archiveOctober 17, 2023

  Anambra joins Lagos, Kaduna, Ebonyi in top 5; Zamfara, Bayelsa and Benue lead from bottom   BudgIT, a prime civic-tech organization leading the advocacy for fiscal transparency and accountability in Nigeria, has launched the 2023 edition of its annual States of States report   themed Subnational Healthcare Delivery for Improved...

Justice O.O. Abike -Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced one Gabriel Ohaohakara to one year imprisonment for $30,000 crypto investment fraud. The convict perpetrated the scam by creating a fake investment website, britishtradelimited.com, and a telegram channel for the same purpose He...

  A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has said that the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, won the February 25 presidential election and not Bola Tinubu as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to him, available factual data,...

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on October 16, 2023, arraigned one Sunday Simon,( a.k.a Ryan Eggold ) before Justice A.A Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kaduna, for defrauding an American: Garri Kalish, the sum of $800( Eight Hundred Dollars...

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Musa Adamu Aliyu as the new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale confirmed the appointment in a statement on Tuesday. The President also approved Clifford Okwudiri Oparaodu as...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Alhaji Jalal Ahmad Arabi as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) for a term of four years in the first instance. The president also directed the outgoing Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the...

  President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday flagged off the Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer for 15 million households in the country to mark the commemoration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Speaking at the event inside the briefing room of the presidential villa in Abuja, he said...

  The Labour Party has berated the Federal Government over the proposed procurement of cars at the cost N160 million each for the members of the House of Representatives. The party accused the government of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of not being sensitive to the plight of Nigerians. The...

  A former Minister of Works, Sen. Adeseye Ogunlewe, has urged the secretarial staff to explore new skills and technologies of practice to remain relevant in the profession. Ogunlewe, the Fuwajoye of Ikorodu Kingdom, gave the advice at the 32nd Annual National Conference and Workshop of the Association of Professional...

  The Ogun State Government has commended the Federal Government for approving its plan to take over the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Road and transform it into a world-class carriageway. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) gave the State government a nod to fix and toll the  expressway although the road...