archiveMarch 2021

The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on WEdnesday, March 3, 2021 secured the conviction of Badamasi Hamisu and Isah Aliyu before Justice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court on one count each bordering on cheating. One of the charge reads, "That you...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (The NSE) on Wednesday, 3 March 2021 engaged with Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) Issuers’ in the Nigerian capital market consistent with its commitment to deepen activities in the segment. The virtual session highlighted key development areas for the market specifically in terms of product issuances, market...

Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama Abuja today Wednesday, March 3, 2021 granted bail to a former Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, Benjamin Ezra Dikki and his Company, Kebna Studios &Communications Limited. Dikki and his company, Kebna Studios &Communications Limited, were...

  The Senate Committee on Public Accounts, on Wednesday, summoned the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over alleged payment of N443 billion as subsidy without appropriation. The Committee also summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over alleged disappearance of $9.5 million interest from investment of Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT),...

  Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi says the state government has earmarked N3 billion for the #EndSARS youth empowerment scheme. Umahi said this on Wednesday in Abakaliki, while declaring the Ebonyi #End SARS youth summit open. He said that his administration had put necessary machinery in place to ensure the...

The Senate has commenced moves to establish the National University of Health and Medical Sciences in Suleja, Niger State, with the consideration of a bill which scaled second reading on Wednesday. Sponsored of the Bill, Senator Mohammed Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), while leading the debate on the floor, told...

The Presidency has said there is a strong suspicion that choppers are being used to transport arms to bandits, while defending the Zamfara State no-fly zone order given by the Nigerian government. The Senior Special Assistant to The President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu told Daily Trust on...

The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, has said COVID-19 vaccination will not be mandatory in Nigeria, adding that nobody will be forced to take any vaccine. Nigeria yesterday received nearly four million doses of COVID-19 vaccines shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and...

  The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has revealed that up to 2.3 million Nigerians have registered on its portal for scheduled COVID-19 vaccination. NPHCDA made this disclosure on Wednesday, March 3, in response to fears that people may not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Although there...

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked the residence of the Sokoto State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Bashir Usman Gorau, abducting the wife of his elder brother, Alhaji Lawali Gorau and another brother, Hassan Manya. According to SaharaReporters, Gorau disclosed the news of the abduction on his verified Facebook...