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A Tech Expert and Chief Executive Officer, Start Innovation Hub (SIH), Mr Hanson Johnson, has kicked against the labelling of young tech talents as criminals by security agencies without proper investigation. Johnson, who spoke in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital on Monday, described the constant harassment and arrest of these young tech-savvy individuals, he referred…
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ogun State, Barrister ‘Niyi Ijalaye, is dead. It was reliably gathered that the Ogun REC slumped and died in Abuja on Monday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. A source at the Ogun State INEC headquarters,…
Organisers of the just concluded #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria protest held nationwide from August 1 to 10, 2024, are planning to stage another protest in October. The Director of Mobilisation of the Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, who disclosed this yesterday, said the protesters’ demands would remain the same unless there were other issues, requiring them…
An Osogbo-based cleric, identified as Femi has been accused of having non-consensual sex and impregnating his stepdaughter when she was 13 years of age. The allegations were brought against Femi by his 16-year-old stepdaughter, name (withheld). The victim, aged 16, had approached a Non-Governmental Organisation, the World Institute for Peace, to seek Alternative Dispute Resolution….
Cuba and Nigeria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their capacity in the area of regulatory activities in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, biological and other related fields, especially to mark 50 years of bilateral ties between both countries. This agreement was signed on Monday in Abuja by Nigeria’s National Agency for…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has once again tackled President Bola Tinubu over the continued payment of subsidies on Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, and issuance of contrary statements against it. This is coming after the president gave approval to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s, NNPCL, to use the 2023 dividends due to the…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has summoned an emergency National Executive Council, NEC, meeting over the police invitation to its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, for alleged terrorism. A circular dated August 19, 2024, entitled: “Notice of emergency National Executive Council (NEC) hybrid meeting, signed by the NLC General Secretary, Comrade Emma Ugboaja, invited all…
Abia State has recorded one case of Mpox just as the government has set up treatment centre for the disease at the Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Aba. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, at a press briefing after the state’s weekly Executive Council meeting in Umuahia, the capital,…
Two brothers tragically lost their lives when a large mass of earth collapsed at an artisanal mining site in Kakaki village, located within Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State. According to reports, the siblings, Zubairu and Sadiq Ibrahim, were at the site to extract gold in an effort to meet a pressing financial obligation….
Organisers of the just concluded EndBadGovernance protests that recently disabled economic activities nationwide are currently planning to stage more demonstrations across the nation in October. A former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore confirmed the plan on Saturday. DNI recalls that Nigerian youths had staged nationwide protests from August 1 to…
Catholic priests and their congregation will no longer use their mobile phones during mass. This is after the Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), banned the use of such gadgets, Facebook and other social media platforms. The CBCN further banned the inappropriate importation of secular music into the liturgy, abuse of the pulpit for personal gains,…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has revealed that bread sold in the markets is failing laboratory tests because producers are using saccharine due to the high cost of sugar. NAFDAC warned water producers, patent medicine dealers and other manufacturers of regulated products against selling fake and substandard…
Gunmen who kidnapped 20 medical students of the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos and a House Officer have demanded N50 million ransom for their release. The medical students were abducted on Thursday night along Otukpo- Enugu Highway, Benue State. The Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students,FCMDS, on Friday…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria’s former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida on his 83rd birthday on Saturday, August 17. General Babangida, fondly called IBB, was Nigeria’s military president from 1985 to 1993. President Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale saluted the former Head of State on…
The House of Representatives’, Special Committee on Crude Oil Theft has issued a strong warning against those involved in the act stealing the nation’s oil, vowing that anybody found to be involved in it will face the wrath of the law. The chairman of the special committee, Hon Ado Doguwa, said…
