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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a $3.45bn World Bank loan application for the financing of five items. This is according to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, who spoke after the FEC meeting in Abuja on Monday. He said the council approved the loan request during its […]

The Federal Government on Tuesday introduced the Human Papillomavirus vaccine into the routine immunisation system. The vaccination targets over seven million girls, which is the largest number in a single round of HPV vaccination in the African region. It reports that girls aged nine to 14 years will receive a single dose of the vaccine, […]

Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti) and  Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) on Tuesday visited Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State at his Jericho residence in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. Prior to the visit to Akeredolu, the governors of Ogun, Lagos and Ekiti paid a courtesy call on their Oyo State […]

After five years of legal battles, Nigeria has emerged victorious against Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited in a London court. The court dismissed the $11 billion arbitration award in favour of P&ID, upholding Nigeria’s argument that the gas processing contract was obtained through fraud. The ruling was delivered by Justice Robin Knowles of the […]

The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Doctor Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for the defilement of his wife’s niece. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced him after he found him guilty of the offence of defilement and sexual penetration of a […]

The Senate on Tuesday resolved to mandate its Committee on Downstream Petroleum to investigate all contracts awarded for the rehabilitation of all the state-owned refineries between 2010 and 2023. The lawmakers also plan to ascertain progress on the ongoing works in all refineries in order to forestall waste and corruption and interrogate the Federal Ministry […]

President Bola Tinubu is currently presiding over the third Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of his administration at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja. The meeting, which commenced at around 1:06 pm was attended by almost all members of the cabinet, excluding Vice President Kashim Shettima and a couple of ministers. Some of […]

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has vowed to investigate the gruesome murder of a Nigerian student in the Philippines, who is simply identified as Ikem. He was said to have been murdered by some Chinese citizens. NiDCOM in a statement signed by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, head of the media, public relations, and protocols unit, however, […]

The immediate past President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said Nigeria’s commitment to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will help the country address the problems of poverty; and natural disasters caused by climate change. A UN report states that in 2022 alone, flooding killed at least 662 people, injured 3,174, displaced […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima will deliver a keynote speech at the World Food Prize Foundation’s Norman Borlaug International Dialogue in the USA on Tuesday. Mr. Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, made this known in a statement on Monday. According to Nkwocha, the vice president […]