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Abia: Disclose cost of projects, IGR, PDP demands accountability from Alex Otti

NewsDeskNgMay 25, 2025May 25, 20250

Ahead of May 29, 2025 second anniversary of Governor Alex Otti in Abia state, the People Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly demanded for accountability, accusing the incumbent state government of secrecy in the cost of projects and the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The party said while Alex Otti, as an...

How NMDPRA Boss Squandered Tax Payers’ billions on Own Children in World’s Most Expensive Schools Abroad

NewsDeskNgMay 24, 2025May 24, 20250

Facts have emerged about how the Authority Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, Engineer Farouk Ahmed squandered public funds procuring foreign education for his children in elite international schools that are among the world’s most expensive. Engineer Ahmed is embroiled in controversy over the...

Tinubu Appoints Yazid Danfulani as MD of Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation

NewsDeskNgMay 24, 2025May 24, 20250

Tinubu Appoints Yazid Danfulani as MD of Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Yazid Shehu Umar Danfulani as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC). The appointment was formally conveyed in a letter dated May 22,...

Protesters storm US Embassy, demand visa ban on Mele Kyari amid NNPCL corruption probe

NewsDeskNgMay 23, 2025May 23, 20250

The Young Professionals Forum of Nigeria has written to the Ambassador of the United States to Nigeria, Richard M. Mills Jr., requesting that the former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, be denied a visa or any form of entry into the United...

Saudi Arabia’s KSrelief launches free eye care mission in Lagos

NewsDeskNgMay 22, 2025May 22, 20250

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) has extended its free eye care outreach, “Saudi Noor Ophthalmic,” to Lagos State. The programme is currently underway at Gbagada General Hospital from May 20 to 27, 2025, offering comprehensive eye care services at no cost to the public. In a statement...

Nigerian Young Professionals Storm UAE Embassy, Requests Deportation of Mele Kyari Over NNPCL Probe

NewsDeskNgMay 21, 2025May 21, 20250

Hundreds of young professionals from various fields in Nigeria on Wednesday stormed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy in Abuja, demanding that the country to deport Mele Kyari, former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, to continue the ongoing probe over alleged corruption and...

Hope not lost on Niger, others’ return to ECOWAS – Gowon

NewsDeskNgMay 21, 2025May 21, 20250

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, have expressed optimism that Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso will return to the fold of the Economic Community of West African States, following renewed diplomatic engagements by the regional bloc. Speaking at an international...

Primary: Aspirant slams outgoing chairman’s comment

NewsDeskNgMay 21, 2025May 21, 20250

All Progressives Congress chairmanship aspirant for Agege Local Government in Lagos State, Sola Osolana, has criticised a statement by Chairman, Ganiyu Egunjobi. Egunjobi was said to have called Osolana a United Kingdom resident. His comment followed outcome of the primaries in Agege council and Orile Agege Local Government Development Area (LCDA)....

2027: Why I’m in coalition — Peter Obi

NewsDeskNgMay 20, 2025May 20, 20250

THE 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, yesterday, said his involvement in the coalition of opposition parties, ahead of the 2027 election, wasn’t about positions but replacing bad governance with a better one. Obi said this in response to reports that he had agreed to a...

Ondo Governor Aiyedatiwa Rallies Support To End Bullying In Schools

NewsDeskNgMay 20, 2025May 20, 20250

The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has expressed the desire of his administration to implement anti-bullying policies and programs to end the scourge in various educational institutions across the State. The Governor gave the assurance at a one-day workshop for strategic stakeholders which held in Akure, Ondo State capital. The...