Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo, has received the prestigious ‘Governor of the Year’ Award in Agriculture for 2024. The award, presented by Independent Newspapers Limited, publishers of Daily Independent Newspaper, recognizes Governor Ododo’s administration’s...
Hundreds of HIV doctors and researchers have urged the Trump administration to reverse its significant aid funding cuts, warning they are “doing catastrophic harm” to the global fight against AIDS. The open letter, addressed to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, states...
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has filed a contempt suit against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and others over her six-month suspension without pay from the Senate. The contempt charge, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, also names the Clerk of the National Assembly and...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has suspended the reinstatement of Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano. A three-member panel of justices, led by Justice Okon Abang, unanimously ruled on Friday to halt the implementation of a previous judgment that had overturned the nullification...
Thirty suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested in Asaba, Delta State, by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The arrests, carried out by operatives of the EFCC’s Benin Zonal Directorate on Friday, followed “credible intelligence”...