The Presidential Food Systems Coordinating Unit (PFSCU) has initiated a series of stakeholder engagements across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, aimed at addressing the nation’s food security challenges. Consequently, a two-day workshop held in Abuja brought together representatives from Niger and Nasarawa States, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to discuss…
The Nigeria Society of Engineers, NSE, on Friday described roads and bridge projects being executed by the Governor Ademola Adeleke-led administration in Osun are in line with global best practices. This is as Governor Ademola Adeleke reiterated his administration’s commitment to delivering timely and quality infrastructure projects across the state. …
POWER blackout over Akwa Ibom state entered day three Friday with no sign of abatement as ‘earth fault’ and senior staff strike ground public power supply by the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) to residents in the state. PHED’s announcement of the “earth fault” on Wednesday had compounded the Disco’s operational…
Anambra State Commissioner of Youth Development, Mr. Patrick Aghamba and his wife were on Friday kidnapped while on their way to Abuja for the wedding of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s daughter, Adaora, at the nation’s capital. Aghamba and his wife were said to be travelling in their private vehicle when they were reportedly…
The Imo State Police Command has successfully apprehended three individuals involved in robbery activities, particularly phone snatching at gunpoint. Among the suspects arrested were 23-year-old Elijah Chigemezu, known for his specialization in phone theft, 27-year-old John Chukwudi, and 32-year-old Chibeze Tasie. The arrests were made possible by the diligent efforts of the Nekede Divisional Headquarters…
The Ekiti State Police Command recently apprehended Kunle Ogunnusi, a resident of Oke-Ila, Ado-Ekiti, for allegedly causing harm to his 4-year-old son during what he claimed was a disciplinary act. The arrest was made based on information provided by concerned residents in the community. According to the police spokesman in Ekiti State, Mr. Sunday Abutu,…
An Ibadan, Oyo State based broadcaster Otunba Babatunde Tiamiyu, has advocated for harmonious working relationship between government, non-government organisations and the media to foster social, economic, cultural and political development of the society. Tiamiyu, who is the General Manager of Pensioners FM made the call while delivering a memorial lecture…
The Ogun State Government, on Thursday, released the list of members of non-statutory boards recently appointed by Governor Dapo Abiodun to run the various boards in the state. This indication was given in a statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Strategy to the governor, Hon. Kayode Akinmade. The…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday accused some traditional rulers in the Southeast of collecting money from terrorists masquerading as herders. IPOB alleged that these traditional rulers collect the money to allow these terrorists operate freely in some communities of the region. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of the…
Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of the Lagos High Court in Ikeja has sentenced Adeola Agbonrin to 21 years in prison after convicting him of manslaughter. The conviction followed Agbonrin’s change of plea to guilty on an amended charge of manslaughter, which was brought against him by the Lagos State government. Initially, Agbonrin had pleaded not guilty…
Not less than 16 people were reported to have lost their lives in a road accident that occured in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The accident happened around Agbowo Expressway along the Ojoo Iwo Road in Ibadan on Tuesday. It was gathered that four vehicles were involved in the accident. And that other people who…
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has condemned the clamour for military coup by some Nigerians. According to a statement issued by the organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, Afenifere asserted that the country’s democratic dispensation “should not be sacrificed or truncated for any reason”. Afenifere’s denunciation came on the heels of the…
Donald Trump has criticised the European Union and his Democratic opponents during a delayed, two-hour conversation with Elon Musk on X. The interview which was due for 1.00a.m on Tuesday (0000 GMT), was put back by more than 40 minutes by technical problems with X owner Musk blaming a cyber attack on the…
Residents of Ikirun in Osun State were shocked and confused when a local security guard, known as ‘Ibariba,’ was found slaughtered at his duty post by unknown assailants. The incident occurred at a shop owned by a man named Baba Giwa in the early hours of Monday. The body of Ibariba was discovered in the…
In the early hours of Monday, a tragic accident occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, resulting in the deaths of two individuals traveling in a commercial vehicle. The crash, which took place along the long bridge, was attributed to road demarcation and driver fatigue by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). Florence Okpe, the spokesperson for…
Poland has denied claims that its nationals were involved in the waving of Russian flags during the #EndBadGovernance protest in Kano State. During the just-concluded nationwide protest, some protesters were sighted brandishing the Russian flag in some States of the North. Following the brandishing of the Russian flag, the Department of State Services, DSS, arrested…
