The embattled former governor of Kogi Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has been advised to to avail himself in court on Wednesday over alleged N80.2bn money laundering case. The former Kogi governor has been having a running-battle with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N80.2bn fraud. A source...
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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced on Monday that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the construction of roads in Abuja’s satellite towns. Wike made this known while addressing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting. He emphasised that these satellite towns had...
President of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Dr Ike Neliaku, has said Africans must reject the narrative of being a second fiddle continent in global affairs. Neliaku was speaking on Monday at a virtual engagement titled: “Globalisation of African Peace and Security Strategies, Laying the Foundation,” organised...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the construction of 14 roads and bridges, which were badly affected by floods, in Ekiti State, Adamawa, Kebbi and Enugu States. Works Minister David Umahi said this while addressing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting. He said the others are in...
The Presidential Committee on flood relief and rehabilitation, has donated N1 billion to the victims of flood disaster in Borno. The fifth Wazirin Katsina, Alhaji Sani Lugga, who is a member of the committee. disclosed this in a statement issued in Katsina on Monday. He said,“Because of the unprecedented...
By MBAFAN ADE – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) , has approved a loan of $67.3 million to Madagascar to implement the first phase of its economic growth-inducing Financial Management and Resilience Support Programme for 2024-2025. Approved on 20 September 2024, the loan from...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Yiaga Africa, an Election Monitoring Group, on Monday said the just concluded Edo State Governorship election failed integrity test due to lack of transparency in the results collation process, leading to result manipulation. The group therefore called for accountability and urgent amendments of the...
The European Union (EU) has said that it supported Nigeria and five other Sahel countries affected by flood with 5.4 million Euros. In a statement issued by the bloc and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday, the other countries that benefitted are Chad, Niger, Cameroon, Mali and...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has congratulated the governor-elect, Sen. Monday Opkebholo, on his victory in the keenly contested Saturday’s governorship election. Comrade Shaibu in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Musa Ebomhiana urged the governor-elect to be magnanimous...
Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded Edo governorship election, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has said that his aspiration was never about power but a genuine desire to serve Edo people. In his thank you message to Edo people made available to newsmen on Monday in...
Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, has said Nigeria has earned the right to become a member of the UN Security Council after contributing to 41 peacekeeping missions, deploying over 200,000 troops. Badaru said this, in his address at the Summit of the Future interactive dialogue 2, titled:...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, stopped the EFCC from prosecuting Mr Leno Adesanya, the promoter of Sunrise Power and Transmission Co Ltd, on allegations bordering on the six billion dollars Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project fraud. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, also gave an order of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned comedians and skit makers against unauthorised use of its uniforms and other operational accoutrements in their productions. The anti-graft agency in a statement on its X (formerly twitter) account on Monday, warned that any unauthorised...
By IBRAHIM Obansa, Lokoja – A group, the Forum of Amalgamated Unions of Concerned Kogi Citizens, has called on president Ahmed Bola Tinubu to caution the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC ), Mr. Ola Olukoyode to ensure that professionalism is applied in the ongoing prosecution...
Nigerian Army troops have killed eight notorious terrorist fighters and rescued 16 kidnapped hostages in sweeping operations against terrorists and insurgents in different parts of the country. The Nigerian Army, in a post on its official X-Handle on Monday, said the troops recovered a haul of firearms during the...
The Western Nigeria Security Network in Ondo State, code named Amotekun Corps, has arrested 27 suspects over alleged kidnapping, stealing and other crimes. The State Commander of the Amotekun Corps, Mr Adetunji Adeleye, made the disclosure while parading the suspects before newsmen on Monday in Akure. Adeleye said that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In response to the recent flood disaster that ravaged Maiduguri and Jere LGAs, UNICEF, in collaboration with the Borno State Government, Primary Healthcare Development Agency (PHCDA), and other partners, have launched campaigns for Oral Cholera Vaccination, Measles Vaccination, and Vitamin A supplementation. The UNICEF...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the suit seeking the removal of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’d National Chairman. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, dismissed the suit on the ground that the plaintiff, the North Central APC Forum, led by Alhaji Saleh...
Troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, have neutralised two suspected oil thieves, and apprehended 18 others during different anti-illegal bunkering operations in the Niger Delta. The division’s Spokesman, Lt.-Col. Danjuma Danjuma, said in a statement in Port Harcourt on Monday, that the operations were held in Akwa Ibom,...