Day: May 7, 2025

NiDCOM applauds Diaspora medical experts for pioneering Respiratory Therapy training in Nigeria

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has hailed the recent launch of a groundbreaking Respiratory Therapy training programme initiated by a group of Nigerian medical professionals in the Diaspora. The Chairman/CEO of NiDCOM, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, gave the commendation through Mrs. Violet Nwosu, Assistant Director, Media, Public Relations and Protocols, described the initiative as a timely intervention that aligns with Nigeria’s efforts to strengthen its healthcare system.   “This training not only fills a critical gap in respiratory healthcare services, but also enhances professional development opportunities for Nigerian medical practitioners,”…

Ex-Lawmakers urge N’Assembly intervention in Benue, Zamfara crises … Hail protesting Lawyers as true defenders of democracy

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Coalition of Former Nigerian Lawmakers (CoFoNiL) has thrown its weight behind the protest by over 1,000 lawyers to the National Assembly, calling for a federal takeover of legislative functions in Benue and Zamfara States over alleged constitutional violations and breakdown of legislative order.   Describing the action as a “patriotic move to save democracy,” the Coalition said the lawyers had acted within their rights and in the best interest of the nation’s constitutional integrity.   In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Rt. Hon. Dapo Olowolagba, the group lauded…

NAPTIP deepens strategic collaboration with DIA to combat Human Trafficking

Lukman Laleye Babalola

As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen multi-agency collaboration in the fight against human trafficking, the Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Binta Adamu Bello, on Tuesday led senior management staff of the Agency on a courtesy visit to the Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye Parker, at the DIA Headquarters in Abuja. During the visit, the NAPTIP DG commended the DIA for its continued support to the Agency, which she said has been instrumental…

Senate passes key Tax Reform bills, repeals FIRS Act

Emporium Reporters

The Nigerian Senate has passed two of the four tax reform bills initiated by President Bola Tinubu, marking a significant step in the administration’s efforts to overhaul the country’s revenue system.   The approved bills are the Nigerian Revenue Service Establishment Bill and the Joint Revenue Board Establishment Bill. Their passage followed the adoption of a report presented by the ad hoc committee on tax reforms, chaired by Senator Sani Musa (Niger East), which addressed public concerns and controversies surrounding the reforms.   The Nigerian Revenue Service Establishment Bill repeals…

Information Minister charges Media on National Security, urges responsible reporting

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Honourable Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has called on media professionals across the country to deny terrorists, bandits, and other criminal elements the undue publicity they crave, urging the press to remain patriotic and responsible in their reportage.   He made this call on Tuesday, May 7, 2025, while addressing journalists during the seventh edition of the 2025 Ministerial Press Briefing Series held at the National Press Centre, Radio House, Abuja.   The event featured presentations from the Honourable Minister of Environment, Alhaji Balarabe Abbas, and…

JUST IN: EFCC frees Social Media Activist VeryDarkMan after Five-Day detention amid public outcry

Emporium Reporters

Popular Nigerian social media activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has been released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after spending five days in detention. He was released on Wednesday evening to his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju.   VeryDarkMan, renowned for his outspoken commentaries and fearless exposure of societal ills, was arrested last Friday following what the EFCC described as “multiple petitions” filed against him by unnamed individuals. His arrest, reportedly carried out in a Gestapo-style manner, ignited a wave of outrage across social media…

VDM’s Arrest: GTBank a Victim of Narrative Manipulation – By Isaac Asabor

Emporium Reporters

Let us pause here and consider the logic behind this outrage. A citizen walks into a bank to make a complaint, a right guaranteed by his status as a customer. He is attended to and then exits the premises. Sometime after that, he is arrested by officers of the Nigeria Police Force. Yet somehow, without evidence or an official statement linking the two events, the bank becomes the villain in the eyes of the public. If that is not a textbook example of scapegoating, what is?   In the age…

Nigeria Police nabs Human Trafficking Kingpin, Armed Robbery Fugitive

Lukman Laleye Babalola

In a decisive move against transnational organized crime, the Nigeria Police Force has arrested two high-profile fugitives wanted by international authorities for heinous crimes including human trafficking and armed robbery.   Acting on an INTERPOL Red Notice, operatives tracked down Felix Omoregie, alias “Eghosa Johnson Omoregie,” in Benin City, Edo State. Omoregie, believed to be the mastermind of a major human trafficking ring, was declared wanted by the Belgian government for trafficking young Nigerian women many of them minors—to Europe for sexual exploitation. Authorities revealed the victims were subjected to…

NYSC DG General Nafiu tasks Corps Members on Patriotism, Discipline, Teamwork

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu, has charged Corps Members to uphold the core values of the Scheme and be exemplary in the discharge of their duties throughout their service year.   General Nafiu gave the charge during his visit to the 2025 Batch ‘A’ Stream One Corps Members at the NYSC Orientation Camps in Gombe, Taraba, and Adamawa States.   He emphasized that the guiding principles of the Scheme—patriotism, integrity, efficiency, commitment, and teamwork—must be embraced by every Corps Member…