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The Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, November 23, 2020 secured the conviction of one Rabiu Alhasan Dawaki before Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano State High Court on charges of conspiracy and criminal breach of trust. Dawaki was arraigned alongside two...

  In spite of the fact that the nation has gone into recession, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed on Monday said that the economy did better than many global economies. Speaking at the 26th edition of the Nigerian Economy Summit Group (NESG) in Abuja,...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South) be remanded in Kuje correctional centre. Justice Okon Abang made the order on Monday following Ndume’s failure to produce Abdulrasheed Maina, who is standing trail before the court on money laundering charge and for whom, Ndume...

Former Commissioner of Health in the administration of Mohammed Abubakar, Dr. Zuwaira Hassan, has died in a car accident. The accident was said to have occurred on Monday morning at Zaranda village, about 36 kilometers away from Bauchi metropolis. Hassan who is also the Head of Department, Community Medicine, College...

  The Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has sacked his Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Kola Olawoye. Akeredolu who didn’t state reasons for the removal of Olawoye, immediately appointed a human rights lawyer, Mr. Charles Titiloye, as the new Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. Akeredolu’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr...

  as 1.4 million reported dead   Over 40 million of the over 58 million people infected by COVID-19 across the world have recovered from the disease after treatment. The figure indicates the level of success countries and health professionals have recorded in containing the virus. As of Monday morning,...

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) says that the annual Abuja International Trade Fair (#AITF), targeting 500 local and foreign exhibitors, will run from Nov. 24 to Dec. 4, 2020. The trade fair was earlier postponed as a result of the mayhem that trailed the ENDSARS protests. A...

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, said on Monday that only an intellectual and competent leader can truly transform Nigeria as the country slid into its second recession in five years. Moghalu, who was reacting to the confirmation that Nigeria has now...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday said that Nigeria must act now, by taking necessary, and painful actions including adjustment to the proposed 2021 budget, to exit another recession the country has entered. Abubakar in a statement he issued in Abuja, said that although COVID-19 pandemic had exacerbated an...

US President-elect Joe Biden will name his first cabinet picks on Tuesday, his chief of staff said, even as Donald Trump clung to unsubstantiated claims of fraud despite growing dissent from within his own party. Biden has pushed ahead with preparations to assume the presidency on January 20, regardless of...