archiveJune 2022

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has uncovered billions of Naira from a property which the ICPC says belongs to a certain K Salam Construction Company, a military contractor. In a brief statement titled – ICPC Clears The Air On Media Report Of Abuja Property’s Raid...

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has prayed for the family of Ekweremadu and the quick healing of their daughter. The Deputy Senate President and his wife Beatrice, were reportedly arrested on Thursday and remanded in the UK Police custody after...

  The Supreme Court on Friday struck out a suit filed by President Muhammad Buhari and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, voiding the provisions of Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022. Messrs Buhari and Malami had filed a suit on April 29 before the apex court through...

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele on Thursday explained that monetary policy interventions alone cannot totally address the lingering foreign exchange scarcity challenges currently hurting various businesses, especially in the manufacturing sector. Emefiele disclosed this in a keynote to the maiden bi-annual Non-Oil Export Summit held in Lagos....

    An 88-year-old prosecution witness, Tawakalitu Afolake Ilumoka, on Thursday, June 16, 2022, told Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja how one Olorunfemi Ayodeji duped her N36m. Ayodeji, also known as Otunba, is facing a three-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence,...

  The Catholic Diocese of Enugu has condemned and dissociated itself from inflammatory political utterances by Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the Director of Catholic Adoration Ministry Chaplaincy Enugu. It would be recalled that Mbaka had on Wednesday described Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi as a ‘stingy man, declaring that...

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged members of the party to accept in good faith the choice of Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, as Atiku Abubakar’s running mate. It would be recalled that Okowa was on Thursday unveiled by Atiku, the party’s...

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned hotel owners to avoid being accomplices to internet fraudsters who check into their facilities. The Zonal Commander of EFCC, Mr Michael Nzekwe, gave the warning in Ilorin on Thursday while addressing a stakeholders meeting of Designated...

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lamented that despite the recovery of Nigeria’s economy that resulted in a 3.6 per cent year-on-year Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, inflation is still high in the country. The IMF said this after the completion of a series of meetings between its...

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has congratulated Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate, for picking Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate. Abubakar earlier today named Okowa, governor of Delta, as his running mate for the 2023 general election. Prior to the announcement, Nyesom...