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IGP Appoints Ikwen As New National Coordinator Of POCACOV

22.11.2025

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has approved the appointment of Superintendent of Police Orvenonne Ikwen as the new National Coordinator of the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), a key national initiative focused on preventive policing and community engagement. The appointment, announced on Saturday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin...

Court Sets Date For Inspection Of Forensic Evidence In Emefiele’s Trial

22.11.2025

J ustice Rahman Oshodi of a Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos has fixed January 5 and 8, 2026 for the forensic inspection of a key digital exhibit in the trial of a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The judge revealed this on Friday following the insistence of the...

Nigerian Films Now Global Cultural Superpowers

22.11.2025

Veteran Nollywood filmmaker and industry curator, Femi Odugbemi, has described Nigerian films as “Cultural superpowers,” noting that Nollywood has already secured a strong foothold on the global entertainment map. Speaking during an industry panel session on the future of Nigerian filmmaking in the digital era, Odugbemi said the industry’s ability to connect with diverse cultures...

250,000 Households To Benefit From Sokoto, UNICEF’s New Social Register Project

22.11.2025

The Sokoto State Government and UNICEF have launched an initiative to expand the Social Register, a crucial document providing credible and transparent data for social protection programs. The State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr Abubakar Muhammad Zayyana, emphasised that the Social Register aims to reduce social injustice, exclusion, and insecurity while improving human...

Eleganza Invites Growth-Focused Partners Nationwide

22.11.2025

Long recognised across the country and beyond as an iconic and enduring indigenous manufacturing giant, Eleganza Industries Limited is unveiling a renewed strategy designed to give Nigerians greater access to its products while creating structured opportunities for serious distributors, retailers, and contract manufacturing partners across the country. The Lagos-born conglomerate, known nationally as a provider...

Oil Prices Fall After Zelenskyy Agrees To U.S. Peace Deal

22.11.2025

Oil prices yesterday declined over fresh news that the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has agreed to work with the United States, led by President Donald Trump on a peace plan. The agreement is viewed as a development that could ultimately add fresh barrels into an already fragile market. According to oilprice.com, West Texas Intermediate...

FG Orders Closure Of 41 Unity Colleges Over Insecurity

22.11.2025

The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered the closure of now fewer than 41 Federal Unity Colleges over continued threat of insecurity in some parts of the country. The circular dated November 21, 2005, and titled: “Closure of Forty-One (41) Federal Unity Colleges,” was issued by the Office of the Director, Senior Secondary Education Department...

Counter-Insurgency Requires Love For Country, Says Jimoh Ibrahim

22.11.2025

The senator representing Ondo South, Jimoh Ibrahim, CFR, has said that Nigeria’s counter-insurgency efforts will remain limited unless the citizens see themselves as active stakeholders in the fight against terror. Addressing journalists at the Senate Southwest Security Summit in Lagos yesterday, Ibrahim, who holds a PhD in modern war studies, argued that patriotism expressed through...

NUC Bans Honourary Degrees For Serving Public Officials

22.11.2025

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has announced a strict ban on the award of honourary doctorate degrees to serving public officials, as part of sweeping new measures to curb what it calls the “growing abuse” of such titles across Nigeria. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu, who made the declaration yesterday...

EU Pledges Investment To Accelerate Nigeria’s Digital Transformation

22.11.2025

The European Union has announced significant new investments to accelerate Nigeria’s digital transformation, pledging an additional 45 million euros for ICT training, fibre-optic expansion and digital public infrastructure as part of a sweeping effort to boost nationwide digital inclusion. Speaking in Kano at the fifth Project Steering Committee meeting of the Digital Transformation Centre (DTC)...