archiveSeptember 2, 2021

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will leave for Tanzania on Thursday , according to his Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity), Laolu Akande. The VP is expected back in the country on Monday. Osinbajo’s aide made this known via his Facebook posting on Thursday evening. Said Mr. Akande, “Vice President Yemi...

Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has ordered the freezing of N19,178, 253,050 belonging to convicted former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB, Francis Atuche. The Judge gave the order following an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...

cautions FG against punishing rtd. Navy Commodore Kunle Olawunmi President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria(PFN), Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has described as illogical, the move by the Federal Government to punish Nigerians who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Besides, the PFN President cautioned the government against molesting or...

Former Niger State governor, Alhaji Babangida Aliyu has urged the Federal Government to develop a comprehensive national plan to cater to the nation’s growing population. Aliyu, Chairman, Board of Trustees of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, gave the advice at the foundation’s Scholars, Mentorship Forum, held on Thursday in Abuja....

  The family of late Sir Victor Uwaifo has announced the burial arrangements for the late music legend. The burial arrangements, according to the family, will take three days. In an exclusive chat with The Nation, Uwaifo’s manager, Chris Eburu, said the burial ceremony will begin on September 23-26, 2021....

  No fewer than 5,890 terrorists have surrendered to troops in the Northeast following intensive bombardment of their hideouts, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has disclosed. Five hundred and sixty-five of the surrendered Boko Haram terrorists, comprising three Commanders, four Amirs, five Nakibs and others have been handed over to the...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has explained that concerted efforts by the Corporation and some Federal agencies to combat the menace of smuggling of petroleum products have been largely hampered by existing arbitrage fueled by the prevailing huge price differentials in pump price of petrol in Nigeria and neighboring...

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that troops of Operation Hadarin Daji arrested no fewer than 81 bandits, their collaborators and other criminal elements in the last three weeks across the North-West Zone. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Bernard Onyeuko, made the disclosure while giving an update on the...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied Senate’s allegation that it has failed to remit 80 per cent of its operational surpluses into the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) account in the last five years. The CBN denied the allegation which was made by the Chairman Senate Committee on...

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a criminal investigation into an approximated six trillion naira given to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) since 2001. Recall that the President had ordered for a holistic forensic audit of the activities of the Commission from inception to August 2019 in response to the...