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Yoruba Heritage Forum Urges Tinubu To Confer CFR Honours On Oba Ladoja

26.09.2025

The Yoruba Heritage Forum has called on President Bola Tinubu to confer the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) Honours on the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja. The group in a statement by its General Secretary, Olufemi Aduwo, said as one of the foremost traditional rulers in Yorubaland, Oba...

Oborevwori: Data Ecosystem Catalyst For Growth, Devt Trajectory

26.09.2025

Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has scored high the importance of integrated national data ecosystem to enhance growth and development trajectory in Nigeria. The Governor maintained how data analysis has helped to shape and highlight the driving forces of economic growth and development the global world. Governor Oborevwori represented by the Secretary to the State...

Akoko Northwest Lawmakers Reaffirm Loyalty To Tunji-Ojo, Denounce Fake News

26.09.2025

The Akoko Northwest Local Government Legislative Council has debunked reports circulating on social media claiming that stakeholders and councillors from the area had disowned the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. In a statement jointly signed by the Leader of the Council, Rt. Hon Yakubu Jimoh Jamiu, and the Council’s Spokesperson, Hon Kolade Joseph, the...

Lagos Ready To Host SEMA Conference Next Week

26.09.2025

The Lagos State Government yesterday expressed its readiness to host the maiden State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) Conference 2025 with the theme ‘Strengthening SubNational Emergency Management For A Resilient Nigeria’. Speaking during a press conference at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa in Ikeja, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA),...

Onitsha Set For 2025 Ofala Festival

26.09.2025

The 2025 Onitsha Ofala Festival of His Royal Majesty, Igwe Alfred Achebe, the Obi of Onitsha, in collaboration with the Nigeria Tourism Development Commission, is set to begin. In a press interview at the Obi of Onitsha palace in Onitsha on Thursday, the Chairman, Strategic Marketing Communications Sub-committee for the 2025 Ofala Festival, Nn’emeka Maduegbuna,...

N’Delta Communities Demand More Opportunities For Youths

26.09.2025

…Stakeholders Urge IOCs to emulate PINL in CSR Stakeholders from pipeline and crude oil host communities in the Niger Delta States have stressed the need for their youths to play more roles in the oil and gas industry, rather than being sidelined and their communities starved of infrastructure. The stakeholders spoke at a meeting organised...

Rotary Club Of Ikeja Donates Bags, Books To Opebi School To Mark Literacy Week

26.09.2025

The Rotary Club of Ikeja GRA has donated school bags, exercise books, and other materials to students of Opebi Junior Grammar School, Lagos, as part of activities marking the 2025 International Literacy Week. The club also used the occasion to induct students into the Interact Club, the youth arm of Rotary International, to inspire leadership...

Foundation Shifts Gender Finance From Dialogue To Action At 3rd Annual Summit

26.09.2025

The Impact Investors Foundation (IIF), Nigeria’s leading platform for unlocking impact capital, has announced the third edition of its annual Gender Impact Investment Summit (GIIS). The event is scheduled for October 2, 2025, at the Civic Centre in Lagos. This year’s summit, themed “Investing in Equity: Advancing Gender-Led Solutions for Inclusive Development,” is positioned as...

300 Makoko Pupils, Residents Get Free Genotype Screening As Dufil Prima Foods, Sickle Cell Foundation Drive Awareness

26.09.2025

Dufil Prima Foods Plc, makers of Indomie Instant Noodles, has joined forces with the Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria (SCFN) to provide free genotype screening for over 300 pupils and residents of Makoko in Lagos. Both organisations also provided a transformative health intervention project in Makoko, one of Lagos’ most underserved riverine communities. The Makoko Health...

Alleged $4bn Refinery Fraud: Protesters Ask ICPC To Launch Probe

26.09.2025

Protesters under the umbrella of the Con- cerned Lawyers and Citizens Network (CLCN) yesterday demonstrated at the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commis- sion (ICPC) headquarters in Abuja, demanding an investigation into the alleged $4 billion fraud linked to the MSM Group and missing funds earmarked for refinery rehabilitation. The group alleged that...