The University of Port Harcourt has promoted the Director General of National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Dr. Innocent Barikor to a Professor of Political Economy and Development Studies. His promotion came alongside that of 45 other staff of the institution. In a statement, the Vice Chancellor of the Institution, Prof. Onwunari Georgewill disclosed that the promotion of 46 staff of the school was approved during the 187th meeting of the Governing Council, chaired by the Pro-Chancellor of the institution and Chairman, Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa. Prof. Georgewill further stated that 30 senior academics were promoted to the rank…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
Operatives of the National Agency Prohibition of Ttaffickixlng in Persons (NAPTIP) and officials of the Department of State Service (DSS) have smashed a human trafficking syndicate headed by a female truck driver who is alleged to be a staff of one of the nation’s topmost cement company. A statement on Tuesday by the press officer of NAPTIP, Vincent Adekoye read that a suspect, Hassana Jacob, 33 years old, an alternate female truck driver of a popular Cement Company was arrested along with the Cement Truck branded in the name and logo of the Company together with six other suspected members…
The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Mohamed Fall, has described Nigeria as a storytelling powerhouse, urging filmmakers to channel their creative force toward amplifying awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire on Wednesday, 26 March, 2025, in Abuja launched the 3rd Edition of the SDGs film Challenge. The film challenge which is a collaboration with the United Nations, aimed at mobilising filmmakers to use films to mobilise the nation towards achieving the SDGs. The UN has set 2030 to achieve the SDGs which has 17 Goals…
Lagos is set to welcome top music business leaders, celebrities, business executives, and creative industry professionals from around the world as All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, partners with bridgeAfric, and UNESCO to host the Showbiz101 Global Workshop and Music Creation Camp. The event, scheduled to take place from March 26th to 29th, 2025 aims to train young creatives, foster international collaborations, and further enhance the capabilities of creators and professionals along the value chain of music production and business. Adenrele Niyi, Chief Experience Officer, (CXO), AFRIMA, said the partnership with bridgeAfric on the event underlined the AFRIMA institution’s commitment to…
Driven to extend digital and financial inclusion across Africa, MTN Group and Airtel Africa have entered into agreements to share network infrastructure in Uganda and Nigeria, while ensuring compliance with local regulatory and statutory requirements. These sharing agreements target improved network cost efficiencies, expanded coverage and the provision of enhanced mobile services to millions of customers, particularly those in remote and rural areas who do not yet fully enjoy the benefits of a modern connected life. MTN Group President and Chief Executive Officer Ralph Mupita said operators on the continent were seeing sustained demand for data services: “At MTN, we are…
A pupil going to school was on Wednesday, 26 March, 2025 killed in Amaekpu Ohafia town, Ohafia LGA of Abia State, as a truck hit a motorcycle conveying him to school. Also, the comercial motorcyclist who was conveying the boy to school was confirmed dead in the accident. As of the time if filing this report, it had not been officially established if the accident was caused by over speeding on the part of the truck driver or break failure. But some community members said that the truck which was fully loaded, hit the two victims from behind while on high speed.…
In line with its mandate to ensure that the scourge of money laundering is curbed in the nation, the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML, on Monday, March 24, 2025 pasted a notice of non-compliance with Anti Money Laundering/ Combating the Financing of Terrorism AML/CFT requirements on Huge Dream Properties Limited. Huge Dream Properties Limited, a real estate firm with projects in various locations within the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, was initially visited on October 9, 2023 and it was discovered that it was not compliant to the AML/CFT requirements as enshrined in the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition)…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has reaffirmed its commitment to fostering partnerships with educational institutions in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, restated the support during a courtesy visit by members of the University of Port Harcourt’s Governing Council, led by its Chairman, Senator Mao Ohuanbunwa, to the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt. Ogbuku emphasised the Commission’s readiness to collaborate with the University of Port Harcourt and other educational institutions to achieve mutual benefits. He stated: “We have undertaken various projects at the University of Port Harcourt, and we look forward to building more…
President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of the Pro-Chancellor, Governing Council members, and Principal Officers of the new Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences in Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State. Senator Binta Masi Garba has been appointed Pro-Chancellor and Chairperson of the Governing Council. A seasoned politician, businesswoman, and administrator, Senator Garba represented the Adamawa North Senatorial District in the Senate from 2015 to 2019 and served consecutively in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2011. The other members of the Governing Council are: Prof. Joseph Olurotimi Sanya, Mr. Efe Emefienin Emmanuel, Dr. Joyce Ogunyemi, and Alhaji Dahiru…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, arraigned four Chinese and one Nigerian before Justice Aliyu Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court in Abuja for alleged hotel review scam. They were arraigned on a three -count charge bordering on conspiracy, cheating and impersonation. Count one reads: “That you, LIU ZHIWEI, CHEN YE QUI, ZHANG XIAO WEN, LAN SHUN BIN and NWAKAMA CHINYERE OGBONNA (a.k.a Haron Koshear), sometime in December, 2024 at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did agree among yourself to do illegal act to; cheating when you used the fictitious…