The Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has warned the public and private entities against massive cash withdrawals. The Director and Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Mr Modibbo HammanTukur, gave the advisory in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. He spoke on the state of...
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Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) on Thursday, said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) ought not to have been in existence. He said the commission currently operated outside the constitution. Agbakoba said this at a news conference in Lagos. According to...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor says 613 rehabilitated low-risk repentant terrorists will be transferred to their state governments for reintegration into the society. Irabor made the disclosure during the fifth Stakeholders’ Meeting of Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC), on Thursday in Abuja. Represented by the Chief...
A chieftain of the APC, Dr Abiola Oshodi, says victory for the party’s presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu in the presidential election will speed up a lot of developmental projects in Ondo State. Oshodi, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday ( NAN) on the expected...
The President Muhammadu Buhari Administration Scorecard Series, launched on Oct. 8, 2022 to showcase the achievements of the current government will resume on Jan. 9. The information is contained in a memorandum signed by Mr Joe Mutah, the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji...
Nigerian entertainer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charley Boy, says his union with his wife, Lady Diana, has often times been faced with turbulence just like any other marriage. The renowned singer/songwriter, who took to his Instagram page in a video clip, said that sometimes they want to give...
The Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) is disturbed by the banishment of a man for being responsible for mysterious deaths in his family and community in Enugu in Southern Nigeria. The man identified as Uwakwe Ugwuanyi is accused of causing the death of over five people. He has been banished for...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A police inspector, Yusuf Jafaru, has been killed by unknown gunmen in a gun duel in Nunku town in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The incident occurred on Wednesday night around 10 pm, when the gunmen in their numbers opened fire on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has unveiled 50 new textbooks published by Nigerian authors under the sponsorship of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Speaking at the public presentation of the textbooks on Thursday in Abuja, the minister said the publications would end...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate in Borno State , Hajiya Fatima Abubakar, has vowed to defeat Governor Babagana Zulum, the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2023 election. Hajiya Fatima argued that despite the volume of capital projects and...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja –The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), had assured that it will continue to monitor global COVID-19 epidemiology including genomics data as part of the ongoingpandemic response. The NCDC is the national public health institute with the mandate to lead the preparedness, detection,...
Legal luminary, Afe Babalola, has raised fears that the coming presidential election will be won by the highest spender and not the best among the candidates. Babalola at a media briefing in Ado Ekiti expressed worry that the 2023 general elections will be conducted under the 1999 constitution against...
Chief Emeka Chigbo, Southeast National Vice Chairman of Accord Party, says the party is re-strategising to fully participate in the general elections and beyond. Chigbo said this at an inaugural meeting and interactive session with party stakeholders from the five southeast states on Thursday in Awka. He said that...
An Enugu state-based political group, known as Njiko Forum (NIF), has begun a house-to-house campaign across rural communities in the South-East in support of the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi. NIF, an affiliate of the Ohaneze Ndigbo, has pledged to deliver 90 per cent...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced online accreditation for Journalists and media organisations wishing to cover the 2023 general elections. According to the flier issued by INEC on Thursday in Abuja, interested media organisations wishing to deploy journalists to cover the election...
It is a common knowledge that while Nigerians and of course the global community were on Sunday January 1, 2023, celebrating the ‘arrival’ of a brand new year, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, released to Nigerians, his regular trademark; an open letter where he among other remarks endorsed the Labour...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group of Christian supporters in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Constituency of former Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, has rejected the endorsement of the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the presidential candidate of the party, Ahmed Tinubu. The group known as “Bogoro, Dass and Tafawa...
The Police command in Lagos state says one robbery suspect was gunned down around Oshodi area while his gang was exchanging gun fire with its operatives. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. Hundeyin said the...
Governor Dapo Abiodun has given a marching order to Ogun State Police Command to go after the killers of a couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye. Governor Abiodun gave the order in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Kunle Somorin. The News Agency...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kaduna State Command says its operatives have arrested four suspects with 298 bags of Indian Hemp. The NDLEA state Commander, Mr Ibrahim Braji, made this known at a news conference in Kaduna on Wednesday. Braji said that the suspects were arrested in...