A businessman, Mr Chinedu Igbokwe, on Tuesday, told an Ikeja Special Court how a Bureau de Change operator, Abdulami Isah, allegedly defrauded him of $63,950. Igbokwe, who was led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Counsel, Mr A. A. Usman, said he was introduced...
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The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has described the Nigerian university system as one in need of urgent attention to correct its anomalies. Mr Patrick Esiehor, Chairman, SSANU, Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun (FUPRE) branch, said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency...
National Convener of Labour and Civil Society Coalition, Comrade Tony Erha, has taken on the European Union (EU) on its concerns about the launch of Expatriate Employment Levy (EEL) announced by President Bola Tinubu on February 27, 2024. Erha said that the recent expression of concerns by...
The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday, disassociated himself from the ongoing killings and violence in the south east. Kanu, who spoke in an interview with newsmen shortly after Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, Abuja adjourned...
Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution asking the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to set up a seven-man committee to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct leveled against the state Deputy Gov. Philip Shaibu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has said the state government and military authorities have agreed that no innocent citizens will suffer from the outcome of March 14 killing of soldiers. Governor Oborevwori said this on Tuesday while speaking with State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Bola...
In what was his first public appearance since reports of his death started spreading online, United Kingdom’s King Charles III hosted Korean War veterans at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. The royal family said this in a post on social media. “This morning, the King met veterans of the...
The Senate has mandated its committees on Army, Defence, Air Force and Navy to investigate the March 14 killing of 16 Nigerian Army personnel in Okuama Community of Delta. This followed a point of order raised by Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’adua (APC- Katsina) during Tuesday’s plenary. The motion was...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Ahmad Lawan, has said the killing of military personnel in Okuoma community in Delta on March 14, is an assault on security and stability of the Niger Delta region. Lawan made his position known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. He...
The Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Maikalangu on Tuesday dispatched a an response team to Wukara community of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to curtail the further spread of chicken pox. Maikalangu, who was represented by Tunji Faoye, the Supervisory Councillor on Health at...
Zenith Bank Plc on Tuesday announced the appointment of Dr Adaora Umeoji as its Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective June 1. This was disclosed in a notification sent to the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) by the bank’s Company Secretary, Mr Michael Otu. Otu said that the...
The House of Representatives Committee on Malaria, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis has summoned the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof.Mohammed Pate, over alleged misappropriation of 300 million dollars antimalarial funds. Rep. Amobi Ogah, the Chairman of the Committee read the resolutions in Abuja on Tuesday. Ogah expressed the...
Former Nigeria forward, Finidi George will occupy the chief’s corner in the dugout when the Super Eagles confront West African arch-rivals Ghana in an international friendly in Marrakech on Friday. A statement by Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Tuesday said George had been...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group, ‘Amalgamation of Bauchi State Concerned Groups’ has condemned the Senate for suspending Senator Abdul Ningi for alleging that the 2024 budget was padded and called on the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio to “step aside and allow for investigations.” Chairman...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said arrangements have been concluded to begin the distribution of palliatives to vulnerable people in the state. The move is to reduce hunger and hardship with effect from Wednesday, March 20,2024. The Governor disclosed when he...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, (SSANU) and Non Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) in Federal University Wukari Taraba State, have joined the 7-day warning strike declared by the national body of the association. The chairman of SSANU, Federal University Wukari...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has disclosed that less than one week to the close of nomination for Edo state off cycle election, only six political parties have so far submitted the names of their candidates to...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that no fewer than 10 passengers were killed in a lone traffic accident involving a DAF trailer on Abuja-Kaduna expressway. The Corps Public Education Officer, Jonas Agwu, said in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja that the Monday crash was...
By EZEKIEL OBi, Abuja – The Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch (OPWP) has destroyed terrorists’ logistics storage in Palele near Shiroro, on March 15. AVM Edward Gabkwet, Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. AVM Gabkwet said...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved N1 billion for the training of basic-level teachers across the 27 local government areas of the state. He announced the approval on Tuesday while inaugurating the newly appointed 27 local government council education secretaries who will...