archiveMay 2021

    The Maiduguri Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Onwukwe C. Obiora, has stressed the need for the Nigerian Army and the Commission to collaborate in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing in the Northeast. He stated this Thursday, May 6, 2021, during...

  The Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Bello Hassan, has stressed the need for effective collaboration between regulators and operators in the banking system for the establishment of sound ethics and professionalism in the banking industry. He made the call during the courtesy...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has commiserated with the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on the death of his son, Pastor Dare Adeboye. Lawan also condoled with the entire Adeboye family and members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God...

Former Ogun Gov Daniel tells VP: We know your job is not easy, but we are proud of you Though Nigeria is facing diverse challenges, it will overcome the problems and realize its potentials especially if people who share progressive views continue to work together in the interest of the...

Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested leader of a syndicate selling and buying human organs for trafficking to foreigners. The syndicate leader: Ukaeje John Emeka( alias Dr. Phil Mark,  Dr. Donald Phillip,  Dr. Wesley David), was arrested on April...

  Gunmen on Wednesday night kidnapped some of students of Abia State University, Uturu. It was gathered that the hoodlums whisked the students into the forest shortly after they ambushed them while journeying on a bus along Okigwe-Uturu Road. The Commissioner for Information in the state, John Kalu, confirmed the...

The House of Representatives is to invite various departments and agencies of the Federal Government over illicit financial flows in Nigeria to review Nigeria’s laws and policies against the economic challenge. At the plenary on Thursday, the House specifically mandated its Committees on Finance; Anti-Corruption; Financial Crimes; Banking and Currency;...

  Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has said that over 50,000 hectares of farmland were abandoned by farmers in the state in 2020, due to bandits’ attacks. Masari made the disclosure on Thursday in Katsina at the launch of the 2021 Maize Wet Season Farming and first Maize Pyramid...

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned telecom consumers not to share their cell phones, National Identity Number (NIN), and Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards with others. Mr Efeosa Edehen, Director Consumer Affairs Bureau, NCC, said on Thursday at a consumer conversation event organised by the commission in Abuja...

  The renowned ratings agency Moody’s said on Thursday that it has placed First Bank of Nigeria on review for downgrade after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sacked the board of the lender and its parent and appointed new directors. According to the organization, “The review will focus primarily...