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Ghana’s Efia Odo dismisses US deportation claims

NewsDeskNgJul 1, 2025July 1, 20250

Ghanaian media personality Andrea Owusu, popularly known as Efia Odo, has denied rumours of her deportation from the United States. In response to a fan’s inquiry on social media, Efia shared a photo of herself in New York, revealing she had been there for two weeks. A fan asked the...

‘Youth centre will mobilise for Tinubu’

NewsDeskNgJul 1, 2025July 1, 20250

All Progressives Congress National Youth Leader, Dr. Dayo Israel, has said the “Progressive Youth Resource Centre” in Wuse 2, Abuja, will mobilise for President Bola’s Tinubu re-election. He said the centre, built in his first tenure, is a multifunctional facility to redefine youth engagement in the party and Nigeria’s political...

Fintech: we introduce AI platform for smarter, credit decisions

NewsDeskNgJul 1, 2025July 1, 20250

Fintech firm, VeendHQ, has said its artificial intelligence platform, Vida AI, will redefine credit decision. Designed for Africa, Vida AI delivers speed, accuracy, and fairness in credit assessments. Vida AI has a machine learning engine that processes alternative data to generate real-time insight into borrower behaviour and risk to assess those...

Candidate boosts council water supply with borehole

NewsDeskNgJul 1, 2025July 1, 20250

Prince Kazeem Balogun, All Progressives Congress (APC) councillorship candidate for Ward A, Agboyi-Ketu LCDA in Lagos State, has revived an abandoned borehole on Adetayo Street, off Oyebanjo Solarin Street, Elebiju, Ketu The facility will provide 12,000 litres of clean water daily and improve the council’s access to safe water. Inaugurating the facility,...

Lawyers, Civil Rights Group Launch Week 2 of Protest for Probe of NMDPRA Boss, Ahmed Farouk

NewsDeskNgJul 1, 2025July 1, 20250

A coalition of lawyers and civil rights groups has commenced the second week of protests demanding the investigation of Engr. Farouk Ahmed, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The protests, which began last week, are aimed at holding Ahmed accountable for alleged...

SSANU to FG: release two-month withheld salaries of our members

NewsDeskNgJun 30, 2025June 30, 20250

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has asked the federal government to release the remaining two months’ withheld salaries of their members who participated in the 2022 strike. The union also decried the persistent delay in salary payments to federal universities, often weeks after other federal workers have...

Appraising Komolafe’s Regulatory Renaissance At NUPRC

NewsDeskNgJun 30, 2025June 30, 20250

By Toby Prince It is not every day that a nation finds itself blessed with a technocrat whose commitment to due process, institutional reform, transparency, and administrative sanity resonates perfectly with the revered ethos of nation-building. Engineer Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), is...

Appraising Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Through Bagudu’s Lens

NewsDeskNgJun 30, 2025June 30, 20250

By Afolabi Adetutu In the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Renewed Hope Agenda is fast evolving from a mere campaign slogan to a policy thrust that’s redefining the very architecture of governance, and largely reflected in Nigeria’s budgetary planning and execution. At the heart of this transformation is...

Immigration High Command Visits Nigeria-Niger Border to Identify Strategic Solutions for Effective Border Management, Crime Reduction

NewsDeskNgJun 28, 2025June 28, 20250

In a high-level assessment mission aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s border security, a delegation led by Deputy Comptroller General (DCG) M.T. Umar of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), who represented the Comptroller General Kemi Nanna Nandap, paid a working visit to the border communities of Jibia, Kongolam, Babban Mutum and other...

BREAKING: Fubara meets with Amaewhule, Rivers lawmakers

NewsDeskNgJun 26, 2025June 26, 20250

Suspended Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara has met with the suspended Speaker of the House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule and other aggrieved state lawmakers. Multiple sources confirmed on Thursday evening the meeting held and ended with Fubara holding the hands of Amaewhule as they shared jokes and laughter. It was gathered that the...