A Nigerian engineer, Odinakachi Umunna, has been voted one of the young people making a remarkable difference in the world. In a statement posted on its official website, www.oneyoungworld.com, the UK-based One Young World organisation listed Engr. Umunna among 15 other young achievers from across the world selected as One Young World Ambassadors for the month. The only other African ...

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Cakasa Ebenezer Foundation on Tuesday, May 28, said that children have the potential to be great and achieve their highest dreams. The Executive Director, CEF, Mrs. Helen Egbe, said this at an event to mark the 2024 Children’s Day at News City Primary School, Mushin. The foundation earmarked three days for the celebration of Children’s Day from ...

•Urges judges to compete favourably with judiciary across the globe Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, swore-in 13 new judges for the state high courts, urging the state judiciary to always be the best that can compete favourably with the judiciary across the globe. He implored the judiciary, particularly the new benchers, to dispense justice quickly and fairly, ...

Almost two months after the other 11 electricity distribution firms in Nigeria increased their tariff for Band A customers due to the prevailing economic situation in the country, Aba Power Ltd has adjusted its tariff. Its managing director, Ugo Opiegbe, confirmed to newsmen in a telephone interview this morning that Band A Maximum Demand (MD) customers, who receive power for ...

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, marked the first anniversary of his second term with a unique infrastructure gift to Lagosians. The Governor launched a fleet of new high-capacity ferries, fabricated and assembled in Lagos to cruise the State’s inland waterways and create a new transportation choice for commuters in the largest mega city in sub-Saharan Africa. The 15 ...

A total of $142.5 million was paid to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) last year by The Shell Petroleum Development of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo). SPDC paid $112.5 million while SNEPCo remitted $30 million compared to $59.04 million by SPDC and $20.73 by SNEPCo in 2022. The contributions came from the ...

By Aroh Chukwuemeka Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference. – Robert Frost Share the money! Fill my pocket! Give me my own! These voices bring to mind the biblical account of the prodigal son. He said to his father “give me my share”. When his ...

By Promise Adiele Wole Soyinka is by every intellectual and academic classification an iconic figure. His reputation blossomed after he won the Nobel Laureate in 1986 having distinguished himself as a literary genius. For involving in the Nigeria/Biafra war, the Yakubu Gowon atrocious military junta incarcerated him. While in detention, he wrote his prison memoir The Man Died. His literary ...

…says Nigeria not working Former Vice-President of Nigeria and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, says Nigeria is not working under President Bola Tinubu. Atiku said this in a statement made available to NewsProbe on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The statement reads, “On May 29, 2023, President Bola Tinubu raised the ...

•CJN hails Lagos for setting good example in justice development Lagos State should have been left out of the legal action instituted by the Federal Government against Governors at the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in the administration of Local Governments, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said yesterday. To Sanwo-Olu,  it was a legal anomaly for the Federal Government to join Lagos ...