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Monday, 18 December, 2023 There are very good people in our courts; there are very bad people there too. Unfortunately, a one-eyed man gained prominence in a town and the whole town got called the town of the blind. The courts below can be both bad and incompetent. We will …

18 December 2023 For climate activists who were locked in intense lobby to push for specific deadline on phasing out fossil fuel at COP28, it was a matter of life and death, but not for our bureaucrats who do not care whether heavens fall. For us, it’s all about consumption, …

Bellagio Airlines has appointed former presidential spokesman, Ima Niboro, as Executive Director in charge of Government Affairs and Strategic Communications. This was announced today in a statement personally signed by the Chairman and CEO of the airline, Dr. Oludare Akande, OON. Dr. Akande described Niboro as an excellent choice given …

The first United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting ever to hold in Africa took place in Accra, capital of Ghana from December 5-6, 2023 with participants from various nations of the world in attendance. A major target of the meeting was to help secure much-needed political support and generate pledges …

•Governor commissions middle-level Fresh Food Market in Mushin, expands food supply chain •’Sanwo-Olu has paid us back in goodwill’ – Iyaloja Mushin Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, launched a fresh palliative scheme for low-income traders across local markets in the State, as part of measures being taken to …

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has emphasised the need for leaders in the South East to work together, saying it is by doing so that the challenges plaguing the zone will be dealt with. He however expressed the determination of Governors of the South East to work together towards …

By Ismail Abdulaziz Abuja, Dec. 17, 2023 President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian-born Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience and top-flight researcher, Ijeoma Uchegbu, on her election as President of Wolfson College, one of the 31 colleges of the University of Cambridge. This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, …

Nigeria faces unprecedented economic uncertainties and desperately needs to “bend the curve” on most economic indices. Even the optimistic people among us struggle with what to hold onto to defend our slide into economic quagmire. This results from several years of economic mismanagement and the devastating global impact of COVID-19. We need urgent economic …

By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, Dec  17, 2023 A Federal High Court in Abuja, has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting fresh election to fill the seats of the 26 Rivers House of Assembly members who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC). …

Buhari and Zulum during one of his visits to Borno By Yakubu Uba Maiduguri, Dec. 17, 2023 The government and people of Borno on Sunday congratulated former President Muhammadu Buhari for clocking 81 years, and lauded him for empathy to the state. In a message on behalf of the government …

Abuja, Dec. 17, 2023: A Nigerian- born Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience, Ijeoma Uchegbu, has been announced as the 7th President of Wolfson College, one of the 31 colleges of the University of Cambridge. Elated by the news, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has rejoiced with her …

Pastor Adeboye anointing Oba Olaoye and his wife, Olori Omoh Olaoye Remi Koleoso Ogbomoso Dec. 17, 2023 The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday explained why he refused to stop Pastor Afolabi Olaoye from contesting the Soun of Ogbomoso’s stool. Adeboye, …

Ahead of the Edo 2024 governorship election, the Labour Party, (LP) in the state has commenced a capacity building program for Wards and Local Governments executives aimed at strengthening and repositioning the party for victory. The first Train-The-Trainers program,  held yesterday for Edo South Senatorial district at the Imperial Event …

By Isaac Aregbesola Abuja, Dec. 16, 2023 The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, has called for legislation against unexplained wealth, as a way of checking the criminal activities of treasury looters in the country. EFCC Spokesperson, Mr. Dele Oyewale in a statement quoted Olukoyede …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “over the failure to arrest and prosecute suspected perpetrators of grave electoral offences in the recently concluded off-cycle governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states.” In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1694/2023 filed last Friday at the …

December 17, 2023 If Nyesom Wike had read the character portrait of the Ijaw man as sketched by Dr. Percy Amoury Talbot, an early 20th century British historian and colonial administrator, he would most probably have thought twice before settling for Siminalaya Fubara as his third term placeholder. Wike was …

A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, on Sunday, called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun and the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi, to urgently investigate the Minister of the Federal Capital …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd.) has won this year’s The Whistler Newspaper‘s Award for Transparency and Innovation. The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Company, Mr. Mele Kyari received the award from the Executive Governor of Abia State, His Excellency, Alex Otti, on behalf of the Company …

The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) has awarded the 2023 NAS Gold Medal Prize for Life Sciences to Rufus Olusola Akinyemi, a Professor of Geriatric Neurology and Translational Neuroscience at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. A statement by Dr. Sonny Folorunso Kuku FAS, OFR, Chairman, NAS Science Prize Committee, said …

AWKA, Anambra Valentine Ozigbo, a Nigerian business leader and 2021 Anambra Gubernatorial Candidate, in deep sorrow and respect, has joined the Ezeife Dynasty and the people of Igbo-Ukwu, Anambra State, in mourning the loss of a political titan,  Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, who he described as “a father and great icon”. Dr. …

December 15, 2023 was a day of great joy for Olori Cecilia Olakiitan Aniba’nonla Fashola. On that historic day, her immediate family, friends, relatives, associates and well wishers from all over the world gathered together to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee birthday anniversary with her in New Jersey, United States of …

ABUJA, DEC. 16, 2023: Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa Chairman/CEO,  Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has congratulated Dr Olusimbo Ige, a Nigerian, on her appointment as the Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health, thus becoming the First Black Female to occupy such position.   In a congratulatory statement, Dabiri-Erewa said of Ige’s …

Singer and actress Ego Ihenacho has revealed that Lagbaja was supportive when she told him she was leaving his band. Ego, who left the band in 2006, disclosed this in an interview with QEDNG publisher Olumide Iyanda in which she spoke about her experience working with the masked musician and …

The Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has issued a directive to freeze the accounts of local government administrations across the state. The decision comes shortly after the appointment of caretaker chairmen for 18 local government areas and 33 local council development areas by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The circular, …

By Ismail Abdulaziz Abuja, Dec. 16, 2023 President Bola Tinubu has celebrated his friend and ally, former President Muhammadu Buhari, whom he described as an icon of truth, justice, and patriotism on his 81st birthday. This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President …