The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says it is committed to ending Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) in the private sector. The Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye stated this on Monday at the ‘Draft Model Financial Transparency Code Developed for the Private Sector’ review held...
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The Kwara Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will hold a mega nationwide rally on Tuesday in solidarity with the striking workers in public universities. This is contain in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Monday. The statement...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have reportedly abducted a businessman, Mr. Tony Udemezue from his resident in Tambuwal town of Tambuwal Local Government Area.of Sokoto State on Sunday. Mr Tony, who is a perishioner of the Catholic Church of Sokoto Diocese was said to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Monday in Damboa, coordinated the distribution of about N172 million cash alongside food items to 30,436 residents who are victims of destructions caused by flood. A total of 436 persons were identified as victims who lost shelters and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has been discharged from the hospital following a successful surgical operation and rehabilitation. Dr Nicholas Audifferen, the Chief Personal Physician to the Vice President disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday. “The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN...
Terrorists have released three victims of 62 hostages of the abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28. The victims, who consist of two males and a female, secured their freedom around 11 am on Monday. According to Channels TV reports, the victims were released by the terrorists at a...
At least 30 passengers were killed and several others injured on Sunday evening when their bus fell off a bridge and plunged into a river along the highway in Tharaka Nithi. The Eastern Regional Police Commander Rono Brunei said on Monday. The bus, travelling from Meru town to the...
A Competition and Consumer Protection (CCPC) Tribunal sitting in Abuja has fixed Sept. 6 for judgment in a suit filed against MultiChoice, the operator of Govt and DStv, over the recent price hike on their products and subscription rate. The tribunal, headed by Mr Thomas Okosun, fixed the date...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Dauda Biu, as the Acting Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), following the retirement of Mr Boboye Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi, who retired on Sunday, July 24, disclosed this when he handed over to...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday called on members and civil society groups in Lagos State to come out en-masse on Tuesday morning to begin the two-day protest in solidarity with striking lecturers. Mrs Funmi Sessi, state chairman of NLC gave the directive at a stakeholders’ meeting at...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the deadline for the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise remains July 31, and those who register more than once would not get their PVCs. The Resident Electoral Commissioner for FCT, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, made this known at a news conference on the...
A dismissed soldier, Victor Aduba, on Monday denied being accomplices to the crimes of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans. Aduba, a co-defendant, made the denials during the resumption of trial at an Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos while being led in evidence by his defence counsel,...
Abu Sanni, a self-confessed bandit kingpin, has said that insecurity has become a business everyone benefits from. Sanni, who says he helped mastermind the abduction of students of Government Girls Secondary School Jangebe, Zamfara, was interviewed by BBC Africa Eye in a forest in Zamfara. The documentary titled ‘The Bandit...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has organized a one day National Business Skills Development Initiative Entrepreneurship Training for 90 participants drawn from the 23 LGA of Sokoto State. Speaking on the objectives of the training, Moshud Lawal from SMEDAN...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Government on Monday said it is ready to provide free land to any developer willing to invest in the state. The Permanent Secretary, Sokoto State Ministry of Lands, Survey, Housing and Urban Planning Moyi Tambuwal stated this at the ongoing 11th meeting...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Examinations Council (NECO) has deployed cutting-edge software to ensure efficient grading of students/candidates in its various examinations. Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, made this known in Minna during a press briefing to mark one year in office. It would...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Fast rising Nigerian real estate firm, Eystone Development, has launched the second and third phases of its fast-selling Gemstone Estate at Eleko, Ibeju-Lekki, even as the company targets the rapid expansion of development in the Ibeju-Lekki axis of Lagos, an area fondly tagged, ‘The...
Victims of armed banditry in Niger State have gotten a reason to smile again owing to the ‘rehabilitative’ support they are getting from residents of Kagara town, PRNigeria has reported. Amid corrosive insecurity, hundreds of thousands of people have been sacked from their ancestral homes as a result of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered the immediate closure of one of its colleges, the Federal Government College Kwali, located in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja . The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu gave the directive in a statement...
Those who, along with Ahmed Bola Tinubu, conjured the ill wind of a Muslim – Muslim ticket for the All Progressives Congress (APC) heading into the 2023 Presidential elections must by now be gnawing their nails and gnashing their teeth in anguished regret. This is given the whiplash of...