A human rights group, the Centre for Human and Socio-economic Rights (CHSR) has commended the Senate for confirming Mr. Ola Olukoyede as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday destroyed fake and expired goods worth over N500 million in Abuja.

An NGO, Save the Children International Nigeria, has called for more investments as well as synergy to achieve children’s rights and Sustainable Development Goals especially as they relate to children in Nigeria.

Africa is now realising its potential and capacity, with the formerly side-lined continent harnessing its demographic dividend and natural resources and becoming an economic, political, and social powerhouse, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Wednesday.

Lawyers under the aegis of the League of Patriotic Lawyers have hailed the confirmation of Barr—Olukoyede as the new chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The lawyers under the leadership of barrister Abubakar Yesufu, a lawyer of long-standing repute commended the Senate for a thorough job, He said the commission under Olukayode was going to have a human face unlike in the past.

It was with bated expectations, and if you like, in some cases, trepidation, that many pensioners, across Edo State, who have since not been paid their gratuities, received the news of the Edo State government’s readiness to begin payment of a-29-year backlog of gratuity for pensioners in the Edo State Local Government Staff Pension Board.

President of the New Generation Leadership Initiative, a non-governmental organization committed to good leadership, good governance, and equipping potential leaders with principles that will enhance excellence in public leadership for economic, social, and political transformation of material conditions in Nigeria has rejected the appointment of Mr. Ola Olukoyede as the Executive Chairman of the EFCC and call for its immediate withdrawal.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), said that Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) cumulatively received 325,898 complaints from consumers in second quarter of 2023.