The Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Abdullahi Yusuf Atah, has said there is no vacancy in the home of the President, Aso Rock Villa in Abuja, until 2031. Atah said the Presidential Villa will still be occupied in 2027 by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The minister was reacting to what he called […]

The Nigerian Army has urged the media to join forces with the military to checkmate terrorists’ propaganda and prevent enemies of the state from eroding public trust and troops’ morale with falsehood. The acting Director of Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Apollonia Anele, said this at the closing ceremony of the combined third and fourth quarters’

No fewer than 18,000 people across Africa and Asia have benefited from Loveworld Medicaid’s V.I.S.I.O.N. 10,000 Free Eye Surgeries Initiative, aimed at eliminating avoidable blindness and restoring sight to individuals in underserved communities. Assistant Director of Loveworld Medicaid, Dr. Olajumoke Ola-Akisanya, at a media briefing in Lagos, described the initiative as a “bold step toward

Activist-lawyer lauds Otti’s achievements in Abia Activist-lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has said the detention of the leader of proscribed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, should be resolved out of court. The popular lawyer described Kanu’s case as a political matter and that it should be sorted out outside the courtroom. Falana spoke

Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for a fundamental restructuring of Nigeria’s legal and judicial philosophy, especially the tendency of courts prioritising technicalities over substantive justice. Osinbajo, a professor of law,  spoke yesterday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, at the second Prof. Yusuf Ali’s Annual Lecture organised by the Kwara State University (KWASU),

The Federal Government has asked tertiary institutions to submit reconciled reports of all unutilised funds received from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) within 30 days. The government said the reconciled reports would be “jointly verified” at the end of the submission. Education Minister Olatunji Alausa said this at a meeting with heads of federal

Work has commenced on the Calabar axis of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Project. There is ongoing construction activity stretching through the Awi forest in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. The site, located off the Calabar-Ikom expressway near Odukpani junction, bears twin signposts announcing the project under the supervision of the Federal Ministry

All generated funds must go to FAAC, says Edun Revenue-generating agencies will no longer keep a part of the funds, the Federal Government said yesterday. The long-standing practice of cost-of-revenue-collection deductions has ended. The move, according to the government, is aimed at promoting fiscal transparency and ensuring that more funds are available for national and