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President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed Founder and Chancellor of Afe Babalola University Abuad, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, as well as management and members of staff of the institution in celebrating the favourable rankings of best University in Nigeria, and 400th in the world. Buhari in a statement signed his Senior Special adviser on Media and publicity Femi Adesina lauded the visionary and scholarly leadership style that continues to shape the curriculum, […]

The Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission NERC, Sanusi Garba, says Nigerians will witness improved power supply from July 1 following renewed efforts by industry stakeholders. Garba gave the assurance at an interactive session with newsmen after the Second Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry NESI meeting yesterday in Lagos, attended by top officials of NERC, Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN, Generation Companies as well electricity Distribution Companies Discos. He said NERC had […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC in Enugu State has arraigned one Kelechi Vitalis Anozie before Justice I.M Buba of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu on a seven-count charge bordering on money laundering. The clergy was arraigned alongside three others who are currently at large, including, Azubuike Bright, Amarachi Blessing Ito and Kelechi Patrick Iro. Anozie who is on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Wanted List, was […]

His Holiness, Pope Francis, has expressed his solidarity and closeness with Catholics in Nigeria after gunmen stormed St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, on Sunday, killing innocent worshippers and injuring many others. The Pope in a statement issued by the director of the Vatican press office Matteo Bruni, said the congregants were painfully affected, assuring them of his spiritual closeness. Similarly, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has released the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, on bail. Spokesperson of the Anti-graft agency Wilson Uwujaren confirmed the development yesterday. The EFCC arrested Idris on May 16 over an 80 billion Naira fraud after failing to honour thecommission’s invitations to respond to issues connected to the fraudulent act. After his arrest, the Minister of Finance, Zainad Ahmed, suspended him.

The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum CorporationNNPC to implement a deal on a gas pipeline to Europe through Morocco. Africa’s gas resources are increasingly in the spotlight as the European Union looks to wean itself off Russian supplies following the invasion of Ukraine in February. The Minister of Petroleum Timipre Sylva recently told newsmen in Abuja that the approval for a memorandum of understanding on the gas […]

President Muhammadu Buhari hasapplauded the appointment of Bishop Peter Okpaleke of Ekwulobia Diocese, as a Cardinal by Pope Francis. Pope Francis three days ago, announced Okpaleke’s appointment as well as 20 new cardinals to be created for the church on August 27. Okpaleke in a statement by his Senior Special assistant on media and publicity Garba Shehu, commended the Pope for finding a capable Nigerian in the person of Okpaleke […]