The Federal Government on Tuesday alerted Nigerians to the release of water from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon. In a statement, the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, Umar Muhammed, said the dam’s regulated water releases will commence on September 17. According to the statement, the water discharge is anticipated to
Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, has refuted a report claiming that the president had directed the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso to resign. Onanuga, via his X handle, #aonanuga1956, tweeted on Tuesday evening, labelled the story, saying, “It’s all lies. President Tinubu has not
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a landlord, Bola Tobiloba, for allegedly defiling his tenant’s 14-year-old daughter in the Arinlese area of Abeokuta. The command’s spokesman, Omolola Odutola, on Tuesday, said the incident took place last Friday and was reported by the survivor’s father. Odutola said, “The survivor’s father reported the incident
The Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, His Lordship Matthew Kukah, on Sunday, misled Nigerians that President Bola Tinubu didn’t sign the 2023 peace accord before the presidential election. Kukah, one of the conveners of the National Peace Committee headed by former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar, made this known on Sunday in Benin City during the Edo
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said that fuel subsidy removal, lower import bills, and increased external debt servicing obligations could pose downside risks for the growth of external reserves by 2024/2025. CBN disclosed this in its Monetary, Credit, Foreign Trade and Exchange Policy guidelines for fiscal years 2024/2025. However, the apex bank in
The Rivers state governor, Siminialayi Fubara, has suspended the local government committee chairman of the Akuku-Toru local government area, Otonye Briggs. Fubara in a statement signed on Tuesday, September 17, by his chief press secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, said Briggs had been suspended with immediate effect. The governor directed Bitebobo Nelson Amieye, to immediately take over
The National Agency for Food and Administration Control (NAFDAC) has shut down an illegal factory producing counterfeit cosmetic products at Benue Plaza, Trade Fair Complex in Lagos State on Tuesday. In a post on it’s X official account, the NAFDAC officers raided the location discovering various unregistered chemicals and packaging materials, along with expired products
A Nigerian Catholic priest has been indicted in McLennan County, Texas, on felony sexual assault charges, following accusations of sexual and financial abuse from multiple victims, according to court documents and investigative reports cited by The New York Times on September 15, 2024. Father Odiong was indicted on Thursday on two counts of second-degree sexual
Gunmen attacked a military police base early Tuesday in the Malian capital Bamako where gunfire and explosions were heard and the airport was closed, sources, witnesses and an AFP correspondent said. “This morning armed men attacked at least one military police base in Bamako. They have not been formally identified,” a police source told AFP
The Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has expressed shock and a deep sense of loss, over the death of 40 people mostly children in a motor accident which occurred along Saminaka Road in Lere Local Government Area of the State last Sunday. The children were travelling for the Eid-el Maulud celebration when a J5 bus