THE appointment of Rear Adm. Idi Abbas as the 25th Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) brings a wealth of experience, discipline, and professionalism to the leadership of the Nigerian Navy. A seasoned Above Water Warfare specialist, Rear Adm. Abbas has spent more than three decades in service to theContinue Reading
FOLLOWING the appointment of Maj.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu as the 25th Chief of Army Staff (COAS) by President Bola Tinubu on Friday, a new defining phase has emerged in the history of the Nigerian Army. The new COAS succeeds Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, who has been elevated to the positionContinue Reading
– Warns Against Fake News, Fraudsters THE Youth Economic Intervention and De-Radicalization Programme (YEIDEP) has announced the postponement of business grant disbursement to Batch A applicants, earlier scheduled to begin on October 20, 2025. In a statement, the Coordinator-General of the programme, Mr. Kennedy Iyere, said the decisionContinue Reading
The trial of Emmanuella Eteta Ita, Head of Stakeholders Unit of the Federal Inland Revenue Services, FIRS and her Surestart School Limited before Justice Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, continued on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 with the judge slating December 8, 2025 for judgment. Ita and Surestart School LtdContinue Reading
An Abuja High Court has adjourned the hearing of a motion seeking punitive sanction against parties who allegedly violated a subsisting court order in the Abuja market dispute suit until Nov. 13. The court fixed the date following the inability of the presiding judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu, toContinue Reading
Courtesy: AP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, the White House announced on Thursday (Oct 23), marking the latest in a series of clemency moves for high-profile business figures. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump had “exercised his constitutionalContinue Reading
By Shehzad Hameed Ahmad Early in our documentary, we feature an interview with a 24-year-old Filipino in Tarlac City who’d built a social media empire selling vapes to school children. It is eye-opening. Companies manufacturing these electronic devices have convinced young people, through a sophisticated marketing campaign,Continue Reading
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Friday, failed to open his defence for the second time at the Federal High Court in Abuja in the alleged terrorism trial. Kanu, who opted to defend himself, told Justice James Omotosho upon resumed hearing that hisContinue Reading
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says his witnesses will be coming from all parts of the world, including Ethiopia, Kenya and the United States (U.S). Kanu, who opted to defend himself in the ongoing alleged terrorism trial preferred against him by theContinue Reading
