The Federal Government and the Bank of Industry (BOI) have disbursed N22.89 billion to 29 manufacturing companies under the N75 billion Manufacturing Sector Intervention Fund. BOI Managing Director, Olasupo Olusi, disclosed this during an interactive session with the Organised Private Sector in Abuja.
US President-elect Donald Trump has declared that addressing the Ukraine crisis will be his foremost priority upon assuming office next month, emphasizing the urgency of ending the conflict that has claimed countless lives. Speaking in an interview with French magazine Paris Match, recorded
China has sentenced two former high-ranking football officials to prison for bribery, as part of a sweeping anti-corruption campaign targeting the nation’s sports industry. Liu Yi, former secretary-general of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), received an 11-year prison sentence and was fined 3.6
The Federal Government has reiterated the importance of patronizing and promoting Made-in-Nigeria goods and services as a pathway to sustainable economic development. Speaking at the Regional and State Coordinators Conference on Made-in-Nigeria in Abuja, Mohammed Sanusi Danjuma, Permanent Secretary, Special Services Office, emphasized
Tensions flared on Tuesday at the Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, as supporters of human rights activist Dele Farotimi and legal luminary Aare Afe Babalola clashed following the adjournment of Farotimi’s bail ruling to December 20, 2024. Farotimi is facing defamation
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has initiated an investigation and prosecution process against a female motorist who was captured on video physically assaulting an officer performing his duty in Lagos. The incident occurred on November 7, 2024, along the Lekki-Epe Expressway within
South Korean authorities have imposed travel bans on additional top officials following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s controversial attempt to impose martial law. The bans now include Cho Ji-ho, commissioner general of the Korean National Police Agency, and two other senior police officials, Yonhap
The Chief Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti is hearing the defamation case filed by legal luminary Afe Babalola (SAN) against Lagos-based human rights lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi over alleged defamatory content in his 104-page book, Nigeria and its Criminal Justice. Babalola had petitioned
A Siberian court has sentenced a 39-year-old man from Zheleznogorsk in the Krasnoyarsk region to three years in prison for defacing 13 posters promoting enlistment in the Russian army. Regional authorities announced on Tuesday that the man was convicted of “discrediting” Russian forces,
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has undergone successful surgery following a brain hemorrhage caused by a recent fall. The operation, performed at the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in Sao Paulo on Monday night, was confirmed to have gone without complications. In a statement