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LCCI Elects Leye Kupoluyi As 44th President, Chairman Of Council

04.12.2025

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Nigeria’s foremost Chamber of Commerce, has elected Engr. Leye Kupoluyi as its 44th President and Chairman of Council. His election follows the conclusion of Mr. Gabriel Idahosa’s FCA tenure, during which he served the Chamber with distinction. The announcement was made by Dr. Chinyere Almona, Director-General of LCCI,...

Edo Assembly C’ttee Threatens Arrest Warrant On Obaseki, Others

04.12.2025

The Edo State House of Assembly Ad hoc Committee investigating the Museum of West African Arts (MOWAA) and Radisson Hotel has warned that it may issue an arrest warrant against former Governor Godwin Obaseki for failing to appear before it. The committee, constituted at the request of Governor Monday Okpebholo, is probing the state government’s...

Kwara Gov’t Begins Work On KWSUED Senate Building, Gate House

04.12.2025

The Kwara State Government has handed over the site for the construction of a multistorey Senate building at the Kwara State University of Education (KWSUED), marking a major milestone in Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s Smart City project. The university’s permanent campus will be located in the First District of the Kwara Smart City, at the Alalubosa...

NCDC Seeks Partnership With German Dev’t Agency

04.12.2025

The North Central Development Commission (NCDC) has initiated discussions with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) to forge a strategic partnership for implementing key programmes within its mandate. A delegation from the Commission, led by Prof. Mohammad Bashar Nuhu, Executive Director, Finance, and representative of the Managing Director/CEO Dr. Cyril Yiltsen Tsenyil, visited GIZ’s...

Sultan, Kukah Urge Unity, Collective Action To Tackle Nigeria’s Challenges

04.12.2025

The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, have called for deeper national unity, religious harmony, and collective responsibility in addressing Nigeria’s mounting security and socio-economic challenges. Speaking at the 2025 Celebration of Excellence and Award ceremony of the University of...

Tinubu Re-Appoints Owoeye As MD Of Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital

04.12.2025

President Bola Tinubu has reappointed Dr Olugbenga Adekile Owoeye as substantive Medical Director of Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, for the second and final term of four years, effective June 1, 2025. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Administration of the hospital, Dr Adeyinka Antwi. Dr Owoeye, who is currently the...

Odoh Urges Compliance As Court Reinstates Him As UNIZIK VC

04.12.2025

The sacked Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Professor Benard Odoh, has called for total compliance with the judgment of the National Industrial Court (NIC), which reinstated him as the VC of UNIZIK. Odoh, in a statement by his media aide, Charles Otu, commended and described the judgment “As a delightful affirmation of...

Reps Postpone Debate On Constitution Amendment

04.12.2025

The House of Representatives on Thursday postponed its planned debate on key proposals in the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution, despite voting originally scheduled for December 10 and 11. The postponement followed complaints by lawmakers that they had not yet received the constitutional review documents. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu had announced at Tuesday’s plenary...

Fire Hazards: UITH Burn Expert Cautions NURTW Members

04.12.2025

A leading burn expert at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) and member of the Nigerian Burn Injuries Society, Dr. Olubunmi Aderibigbe, has warned members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) about the rising incidents of fire on Nigerian roads and in residential areas. Addressing the union members on Thursday in...

PAP Foreign Scholarship Beneficiaries Graduate With Master’s Degrees From UK Universities

04.12.2025

Nine students awarded foreign postgraduate scholarships by the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) have successfully graduated from master’s degree programmes at universities in the United Kingdom. These scholars are the first to graduate under the offshore postgraduate scholarship initiative deployed to UK institutions by the PAP Administrator, Dr. Dennis Otuaro, for the 2024–2025 academic session. They...