By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Justice A. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, February 3, 2025, ordered the interim forfeiture of digital wallet assets valued at $222,729.86 to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The digital wallet assets were recovered from an alleged syndicate of...
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The Head of Civil Service of Kogi State, Dr. Elijah Adeiza Evinemi, has reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to rejuvenate the civil service to align with international best practices. Speaking during a one-day leadership development session held at the Conference Hall of the State Secretariat in Lokoja, he described...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja– The presidency has criticized former Kaduna State Governors, Nasiru El-Rufai and the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi for heating up the polity while President Bola Tinubu was seeking solutions to Nigeria’s energy problems in Tanzania. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public...
An Abeokuta High Court sitting in Kobape, on Monday, sentenced three men for killing Kehinde Fatinoye, his wife, Bukola, and son, Oreoluwa, on Jan 1, 2023. The three convicts are Lekan Adekanbi, Ahmed Odetola and Waheed Adeniyi. They were arraigned alongside six others: Temitope Fadairo and Adenike Adekanbi, wife...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the Foreign Exchange (FX) sale period to Bureau de Change (BDC) operators until May 30. This aims to better serve retail market demands. The bank disclosed this in a circular, signed by Dr W. J. Kanya, Acting Director of the Trade...
The Naira depreciated at the official market on Monday, trading at N1,495.60 to a dollar. Data from the FMDQ Security Exchange official forex trading platform revealed that the Naira lost N20.82. This represents a 1.4 per cent loss when compared to the previous trading day on Friday, Jan. 31,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu on Monday signed into law a bill establishing the Federal University of Environment and Technology in Rivers and pledged more support for the Ogoni community. A statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said Ogoni town of Tai will host...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved 1.07 billion dollars for healthcare sector reforms under the Human Capital Opportunities for Prosperity and Equity (HOPE) programme. The Federal Government also approved a N4.8 billion allocation for HIV treatment, Mr Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the...
Oyo State Government on Monday in Ibadan said the coronation of Abimbola Owoade as the 46th Alaafin of Oyo would hold on April 5. The state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr Ademola Ojo, disclosed this while inaugurating a 25-man coronation committee. The News Agency of Nigeria...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Respite seems to have come the way of kidney patients in Nigeria and particularly, Northern Nigeria as the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto takes medical expertise to a higher dimension by successfully conducting first ever kidney transplant. The surgery, which was conducted by...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday presided over the swearing-in of newly appointed members of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), the Federal Character Commission (FCC), and the National Population Commission (NPC). President Tinubu also swore in eight former directors in the Federal Civil Service as Permanent Secretaries...
Some intending candidates of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) at Abule Egba part of Lagos State spent up to six hours on Monday attempting to be registered. UTME is conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), and its governorship candidate in Edo, Asue Ighodalo, on Monday, closed their case at the Edo Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that PDP and Ighodalo dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), the All Progressives Congress...
By JOHN ONAH Abuja – The Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), and the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), have debunked allegations of financial mismanagement against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) as baseless and unfounded. NASU’s Branch Chairman at JAMB, Comrade Andrew Onakpa, in a statement...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The President of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ (ERCC), Worldwide, Rev. Dave Denji, has called on the Nigerian government to review its economic policies, particularly regarding electricity tariffs and fuel subsidy removal, to ease the hardship of the masses. Rev. Denji who made...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Saturday, the 1st of February, 2025 will go down memory lane in the anals of history as a day the Nasarawa State Disability Rights Commission (NSDRC), under the able leadership of its Chairman, Comrade Sale Barde Keana, organized an event to mark the 2024...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye before a Federal Capital Territory(FCT) , high court Apo. He was re-arriagned on allegations bordering on award of contract for construction of 3,960MW Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Station in Taraba. The...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, tendered into evidence more documents against the social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha charged with six billion naira money laundering. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the case is before an Ikeja Special Offences Court....
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Ondo State Council, has suspended its four-day-old indefinite strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that nurses and midwives in the state government-owned hospitals and health centres began an indefinite strike on Jan. 31. The Public Relations Officer (PRO)...
Mr Anthony Aziegbemin, the Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, on Monday, said their petition against the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja was documentary based. Aziegbemin stated this while briefing the newsmen in Abuja shortly after the PDP and its candidate...