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A Federal High Court in Abuja has barred Seplat Energy Plc from having its annual general meeting (AGM) scheduled for May 10 until the substantive case is heard and decided. In a judgement, Justice Inyang Ekwo urged the parties in the dispute not to tamper with the subject matter until the matters before the court were settled. The decision was made at the hearing of a request on notice for interlocutory order filed by Kalu Onuoha, counsel for the plaintiff, seeking an injunction prohibiting the defendants in the claim from having the AGM. After the court learned that some of…

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has asked for a review of Nigeria’s educational curriculum to ensure that it is up to date. Mr. Ydo Yao, Director of the UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE), made this request on Tuesday during a capacity building training event for employees of the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja. Yao said that in order to overcome the education crisis, steps to make the syllabus relevant for assuring quality in education and ensuring that values, knowledge, and skills flourished were required. He said that the syllabus was a critical and irreplaceable…

Heavy rain caused floods and landslides in western and northern Rwanda, killing at least 109 people, according to the state-run radio, while police looked for survivors stranded in their houses. In a video footage uploaded by the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency, muddy water surged quickly along a flooded road, destroying buildings. “Our main priority now is to reach every house that has been damaged to ensure we can rescue any person who may be trapped,” Rwanda’s Western Province governor, François Habitegeko, told reporters. According to him, the province’s death toll stood at 95. The 109 fatalities reported by the official broadcaster…

The Federal Government has produced a 1,564-page compendium highlighting President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration’s significant accomplishments from 2015 to 2023. The two-volume compilation, which was compiled by the Ministry of Information and Culture, was made available to journalists on Wednesday in Abuja. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, signed the foreword. Mohammed said that the compendium was one of the products of the Ministry’s multi-dimensional initiatives meant to highlight the administration’s accomplishments. “The compendium contained the aggregation of the scorecards of the various ministries,” according to the minister. “Making it the most authentic and detailed collection – in written…

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave for London, United Kingdom, later today, Wednesday, May 3rd, to join other international leaders in attendance for the coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen Consort of the United Kingdom, respectively. According to a press publication issued by Femi Adesina, the coronation will take place on Saturday, May 6, Chronicle NG reports. Buhari launches advanced defence communications infrastructure Ahead to the coronation, the Commonwealth Secretariat will use the meeting of leaders in London to convene a Commonwealth Summit for Commonwealth Presidents and Heads of…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has given the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) permission to issue a summons on Meta Platform, the social media behemoth that owns Facebook. The decision was made in response to an appeal by ARCON in an ongoing N30 billion complaint against the social media behemoth for violating Nigeria’s advertising rules. According to media sources, the writ would be served at Meta’s corporate offices in the United States, which also controls the social media networks Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. The first defendant in the claim is Meta, while the second defendant is AT3 Resources…

13,000 Nigerians benefitted from its various flood relief operations throughout the country’s impacted areas according to the Federal Government. On Tuesday, Dr Nasir Gwarzo, Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, said this. He was addressing during a meeting in Abuja with essential stakeholders in humanitarian assistance. According to media sources, the Nigeria Red Cross Society (NRCS), World Food Programme (WFP), and ECOWAS Commission are among the stakeholders. “A total of 13,000 victims benefited from flood relief interventions in 16 states affected by the country’s 2020 flood disaster.” Anambra, Bayelsa, Katsina, Kogi, Benue,…

President Muhammadu Buhari launched the advanced communication infrastructure, code-named “Giwa 2 Project,” for the Armed Forces of Nigeria on Tuesday. According to the media, the initiative is a secure and specialised communication domain that offers real-time audio and video communication for military operations. Defence Headquarters is in charge of coordinating defence communications networks. Buhari said that the communication infrastructure was created to offer secure communication, real-time rapid reporting, and information sharing between the armed forces and other security agencies. He said that it will lead to increased coordination between the defence, intelligence, and security sectors while also offering a forum…

Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League on Tuesday with a 3-1 victory against a hapless Chelsea, aided by two goals from Martin Odegaard, but the championship remains Manchester City’s to lose despite having played two less games. Arsenal had a 3-0 halftime lead after skipper Odegaard was granted acres of space – twice – by Chelsea’s shaky defence to score in the 18th and 31st minutes, and Gabriel Jesus scored from close range 11 minutes later. Arsenal’s first victory in five games moved them to 78 points, two more than second-placed City, the incumbent champions, who play…

Kenyan police fired tear gas at a small number of protestors in Nairobi on Tuesday, as the opposition restarted anti-government protests after a one-month hiatus. In March, the major opposition alliance held three days of protests to protest high living expenses and alleged electoral fraud in last year’s election, which its leader Raila Odinga lost to President Williams Ruto. Those protests were marred by clashes between police and demonstrators, as well as sporadic acts of violence, including one that Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki described as “ethnically-laced arson” when a church and mosque were set on fire in Nairobi’s Kibera neighbourhood.…