The Senior Officials Meeting between Nigeria and the European Union (EU) will be held on Tuesday, 1 and Wednesday, 2 July, 2025 in Abuja to prepare for the upcoming Nigeria – EU Ministerial Meeting and to explore areas of cooperation. A statement on Saturday, 28 June, 2025, by the Press Officer, EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Modestus Chukwulaka, read: “The Delegation of European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS wishes to inform that the Senior Officials Meeting between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the European Union (EU) will be held on Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd July 2025 in…
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Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri has charged former governors, legislators, traditional rulers and other stakeholders in Benue state to set aside rivalry, unite and act with urgency to save their people from incessant attacks and killings. Waziri, a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police and Principal Partner, Brookfield Chambers Abuja stated this on Saturday, 28 June, 2025 while donating relief materials to victims of the recent gunmen attacks in Yelwata community and displaced persons at the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Makurdi, the Benue state capital. Some of the items donated…
Lagos State Football Association is set to honour and celebrate former Stationery Stores star player, Biliaminu ‘Billy’ Thanni, with a LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Award. According to Chairman of Lagos FA, Hajji Gafar Liameed, the award is to recognise and celebrate the legendary player for his immense contributions to the development of football in Lagos State. “This award that also comes with a handsome cash prize, is instituted by the Lagos FA, as yearly event to honour old and living legends of the game. And this initiative is a part of the several initiatives of this board of Lagos FA, to encourage,…
The US Department of Justice’s on Thursday, 26 June, 2025 has announced the arrest of a 33-year-old Nigerian man, Edikan Adiakpan, over his alleged role in a large-scale business email compromise and money laundering scheme. The scheme allegedly defrauded organisations across eight states, including a California-based medical research group focused on developing treatments for US military veterans. The justice department made this disclosure through a statement posted on its official website on Thursday, 26 June, 2025. The arrest, according to the statement, was announced by the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Nicholas J. Ganjei, who said Adiakpan…
The Nigerian Air Force has announced that its airstrikes neutralised numerous terrorists in Niger State, The force said the airstrikes is part of Operation FANSAN YAMMA Sector 1, with the support of ground troops targeting those responsible for recent attacks. The NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, who made this disclosure through a press statement issued in Abuja on Friday, 27 June, 2025 in Abuja, said the operations, executed between June 24 and 26, 2025, were guided by reliable intelligence According to Ejodame, NAF had, through inter-service and inter-agency cooperation, identified terrorist activities involving attacks…
The Lagos State Government has set up a 17-member committee to draft and implement a comprehensive policy for private and mission-owned schools, marking a new push to standardise education across non-state institutions in the state. The policy, which is expected within two months, is being developed under the supervision of the Office of Education Quality Assurance and will align with national education benchmarks while addressing the peculiar needs of Lagos State. At the unveiling held Thursday at the OEQA headquarters in Alausa, Ikeja, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Abisola Dokumu-Adegbite, said the move was in line…
The Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas has donated a newly constructed an ultra-modern laboratory complex to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, through its flagship Hospital Support Programme. The Managing Director NLNG, Dr. Philip Mshelbila, while speaking at the unveiling ceremony on Thursday, 27 June, 2025 Dr. Philip Mshelbila, noted that although NLNG operates primarily in the Niger Delta region, its impact extends far beyond, touching lives across the nation. Represented by the General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development, Dr Sophia Horsfall, NLNG MD stated that the project cost $500,000. Mshelbila, who reiterated the commitment of NLNG to…
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has disclosed that the Federal Government is set to increase its tax-to-GDP ratio from under 10 per cent to a minimum of 18 per cent within the next three years Oyedele made this disclosure while speaking on Aise TV on Thursday, 26 June, 2025, just as he also added that the ambitious target will be achieved through sweeping tax reforms recently signed into law by President Bola Tinubu. According to him, these new law are designed not just to boost government revenue but also to correct…
Six US nationals have been arrested on Friday, 27 June, 2025 by South Korean police for attempting to send plastic bottles packed with rice and Bibles to North Korea According to the head of the police investigation team said the six were trying to send thousands of plastic bottles, filled with rice, one-dollar bills and Bibles, into the sea off Ganghwa Island at 1:03 am on Friday, 27 June, 2025 when they were caught. “We have arrested and are questioning six American nationals in their 20s to 50s on suspicion of violating the Framework Act on the Management of Disasters…
The African Export-Import Bank Afreximbank Export Development Managing Director, Mrs Oluranti Doherty has disclosed that Nigeria loses an estimated $1.1bn annually to medical tourism The bank Export Development Managing Director, Mrs Oluranti Doherty this disclosure during the 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings held in Abuja on Thursday, 26 June, 2025. Doherty, who said described trend as a significant drain on the country’s foreign exchange and a major impediment to the development of its healthcare sector, added that the continued reliance on foreign medical care was not only stalling investment in local health infrastructure but also affecting the broader economy. “We had our…