Russia’s Interior Ministry on Saturday added Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelesnkyy on the country’s wanted list under an article of the national Criminal Code. About 800 days into the Russia-Ukraine war, a bulletin for Zelenskyy’s arrest appeared on the ministry’s database of wanted people with the notice “wanted under a Criminal Code article,” though which article…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission NERC, has restructured the Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN, by establishing the Nigerian Independent System Operator of Nigeria Limited NISON. The NERC Chairman, Mr Sanusi Garba and Vice Chairman, Mr Muslim Oseni, made the announcement in Abuja, on Saturday. NERC stated, “This new company, to be named the Nigerian Independent…
Katsina Governor, Dikko Radda, has voiced concerns over the role of certain government officials and security personnel in perpetuating insecurity in Nigeria, labeling it as a lucrative business venture. Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Governor Radda highlighted the complicity of these actors as a significant obstacle to resolving the rampant issue of banditry and…
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc has reported a 587.5 per cent growth in its profit before tax, which it posted N509.3bn in the first quarter that ended March 2024, compared to the same quarter in 2023. This was indicated in its unaudited results for the first quarter filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited The banking…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has initiated a mass vaccination campaign in Niger’s Niamey region to combat an ongoing meningitis outbreak. According to the WHO, more than 2,000 cases were recorded in one week last month, resulting in 123 deaths. In a statement made public on the organisation’s website on Friday, stated that the recent…
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has announced plans to host the inaugural HIV Prevention Conference in Nigeria. The conference, themed “Accelerating HIV Prevention to End AIDS through Innovations and Community Engagement,” aims to open a dialogue on optimizing innovative HIV prevention approaches towards achieving HIV epidemic control. The event, scheduled to…
The President of Save A Life Foundation, Dr. Richard Okoye, has warned that the Federal Government’s decision to increase electricity tariffs in Nigeria would have devastating effects on the country’s healthcare system. Dr. Okoye expressed his concerns after receiving a staggering N25,300,000 electricity bill for his hospital in Rivers State, attributing the increase to the…
In a bid to foster excellence in the nation’s tertiary education system, the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, has announced that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) will defund any non-performing Centre of Excellence it established eight years ago. The minister made this known in Abuja on Friday while receiving two reports of TETFund’s…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), and over 50 other civil society organisations have decried in strong terms attacks on anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria. This was declared in a press briefing on Thursday, in Abuja, by the Executive Director, CISLAC, Auwal Rasfinjana and other representatives of various civil society organizations, including, Human and Environmental…
Hon. Olamijuwonlo Alao-Akala, lawmaker representing Ogbomoso North/Ogbomoso South/Oriire in the House of Representatives, has said the performance of students in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is not encouraging as over 1.4 million students, representing 76 percent of total applicants, were unable to score up to 200, which is mostly the cut off for…
