archiveOctober 16, 2023

The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that it will not trample on people’s right and press freedom in the fight against fake news and disinformation in the country. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr. Mohammed Idris stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in...

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on October 13, 2023, arraigned Michael Anan Onimisi before Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna for developing a software code named: “Bee-Leaf” and “Real-Eve” to defraud First City Monument Bank Plc, the sum...

  food inflation rate in September rose by 7.30% to 30.64 per cent The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday that Nigeria’s annual inflation rate rose to 26.72 per cent in September from 25.80 per cent in August, even as the statistics office said the September 2023 headline...

  Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana, has picked a hole in the appointment of the new Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, saying that it is unlawful and against the federal character principle for the chairmen of the two anti-graft federal agencies...

  The Alternative Bank, Nigeria’s newest entrant into the financial services sector, launched in spectacular fashion by holding simultaneous launch events in three major cities across the country - Lagos, Abuja, and Kano, making it the first synchronized multi-city brand launch in Nigeria’s history. The Alternative Bank is the ethical...

  Another set of 50 lucky Nigerians have emerged winners in the monthly draw of ongoing Polaris "Save N Win" promo. The draw which took place at the Polaris Bank Headquarters in Victoria Island, Lagos last weekend, is in line with the Bank's commitment to rewarding its esteemed customers. The...

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, September 28, 2023 secured the conviction and sentencing of  Goni Muhammad and Seidu Seriki Hamani to seven years imprisonment, for offering fake gold belonging to former First Lady,  Mrs Patience Jonathan to their victims. They were...

  Kingsley Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has kicked against the federal government’s plan to borrow $1.5 billion from the World Bank. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, while speaking with journalists at the 2023 Annual...

  Unity Bank customers, Nmeregini Chukwuebuka and Sharif Yusuf Mohd have emerged as winners of 500,000 and 150,000 naira respectively in the ongoing Verve National Consumer Promo. Organized by payment processor, Verve Card Services Limited, the winners emerged in the August draw where other Unity Bank customers also won prizes...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned  Aisha Alkali Wakil (a.k.a Mama Boko Haram) alongside Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode w before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on two -count charges bordering on conspiracy and cheating to the tune of N150,000,000.00...