archiveMay 12, 2023

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned banks and compliance officers to stop shielding customers complicit in financial malpractices. The commission issued the warning on Friday in Ilorin during a meeting with senior compliance staff from Kwara and Kogi States. Zonal Commander, Michael Nzekwe noted that the officials...

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has lamented the loss of members to the outside world due to poor wages and an indecent working environment in the country. It particularly said over 75,000 of its members have since migrated abroad in the past five years for some...

Telecommunications operators under the aegis of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has informed the telecom users that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted an approval for its members to disconnect Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) if they fail to pay the debt owed to operators for...

President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted former Head of State, retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon, for the wisdom of setting up the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), in 1973. In a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Friday in Abuja, Buhari said that the scheme had truly achieved the goal...

Five residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to stop the inauguration of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s President on May 29. The five applicants who declared themselves as FCT registered voters –  Jeffery Ucheh, Osang Paul Anyaegbunam Okoye, Chibuike Nwachukwu and...

any child not registered is a lost child, without nationality, says NPC census will be outdated if Nigeria gets it right with birth registration, says Emir of Gaya   The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that only 33 per cent of children in Nigeria have birth certificates. The...

  The Nigerian Government has evacuated a total of 2,246 Nigerians from the conflict in Sudan so far. The evacuations were carried out by the Nigerian Air Force and private airlines, including Tarco Airline, Air Peace, Max Air, and Azman Air. The government had allocated $1.2 million for the evacuation...

Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), in the last election, has said that Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), once worked under him He spoke Friday in Anambra State, during the launch of a book titled, ‘Peter Obi: Many Voices, One Perspective’. Obi,...

Former Anambra State Governor, and presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the last election, Mr Peter Obi has insisted that he must be President of Nigeria. Obi, who is in court with the declared   winner of the just concluded election, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said he is convinced in his...

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, is reportedly planning to leave the country before May 29. According to Sahara Reporters, President Muhammadu Buhari has granted the Central Bank governor study leave. This opportunity for Emefiele to flee the country before Buhari leaves office on May 29...