Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to facilitate the release of a business woman, Aisha Achimugu on the Commission’s bail conditions. This order was made on Wednesday, 30 April, 2025 after the court was informed that Achimugu’s previous bail to her lawyer was revoked by the Commission and fresh conditions were issued. During the proceeding, an attempt by her counsel, Kehinde Oguwumiju , SAN, to seek for the variation of the terms of the bail was opposed by the Commission’s counsel, E.E Iheanacho, SAN and rejected by…
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Leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria, has stepped in to support 31 Nigerian women recently rescued from Ghana, helping them reconnect with their loved ones and begin the journey to rebuilding their lives. The women, who returned to Nigeria through the intervention of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), were officially received on Friday, 25 April, 2025, at the NiDCOM office in Agidingbi, Lagos. As part of efforts to support the returnees in reconnecting with their families, Airtel Nigeria donated SIM cards, each preloaded with airtime and data. This initiative is to enable the beneficiaries to re-establish contact with their…
Shareholders of Zenith Bank Plc, at the 34th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Tuesday, 29 April, 2025, approved the proposed final dividend payment of N4.00 per share, bringing the total dividend for the 2024 financial year to N5.00 per share, with a total value of N195.67 billion. The Founder and Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, CFR, thanked the shareholders for their unflinching support and commitment, which have been responsible for the bank’s stellar performance over the years. He noted that despite challenges globally in 2024, Zenith Bank was able to…
As a young boy, Bukola Sofidiya has always watched his father with awe: the late night meetings, the campaigns and the reverence and loyalty to the leaders are qualities his late father inculcated in him, thegazellenews.com reports And who was his father? Late Chief Akinola Sofidiya, one of the earliest politicians to be elected councillor in Agege. The senior Sofidiya served as elected Councillor for Ward B1A in Agege Local Government between 1979 and 1983. The senior Sofidiya was a committed progressive throughout his life time and his penchant and knack for ensuring deep understanding of events and proceedings at…
. Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has revised its guidelines for the party primaries, opting for an indirect mode of voting to select its chairmanship and councillorship candidates. According to the revised guidelines, chairmanship and councillorship candidates will now emerge through indirect primaries in cases where a consensus fails to materialize. For chairmanship contests, only members of the Local Government Executive Committee will serve as delegates, while for councillorship positions, the Ward Executive members will form the electoral college. “Elections shall be by indirect primaries where there is no consensus,” the document clearly states for both…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on his appointment to the World Bank’s Private Sector Investment Lab — a high-level global advisory body designed to accelerate private investment and job creation in emerging economies. Preside Tinubu stated this in congratulatory message issued on Wednesday, 26 April, 2025 by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The President acknowledged Dangote’s new role at the World Bank, stressing the significance of the lab’s mission — which he said aligns with Nigeria’s and other developing countries’ aspirations for economic growth through private sector involvement. Tinubu justified…
The National Coordinator ofthe National AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and STIs Control Program (NASCP) of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social welfare, Dr.Adebobola Bashorun, has stated that the country is taking proactive steps to ensure the continued availability of HIV treatment despite the current pause in the United States government’s funding. Bashorun, who stated this through a statement issued on Tuesday, 29 April, 2025, said, “NASCP reaffirms to recipients of care, that there are sufficient stocks of anti-retroviral medication for both prevention and treatment in all designated Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) sites nationwide.” The national coordinator who disclosed that the organisation and key implementing partners…
The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed that the National Assembly was ready to give the necessary legislative backing for the review of outdated laws. Akpabio stated this during the Police Service Commission Board Induction/Strategic Management session in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. He urged the Police Service Commission (PSC) board to initiate reforms like technology and professionalism in policing, saying it has the backing of the National Assembly. Akpabio, who was represented by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin at the session, called for the introduction of a reward system for outstanding police officers, Akpabio said Nigeria must…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has cleared N2 billion gratuity backlog owed to 1,814 retired primary school teachers who served under the Borno State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) between 2007 and 2016. The Executive Chairman of Borno State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof Bulama Kagu, said the payment underscores the governor’s commitment to settling all outstanding pensions and gratuities owed to retired civil servants. “Today, 1,814 retired teachers across Borno’s 27 local government areas will finally smile home with their entitlements,” Kagu said. Last January, Zulum bapproved the sum of N8 billion to settle outstanding pension and…
The late President of the Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) and Director of Sheikh Ibn Baz Shariah College, Sheikh Abdur Rasheed Hadiyyatullah, has been laid to rest in his hometown of Iwo, Osun State. The revered Islamic scholar died on Monday, 28 April, 2025, after a brief illness at the age of 83. Following Janazah prayers held at the premises of his college, he was buried amid an outpouring of grief and reverence from the Muslim community. Residents of Iwo and Islamic faithful from across Nigeria gathered to pay their final respects to a man widely regarded as…