In a move aimed at creating a coherent national framework for Nigeria’s renewable energy sector, the House of Representatives Committee on Renewable Energy has announced plans to host a first-of-its-kind legislative conference focused on green energy policies and regulations.   The two-day event, scheduled for May 5 and 6, 2025, ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to within 24hrs release socialite and business woman, Aisha Achimugu.   Justice Inyang Ekwo in a short ruling also added that parties in the suit especially the EFCC are to report to the court to ...

Popular Nigerian TikTok star, Habeeb Hamzat Adelaja, also known as Peller, has shared how the burden of being his family’s breadwinner at just 19 is affecting his mental health.   In a live session with actress Sandra Benede, the young star opened up about his struggles, saying he is tired ...

A 36-year-old Nigerian national, Okezie Ogbata, has been sentenced to 97 months jail term in the United States for his role in a $6 million transnational inheritance fraud scheme.   The United States Department of Justice disclosed this in a statement released on Monday.   Ogbata was found to be ...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested eight individuals in connection with a series of cult-related killings within the Yaba College of Technology and its surrounding areas.   The arrests were made on April 29, 2025, following an intelligence-led operation.   According to a statement released by the command’s Public ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has launched innovative mobile technologies aimed at combating counterfeit drugs in Nigeria’s North-East region.   PUNCH Online reports that at a two-day sensitisation workshop in Gombe, stakeholders from various healthcare sectors were introduced to the “Scan 2 Verify” and “Green ...

A data and AI expert, Abel Aboh, has urged the Nigerian government to embed artificial intelligence education into school curricula from the nursery level upwards, warning that the country risks falling behind global standards if it fails to act swiftly.   Speaking during an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday, ...

Justice Olusola Adetujoye of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has convicted and sentenced Olaniyan Amos to 63 years in jail for multiple investment fraud.   Amos was convicted alongside his firm, Detorrid Heritage Investment Limited, on Monday.   They were prosecuted on 30-count charges by the Economic ...

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kaduna State, Chief Edward Masha, says the party is on course to reclaim power in the state, citing increasing dissatisfaction with the ruling All Progressives Congress and growing public support for the PDP’s alternative vision.   Masha, in a statement on Wednesday, ...

Dangote’s World Bank appointment well deserved – Tinubu   By Rotimi Agbana   President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on his appointment to the World Bank’s Private Sector Investment Lab — a high-level global advisory body designed to accelerate private investment and job ...