The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), Hafsat Bakari, has said the country would soon exit the “grey list” of countries under increased monitoring by the Financial Action Task Force (FATT). The FATF uses grey lists to identify countries with deficiencies in their anti-money laundering...
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The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has dismissed reports claiming that a contract for the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano road project was awarded to an obscure company, Infoquest Nigeria Limited. Umahi, addressing a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, called the report false, misleading, and damaging. He explained that a publication in...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has called for review of some items in the tax bills for the benefits of Nigerians. TUC President, Festus Osifo made the call in a statement on Tuesday following its National Executive Council meeting. “The threshold for tax exemptions should be increased...
Network Against Corruption and Trafficking Initiative (NACAT) has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate former governor of Akwa Ibom, Udom Emmanuel, over alleged misappropriation of state funds. The group, which made the call in a petition to the EFCC against the former governor on Tuesday...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has said President Bola Tinubu is determined to reset Nigeria, with a view to putting it on the path to sustainable growth and development. Governor Sani said this on Tuesday in Kaduna in his welcome address at a one-day lecture organised by an Arewa...
The newly elected National Chairman, National Rescue Movement (NRM), Chief Edozie Njoku, on Tuesday, promised to lead the party to victory come 2027 general elections. Njoku, who was the former National Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), made the pledge during his inauguration as the NRM’s national chair in...
Maj.-Gen. Frank Etim on Tuesday assumed command as the 43 Commandant of the Nigerian Army School of Infantry(NASI), Jaji Military Cantonment in Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Etim was the erstwhile Director Lesson Learnt, Nigerian Army Headquarters, Department of Army Transformation and Innovation (DATI)....
A Prosecution Witness, Mr Ismail Lawal, on Tuesday told a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court that former governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku gave him 5,000 dollars to relocate to Lagos. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Sept. 30, 2024, arraigned Ishaku and former permanent secretary, Bureau...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Most wanted notorious bandit leader, terrorizing , Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi and parts of Niger State, Bello Turji has reportedly abandoned his captives and some of his herds while on the run from pillar to post for his dear life, a security source has said. The...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development has alerted Nigerians to the outbreak of Anthrax, a zoonotic disease, in Zamfara State. Director, Information and Public Relations Department in the ministry, Mr Ben Goong, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that...
The Minister of the Federal Capital (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, said that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration was committed to the development of rural communities in the territory. Wike stated this while inaugurating the newly constructed 11-kilometre Yangoji – Sukuku – Ebo Road in Kwali Area Council...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Crisis is looming in Dari chiefdom of Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, over the vacant stool of Sangarin Dari, who passed away recently. The three ruling houses of Dari chiefdom, especially Kuturi Kunka Ruling House, has accused some individuals and group of...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Coalition of Northern Groups has kicked against the planned increase of the Value Added Tax by the Federal Government as a way of revenue generation. They instead, called for a downward reduction of the VAT from the current 7.5% to 3% in view...
U.S President Donald Trump has ordered a 75-day pause on enforcing a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the US, as he floated an idea of partnering with the app’s Chinese owner. The executive order delayed implementation of the ‘Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which...
A former presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections, Mr Tunde Omosebi, has sued the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and others for 990 trillion pounds in damages for allegedly violating his fundamental rights. Omosebi, in the suit filed before Justice James...
Justice Ibironke Harrison of the Lagos State High Court has ordered the arrest of Access Bank’s acting Managing Director, Bolaji Agbede and three others for allegedly failing to appear for arraignment. The judge’s order also affected Balmoral International Limited, DDSS International Company Limited, and Adejare Adegbenro. Justice Harrison issued...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has advised the new Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, Mrs Mojisola Meranda, to discharge her duties diligently and conscientiously. The APC Spokesman, Mr Seye Oladejo, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Yobe State Police Command has arrested a suspected bandit’s kingpin in Ngalda, Fika Local Government Area of Yobe. The command’s spokesman, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, who disclosed this in a statement in Damaturu on Tuesday, said a locally made pistol and three cartridges were recovered during the arrest. He said...
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has sworn in six commissioners into the State Executive Council and assigned them portfolios. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Benin, by Mr Umar Ikhilor, Secretary to the State Government. According to Ikhilor, Mr Paul Ohonbamu is assigned to the...
DANJUMA JOSEPH, who travelled to Plateau South Senatorial Zone recently, reports that some roads in the area are dilapidated, with bridges completely washed away. Recently, some few days before Christmas, precisely on Thursday 19th to Saturday, 21st December, 2024 I travelled out of Akwanga to Lafia and headed for...