archive2023

Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development Sadiya Umar-Farouq, who served in the government of Muhammadu Buhari, has denied knowing a contractor with the Ministry, James Okwete, who was reportedly arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly laundering N37 billion. Reports making the...

At the conclusion of the World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC) 2023, Nigeria joined the rest of the World to sign unto the Final Act WRC-23, which constitutes a record of the decisions taken at the conference. The Final Act comprises both the new and revised provisions of the Radio Regulations, an...

  The Akwa Ibom State director of the National Orientation Agency ,NOA, Mr. Mkpoutom Ufort Mkpoutom has commended the efforts of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  in combating corruption, economic and financial crimes in the country. He gave the commendation in a recent courtesy visit to the Uyo...

  as APC chieftain, Akintola SAN, lauds gov Governor of Oyo State, 'Seyi Makinde, on Sunday, assured residents of the state that his administration will continue to embark on building infrastructure that impacts on the economy of the state The governor stated this in Ido, while commissioning the 10 kilometres...

The Special CBN Investigator, Jim Obazee, has called on Titan Trust Bank’s (TTB) chairman, Babatunde Lemo, for questioning regarding TTB’s acquisition of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc (UBN). According to The Nation, Lemo, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has been instructed to present himself at...

  President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the heinous and brutal attacks in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which resulted in the tragic loss of many lives. President Tinubu directed security agencies to immediately move in, scour every stretch of the zone, and apprehend the culprits....

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has reacted to the recent horrifying incidents that occurred in Plateau State on Christmas Eve. The apex Christian body sent its condolence to families, friends, and communities who tragically lost their loved ones in the villages of Ruku, Hurum, Darwat, Mai Yanga Sabo, NTV,...

Nobel laureate and academic, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said that he would assess President Bola Tinubu’s administration after one year into his tenure. Soyinka stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to the President Tinubu in Lagos. The literary icon, who described this as a personal policy of his,...

  says state’ll be in better economic situation soon Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has told the chairmen of Local Governments and Local Council Development Authorities sacked during his first term of office to desist from trying to destabilise the state. The governor maintained that the sacked chairmen had been...

Nigeria’s correctional centres have 3,413 inmates on death row, according to Mr Abubakar Umar, spokesperson of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS). Umar told journalists on Friday in Abuja that the total number of inmates in centres across the country is 77,849 comprising 76,081 males and 1,768 females “as of Monday,...