Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have commenced investigations into the activities of a suspected serial fraudster, one Stella Ezinne Egotanwa, a businesswoman, for allegedly defrauding twenty-one (21) people the sum of N8, 291, 200 (Eight Million, Two Hundred and Ninety-One...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu
Plateau State House of Assembly has endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish state police in Nigeria, citing security challenges and the need to improve policing at the community level. The endorsement followed the adoption of recommendations by an ad-hoc committee during Monday’s plenary, presided over by the...
Nigeria is mourning the death of elder statesman and leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, who died at the age of 100. Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa announced his passing in a condolence statement, describing the late nationalist as a rare leader whose life...
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has urged students across the country to shun all forms of financial crimes and learn to use the internet responsibly. He made the call in Lagos recently at a sensitisation programme organised by Peace College, Iju-Ishaga, with the...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, alongside National Commissioners, Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from across the South-East Zone, and other senior officials of the Commission, continued the readiness assessment visit to Enugu State ahead of the 2027 General Election, engaging with staff and...
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, has called for stronger partnerships between Europe and Africa to promote good governance, democracy and economic development. Obi made the call in a post on his X account on Tuesday after a series of meetings with...
The United States (US) has commended the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for dismantling four methamphetamine laboratories linked to Mexican drug cartels in Nigeria, as Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), called for sustained or increased American support. The commendation came on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, during...
Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned four alleged contract fraudsters before Justice Muhammad Maina of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri. The defendants are; Ruth Emmanuel, Ibrahim Dogo Hyelni, Esther Loretta Gabari and Gbenga Makinde Obanewo. They were arraigned on...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has denied allegations that the Federal Government is plotting to assassinate the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The council described the claim as false and challenged its promoter, Timi Frank, to provide evidence...
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate Peter Obi has defended his recent comments about Nigerians living abroad, saying his message was deliberately distorted by political opponents. He insisted that he never asked Nigerians in the diaspora to stop supporting their families back home but was calling for a country...
African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has said Senator Abdulaziz Yari, Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, has validated its position that the APC-led government has failed to secure Nigeria and cannot offer credible solutions to the country’s worsening security crisis. The ADC-PCC was...
Federal Government has confirmed an Ebola case in Abuja, prompting an emergency response to stop the deadly virus from spreading. The patient, a woman who recently arrived in Nigeria from Uganda on an international flight, is receiving treatment in isolation. Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has underscored the importance of modern military training, professional military education and cadet exchanges in developing combat-ready, adaptable and interoperable armed forces. He stated this on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, during a visit to the Rwanda Military Academy (RMA),...
President Bola Tinubu has urged his supporters and Nigerians to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and continue to promote his administration’s achievements ahead of the 2027 general election. In a statement on Tuesday after meeting with the leadership and members of the City Boy Movement at the Presidential...
Paul Ibe, media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has questioned comments by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, declaring victory for President Bola Tinubu before the 2027 election is held. In a post on X on Tuesday, Ibe argued that only the Independent...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced its South-East zonal readiness assessment ahead of the 2027 General Election, with Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN, reaffirming the commission’s commitment to credible polls and calling for stronger collaboration with traditional rulers to ensure peaceful elections. Prof. Amupitan made this known during...
The Sixth prosecution witness, PW6, Liyel Imoke, in the trial of a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, on Monday, October 19, 2026 told Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja that the Federal Executive Council, FEC did not approve...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the Federal Government to provide answers over the 2020 Lekki tollgate shooting, saying six years later many Nigerians, especially young people, are still waiting for justice. In a post shared on his X account on Tuesday to mark the sixth anniversary...
The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has urged Nigerian youths to reject the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the January 16 presidential election, accusing the ruling party of failing the nation’s young people after years in power. The ADC-PCC said the APC,...
Presidential spokesman Daniel Bwala has criticised Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi over comments he alleged Obi made during an engagement with Nigerians in Manchester, United Kingdom. In a post shared on his X account, Bwala accused Obi of encouraging Nigerians in the diaspora not to send...