archiveOctober 31, 2024

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has restated his resolve to continue his frontal war against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption in order to sustain and surpass his impressive one year scorecard as the nation’s number one graft fighter. He disclosed...

The National Assembly (NASS) has stepped up the war against drug abuse and trafficking by seeking for inclusion of parents. The joint call for parents’ inclusion in the war by the National Assembly came from its joint Committee on Drugs and Narcotics during one-day sensitisation programme organised in collaboration with...

Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, has addressed the misconceptions surrounding the tax reform initiated by the current administration. He noted that the Northern Governors’ Forum on Oct. 28, led by Gov. Muhammed Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, expressed opposition to the new derivation-based...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has recovered over ₦248bn in the last one year. The commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwajaren, made this known on Thursday when he gave an update on the achievements of the anti-graft agency so far. He added that the...

  Nigerian veteran film actor, Pa Charles Olumo Sanyaolu, popularly known as Agbako    has said to have died early hours of today (Thursday, October 31) at the remarkable age of 101. President of Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN), Bolaji Amusan, also known as Mr Latin announced...

  On Wednesday, October 30th  2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, announced through Bayo Onanuga, his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy,  the appoint of Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), filling the role temporarily while the current COAS, Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja,...

Rivers Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has stated that Wednesday’s Abuja Federal Court judgment was Least of his troubles as it would not stop him from administering the state. This is as the judgment has been greeted by widespread criticisms and opposition across various segments of the state. An Abuja Federal...

Governor Uba Sani has approved a new minimum wage of N72,000 for Kaduna State civil servants, with effect from November 2024. A statement issued by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Malam Ibraheem Musa, said that the decision is in line with the governor’s commitment to the advancement of the...

  A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has claimed that the body language of President Bola Tinubu is supporting the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to unleash terror and instability on Rivers State. Eze stated this while reacting to the ruling...

  The U.S. government, through the U.S. Commercial Service Liaison Office to the African Development Bank (AfDB) and U.S. Commercial Service in Nigeria, in partnership with the American Business Council and the AfDB’s Nigeria Country Department, hosted the Discover AfDB workshop, focusing on the Bank’s recent investments in the digital...