President Bola Tinubu has bestowed the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) honor upon Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft and renowned philanthropist, who is visiting Nigeria to engage with federal and state leaders on strengthening the country’s primary healthcare system.
Host communities in the Niger Delta have issued an ultimatum to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Exploration & Production Limited (NEPL) and its partners, threatening to halt crude oil production due to ongoing disputes regarding contractual and operational issues.
The former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused Nigeria’s judiciary of corruption, alleging their compromised roles in the delivery of justice, and demanded that legal practitioners reflect critically on their roles and recommit themselves to upholding impartial justice.
Finnish prosecutors on Friday said they had charged a man identified as Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa with inciting online terrorism, and he remained in custody.
The Federal Government has warned title holders about hoarding mineral-rich land without tangible development to either develop their concessions or relinquish them, as it will no longer tolerate the practice. The Director General of the Nigerian Mining Cadastre Office (MCO), Obadiah Simon-Nkom, stated this to journalists in Abuja and stressed the government’s use-it-or-lose-it approach to mineral licensing.
The self-acclaimed activist and social media influencer, Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, VDM, who the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested, EFCC, will be released today and subsequently charged in court on Thursday for prosecution.
