No fewer than 3,298 people are on death sentence in various Nigerian Correctional Facilities are on the death sentence. Mr Abubakar Umar, the Spokesman for the Nigerian Correctional Service, announced this in Abuja, on Wednesday. Umar said that authorities have abrogated the term ‘condemned criminal’. He said that with the implementation of the new NCoS […]
The International Women’s Society (IWS) has pledged to continue empowering the disadvantaged in the country, particularly women and children. The President of IWS, Mrs Izabella Abia-Okon, said this during the association’s April meeting and cultural exchange programme, on Tuesday in Lagos. IWS held the meeting in collaboration with the Nigerian-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce. Abia-Okon recalled […]
By our reporter The Covenant University in Nigeria says it is partnering with OBTranslate to undertake research and development activities in a broad range of areas. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two parties covers Machine Translation (MT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and linguistics. Under the arrangement, OBTranslate scientists would develop […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sacked the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in charge of Adamawa State, Mr Hudu Yinusa Ari. Mr Festus Oloye, INEC’s Chairman of Information and Voters Education Committee, announced the development in a statement on Monday. In the two-paragraph statement, Okoye said the sacking of Ari takes effect from Sunday, […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is ready to prosecute 200 electoral crime suspects in the 2023 general elections. Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, announced this at the weekend in Abuja. Oyekanmi said the commission had received more than 50 case files from the Police authorities. “There are […]
The Inspector-General of Police (IG) Usman Alkali Baba, has approved the posting of the recently promoted Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, to the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Abuja. DIG Egbetokun, who hails from Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, was hitherto the supervising DIG for the South-West Geo-Political Zone. He holds […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N49 billion being the revised reimbursement for the old Enugu-Onitsha road project. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, announced this on Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents after the Council. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo presided over the meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Fashola said his […]
The remains of former Judge of the World Court in The Hague, Prince Abdul-Jabbar Ajibola, were laid to rest in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Ajibola’s buriak followed a Janazah (Islamic prayer for the dead) held for him at the Islamic Mission for Africa (IMA) on Sunday. The Janazah was led by the Chief Imam of […]
The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) says it generated N441 million from tickets sold across the country in March. The National Chairman of CEAN, Mr Opeyemi Ajayi, announced in a chat with newsmen in Lagos. Ajayi said the total admission of viewers into cinemas across the federation, for the period under review Is 174,071. […]
The Centre for Media, Policy and Accountability (CMPA), has begun the implementation of the Nigeria Anti-Corruption Performance Public Reporting (NAPPR) Project 2023 in the country. The project is in partnership with Anti-Corruption Agencies (ACAs) in the country. Ibrahim Yusuf, CMPA’s Director of Communications, Outreach and Advocacy, announced this in a statement mailed the statement to […]