After more than four months of investigation, the Special Investigator probing the Central Bank of Nigeria, Jim Obazee, has said the former CBN Governor Mr Godwin Emefiele and others embezzled billions of naira and committed other gross financial offences. According to a report by the online newspaper Premium Times,...
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The Jigawa chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has faulted claim by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party that former Gov. Sule Lamido is working for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Alhaji Isa Bello, the state PDP chairman stated this at a news conference in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the timetable and schedule for upcoming by-elections and court-ordered re-runs. The move was due to the resignation or death of members of the National and State Houses of Assembly, a statement by the commission...
The Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) Terminal 2, at the local wing of the airport in Lagos, was full of activity on Friday, as travellers trooped in to fly, ahead of the Christmas break. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited the terminal reports that some of...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed 25,000 of its personnel to ensure protection of lives, and critical infrastructure across the nation during the yuletide season. NSCDC Commandant General (CG), Dr Ahmed Audi, stated this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said one of its towers T372 around Katsaita Village in Yobe was vandalized by some hoodlums on Thursday. The company said the vandals brought down the 330 Kilo Volt (KV) transmission tower which pulled down another...
Death toll on Friday’s building collapse at Ebute Meta, Lagos State, has increased to three with the recovery of the body of a 12-year-old boy. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the Territorial Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, confirmed the figure to newsmen in Lagos. The News Agency of...
The National Association of Donkey Farmers (NADFAMS), has said the country can generate more than 60 million dollars annually and provide jobs for millions of youths through production of donkeys. A member of Board of Trustees of NADFAM, Mr Chidebere Innabuike, said this at the official inauguration of the...
An ex-convict, Mr Zakariya Mohammed, has said he earns over N150,000 monthly from shoemaking trade he started in the past five months. Mohammed said that he learnt bag and shoemaking skill while serving term at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Billiri, Gombe State. He told the News Agency...
The Special Investigator on the Central Bank of Nigeria and Related Entities, Jim Obazee, has indicated that the recent naira redesign wasn’t expressly approved by former President Muhammadu Buhari. Obazee had gathered that the approval came from Buhari’s aide, Sabiu Tunde ‘Yusuf’. This was contained in the investigator’s...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed the sum of N4,729,281,486.64 billion to the six area councils and other stakeholders as statutory allocation for the month of November, 2023. The amount represent a slight decrease when compared to N4,966,217,872.99billion shared in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – For the fourth time since 2020, Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has, approved free transportation for 630 families who intend to travel to their various states for the Christmas celebration as a way of cushioning the effect of the current hardship...
The Benue Investment and Property Company (BIPC) has cleared the seven months salary arrears and four months allowances owed its staff. This is contained in a statement signed by the Managing Director (MD/CEO), Dr Raymond Asemakaha, on Friday in Makurdi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov....
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu on Friday, congratulated the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, on the occasion of the annual Igue Festival in Benin on Thursday. The governor said: “On the joyous occasion of the 2023 Igue...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Point of Sale (PoS) operators to stop disrupting the seamless distribution of Naira notes. The Acting CBN Director, Corporate Communications, Mrs Hakama Sidi-Ali, who gave the warning in a...
A woman was killed and two people were injured by a large Christmas tree that fell over in the Belgian city of Oudenaarde on Thursday evening, authorities said on Friday. Security camera footage on Belgian news media showed a brightly lit 20-metre (65.62 ft) high Christmas tree slowly...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has expressed her determination to serve everyone irrespective of their political differences. Senator Natasha-Akpoti spoked on Thursday while receiving some National Assembly workers who are of Kogi Central extraction in her office....
A Business and Property Court in London presided over by Justice Robin Knowles of the Commercial Courts of England and Wales has refused to grant an application by Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) seeking to appeal the judgement stopping the enforcement of its $11 billion award against Nigeria....
Bishop Callistus Onaga inaugurating Mother and Child Unit of GOUNI Teaching Hospital The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev. Callistus Onaga, on Thursday inaugurated the Mother and Child Unit of the Godfrey Okoye University Teaching Hospital, Enugu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the...