archiveOctober 20, 2023

The Economic and financial Crimes Commission,  Enugu Zonal Command, has secured the conviction  and sentencing of twenty five, 25,  internet fraudsters before Justice Nnamdi Dimkpa  of the  Federal High Court sitting in Awka,  Anambra State They were jailed on Friday, October 13, 2023, after pleading guilty to one –count separate charge bordering on impersonation. The Convicts...

Nigeria’s Ambassador to Morocco, Alhaji Mansur Nuhu Bamalli, also known as the Magajin Garin Zazzau and a biological younger brother of the Emir of Zazzau, has passed away. He died at a private hospital in Lagos while in transit to Morocco. A statement from the Zazzau emirate council’s media and...

  The Abuja National Mosque Management Board has denied reports that the Minister of the Federal Capital Terrority, Nyesom Wike, ordered a partial demolition of the National Mosque. Haliu Shuaib, the board’s Director of Finance and Administration, refuted the reports during a press conference in Abuja on Friday. There were...

The Federal Government has approved N35,000 as minimum wage for Federal Civil Servants to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. This was contained in a memo from the Presidency, signed by the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Ekpo U. O. Nta. The...

  Rural women in Apomu, headquarters of Isokan local government area of Osun state, gathered at the Palace of Alapomu to mark this year's International Day of Rural Women on Sunday, October 15. The event was organised by Olori Janet Afolabi Foundation. Addressing the women,Olori Janet Afolabi Queen of Apomu...

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Olukorede Keisha, on Friday, revealed plans for a comprehensive overhaul of the Third Mainland Bridge’s asphalt layers. This is coming after the Federal Government announced that the bridge will be closed to traffic from Saturday, October 21, 2023, to Sunday, October 22,...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the confirmation of the appointment of Adewale Adeniyi as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service. Mr Willie Bassey, Director Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. According to the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission announced on Friday that it has finalised its deployment plans for the off-season Governorship Elections in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi State. INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, spoke to the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) at a meeting in Abuja, INEC said it will conduct the off-cycle...

The peaceful walk, led by skit maker Adebowale Adebayo, also known as Mr Macaroni, witnessed heavy security presence. Protesters, on Friday, stormed the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos to commemorate the third anniversary of the killings of armless protesters by the officers of the Nigerian Army and police on October 20,...

The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has described controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, as a Taliban in Nigeria. Ayodele said Gumi wants to use the issue with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, to cause a religious crisis in Nigeria. In...