The Imo State Police Command has summoned the Chief Executive Officer of TMT Travels & Tours Ltd, Ifeanyi Onukwubiri, over allegations of visa fraud and obtaining money under false pretence. Police spokesperson DSP Okoye Henry disclosed the development in a statement on Friday, noting that the invitation followed directives from the Commissioner of Police, Aboki …
The Federal Capital Territory has rolled out plans for an inclusive, community-focused commemoration of the 2025 World AIDS Day. The Health Services and Environment Secretariat confirmed the activities on Thursday through its media aide, Bola Ajao. The Secretariat will host a one-day high-level symposium on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, in Abuja, starting at 10 a.m. …
In a strongly worded open letter that is already generating public attention, an Abuja resident, Mr. Oyugbo Jonah Osagie, has appealed to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, to halt the alleged allocation of Jabi Lake’s remaining shoreline to private developers. The letter, titled “An Open Letter on the Preservation …
Guinea-Bissau slipped into yet another political crisis on Wednesday after military officers declared they had taken “total control” of the country, detaining the president and suspending all electoral activities just three days after the nation held legislative and presidential elections. Tension exploded in the capital, Bissau, earlier in the day when heavy gunfire erupted near …
African women still fighting violence 30 years after the Beijing Declaration The United Nations has raised the alarm about a new wave of violence against women and girls carried out online, warning that the digital world must not become another arena of abuse. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated this in a statement on …
When the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced that inflation had declined for the seventh consecutive month, falling from 34.6% last year to 16.05% in October 2025, policymakers celebrated. On paper, the trajectory suggested a successful year of monetary policy tightening, stable exchange rates, and improved food supply. Yet for households in Abuja’s Nyanya, Lagos’ …
Nigeria’s foreign-exchange market daily turnover has reached $500 million, while spreads between official and parallel markets have narrowed to less than 2%. The CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso disclosed this during the 303rd Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, the final MPC session for 2025 held in Abuja. CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso revealed that Twelve months ago, …
The Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has appointed Superintendent Route Commander Afolabi Odunsi-Oyewole as its new Public Education Officer. Sector Commander Akinwunmi Fasakin announced the appointment on Tuesday, following the death of the former spokesperson, Florence Okpe, who passed away on October 28, 2025, after a prolonged illness. READ …
Property owners in Ebute-Metta, Lagos, are demanding N154.25 million from the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) as compensation for the forceful takeover of their homes during railway construction in 2018. Five families from Adisa Estate along Murtala Muhammed Way, Oba Akinola Ovetade Akinrera, Alhaja Aisha Aminu Gwadabe, Alhaja Sadiat Abdulazeez, Mr. Justin Ajufo, and Mr. Ayodele …
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has secured a major agreement to reduce the price of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to about $3 per dose, a move expected to dramatically improve affordability and access across high-burden countries. According to UNICEF, the new pricing set to take effect within the next year will enable the organisation …
