archiveMarch 14, 2023

A Federal High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 heard how a former minister of power, Mohammed Wakil and others shared a sum of N450million meant to influence the outcome of the 2015 presidential election in Borno State. The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic...

  funding by AfDB, France, Islamic Devp. Bank, BOI for young Nigerians ages 15-35 VP calls on African Governments, private sector to invest more in innovation, targeting job creation AfDB President commends VP’s dynamic leadership, says “you are an amazing leader in our nation, you are very focused, very determined…”...

  The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has brought to the attention of the public the Ministry’s activities towards ensuring a safe and secure cyberspace for Nigerians before, during, and after the 2023 Presidential elections. According Mr. Uwa Sulaiman, the Spokesperson to the...

The Presidency has stated that the February 25 elections may have experienced some problems but were an improvement on previous exercises. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu, made the assertion in a press statement on Monday saying that no candidates except those who...

The visit of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has nothing to do with politics. The Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, who made this clarification on Tuesday, stressed that it is preposterous...

  Sterling Bank Plc has reiterated its determination to empower and energise the creative industry because of its strategic importance to the economic growth of Nigeria. Head of Media and Entertainment Financing at Sterling Bank, Mr. Olanrewaju Olalusi, disclosed this at the weekend in Lagos while addressing participants at a...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today, March 14, 2023 arrested 21 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. The suspects include Joseph Boniface, Emmaneul Okwara, Elijah Iwebie, Moses Hassan, Abdulrahman Lawal, Azu Chidubem Eugene, Abdullahi Adebola and Elijah Simon. Others are Terfa Lincoln, David Kome, Chukwudah Martinez, Adie Matthew, Canice...

  The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, said a total of 12,988,978 cyber-attacks were blocked originating within and outside Nigeria during the presidential election. The ministry spokesperson, Uwa Sulaiman, noted in a statement on Tuesday that in the run-up to the 2023 general elections, there had been...

  The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has renewed his calls on political parties to consider Saturday’s Governorship and States Houses of Assembly election as a contest and not a war. Yakubu, gave the admonition at an Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES)...

  The Presidency has noted that despite that Nigerians may might have been going through the suffering occasioned by the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) but they have embraced it. This was contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on...