archiveMay 2021

pledges to extend STEP-OYO project to six more schools hands over nine mass luxury buses to civil service As part of activities marking the second anniversary in office of the Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, the governor, on Friday, commissioned one of the Start Them Early Programme (STEP)-Oyo project, an...

Ebonyi Governor David Umahi has dissolved the State Executive Council with immediate effect. Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Kenneth Ugbala announced the dissolution after the council’s meeting on Friday in Abakaliki. Some key officers were, however, not affected by the the dissolution. Those not affected, according to him, include...

The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested Omotade-Sparks Amos Sewanu, operator of the Inks Nation Ponzi Scheme. The suspect who had been at large, was finally arrested on Thursday May 27, 2021 and has made useful statement. Omotade-Sparks who hails from Badagry Lagos State...

The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 43-year-old Amos Olugbenga Olaniyan for allegedly defrauding people of over N128,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Million Naira) in a fraudulent investment scheme. He was arrested following series of petitions by victims. The petitioners alleged that Amos...

The Hon. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed (4th from left) poses for a group photograph with the Board of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) led by the Chairman, Mrs Ronke Sokefun (5th from left) along with the NDIC Managing Director/Chief Executive, Mr Bello Hassan...

The Supreme Court on Friday struck out Osagie Ize- Iyamu’s of the All Progressives Congress (APC) appeal challenging the election of Gov. Godwin Obaseki in the 2020 governorship election in Edo Gov. The apex court in a judgement delivered by Justice  Emmanuel Agim it held that the appeal failed to...

  The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has seized jewelry worth N14 billion from former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke. EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, made this known at the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the assessment and status of recovered loot on Friday in Abuja He also...

 The newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has on Friday assumed the leadership of the Nigerian Army as the 22nd Chief of Army Staff.President Muhammadu Buhari has on Thursday, approved the appointment of Yahaya following the death of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru...

The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC), on COVID-19 has given 132 persons 48-hours to turn themselves to the nearest state public health departments for violating the quarantine provisions of the COVID-19 guidelines. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman PSC on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, made this...

A financial expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, has urged the Federal Government to invest more in key infrastructure and agriculture sectors to consolidate growth in the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Unegbu, a former President, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, made the call in an interview with the News Agency...