu Buhari. The Freedom of Information suit, from which the order emerged, was brought …

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday, awarded a cost of N6 million against the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in favour of a businessman, Igwe Dennis Nwaokpara. Nwaokpara was unlawfully arrested, deported from Kenya and detained in Nigeria. The court also restrained the NIS, whether by itself or its officials from further deporting, arresting, detaining or in any …