archiveJuly 2023

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that it was investigating multiple cases of investment and forex scams to the tune of over N317 billion in Lagos alone. This was disclosed by the acting executive chairman of EFCC, Abdulkarim Chukkol, during a one-day workshop for media practitioners...

President Bola Tinubu has said N8,000 will be paid to 12 million Nigerian families for six months to cushion the effects of petrol subsidy removal. Tinubu during his inaugural presidential address on May 29 announced the removal of the petrol subsidy, causing the prices of petrol products to jump over...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has demanded a reduction in school fees across tertiary institutions in the country to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal on students. Its coordinator, North Central Zone, Mr Shedrack Anzaku, said this in Abuja on Thursday while speaking with newsmen at the...

  In accepting IPOB’s denial, which seemed to have come from a faction of the secessionist movement, the opposition leader appeared to be ignoring the public statement of Simon Ekpa. Nigerian opposition leader Peter Obi on Thursday extended a controversial benefit of the doubt to the separatist movement, Indigenous Peoples...

  The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the domestic operations of one of the airlines in the country, Max Air, indefinitely. The NCAA suspended Parts A3 and D43 with regard to the operation of Max Air’s Boeing 737 aircraft type with immediate effect. This was contained in a...

  The newly appointed Service Chiefs on Thursday arrived the National Assembly for confirmation of their appointments in line with parliamentary rules. The top security Chiefs who are four in number were nominated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu after which he sent their names to the Senate for confirmation. The...

  The campaign team of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has called for the dismissal and probe of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. The team, led by Director-General Otumba Akin Osuntokun, made the demand at a media briefing in...

The Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has given a one-week ultimatum to the Department of the State Security Service (DSS) to either charge the detained suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele to Court or set him free. Justice Hamza Muazu gave the order while...

The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has issued a directive to deploy troops to assert control over regions where the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) imposed a sit-at-home order in the South-East states. Lagbaja’s directive comes in response to an announcement made by Finland-based pro-Biafra agitator, Simon...

  The All Progressive Congress (APC) Chairman in Ekiti State, Paul Omotosho that was recently kidnapped by gunmen has regained his freedom. Ekiti State Police Command announced his freedom in a statement. According to the Command, two other persons also kidnapped alongside Omotosho have been freed. The Command expressed gratitude...