A former Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Douglas Ogbankwa, on Thursday appeared in a Benin High Court for allegedly stealing a stabiliser. Ogbankwa is charged with conspiracy to commit felony, forcible entry, wilful damage, theft, forceful ejection as well as aiding and abetting forceful ejection....
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The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has queried the payment of N15 billion to Remita, a payment platform from the Office of the Accountant General for the Federation (OAGF). The committee accused the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Commercial Banks of complicity in the sharing...
Three students of Al-qalam University, Katsina, have dragged the institution to a High Court in Katsina over payment of their registration fees. The applicants, Hauwa’u Sani-Barda, Rabi’atu Sani-Barda and Hafsat Sani-Barda, all students of the respondent, got admission in 2018 and 2019, and graduated in 2022 and 2023....
Justice Abubakar Kutigi of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Thursday discharged former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) , Mohammed Bello Adoke ,SAN and six others . They were charged with legations of committing infractions relating to the controversial Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245,...
The detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, has sued the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu, and the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged violation of his fundamental rights. Gambaryan, in the originating motion dated and filed March 18 by his lawyer, Olujoke Aliyu, from Aluko and Oyebode...
The Federal Government will, on April 4, arraigned Binance Holdings Limited and its two top officials; Tigran Gambaryan and fleeing Nadeem Anjarwalla, on allegations bordering on tax evasion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reliably gathered on Thursday that Binance, Mr Gambaryan and Mr Anjarwalla, listed as 1st...
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested a man (name withheld) for allegedly beating his 40-year-old wife to death over an undisclosed matter. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday....
The Defence Headquarters has said the release of 313 terrorism suspects to Borno Government was on the orders of the Federal High Court sitting in Maiduguri. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, who made the clarification on Thursday in Abuja, said the suspects were detained on...
The Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd., Mr Olufemi Soneye, has bagged the 2024 Distinguished Spokesperson Award in Oil and Gas. The award was conferred on him by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) on Wednesday night at the inaugural National Spokespersons Award...
The Defence Headquarters has said the troops neutralised 121 terrorists, apprehended 253 and rescued 244 kidnapped hostages in different operations nationwide in one week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj -Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while giving an update on military operations on Thursday in Abuja....
By ANDREW AGBESE If you go to look for Terzungwe, who lives at High Level in Makurdi, between 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, it is most likely that you won’t meet him at home. Ter (as his friends call him), retired from his civil service job...
The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev. Callistus Onaga, has advised priests against misleading their members with false teachings but teach them truth about Christ. Onaga gave the advice in a homily during a Chrism Mass held at Holy Ghost Cathedral, Enugu on Thursday. The News Agency of...
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has warned the Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue (FIRS), Mr Zacch Adedeji against his alleged disregard to appear before the committee on invitation. The committee said that Adedeji’s actions amounted to contempt of parliament. Rep. Bamidele Salam, Chairman, PAC, said this at...
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Anambra chapter, on Thursday commenced an indefinite strike over non implementation of full legislative financial autonomy by the state government. This is contained in a circular signed by the Chairman and the secretary of the association, Mr Abraham Okoye and Mr...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has expressed profound joy at the emergence of the Chairman Lafia Local Government Council, Hon. Aminu Muazu Maifata, as the National Chairman of Association of Local Government of Nigeria, (ALGON). A letter written to Hon. Maifata, by the...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The family of the former member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, has announced his burial arrangements. According to the burial programme, made available to NATIONAL ACCORD in Abuja on Thursday, the late Ojougboh, who died on February 7, 2024, aged...
The prices of tomatoes and other perishables in FCT markets have continued to soar in spite of the items being in its seasons, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN correspondents, who visited Dei-dei, Bwari and Gwagwalada markets in Abuja on Thursday, report that there had been...
The House of Representatives has resolved to halt the planned strike by the Non-Academic Staff of Universities (NASU), with move to intervene in the dispute between the Federal Government and staff of Nigerian Universities. Rep. Abubakar Fulata, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on University Education made the move...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has declared eight persons wanted in connection with the gruesome murder of 17 officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army on March 14 in Okuama community in Delta. The wanted persons include seven men and one woman. They were identified as Akevwru Daniel Omotegbono...
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has directed mining new marshals drawn from the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to smoke out illegal miners and all those who flout the nation’s mining laws. Alake gave the directive while inaugurating the first batch of...