archiveMay 2025

…unveils central database of forfeited assets The Federal Government has disclosed that looted funds totalling $ 967.5 billion and N277 billion have been recovered in cash and assets. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, who said this on Tuesday stressed that the recovery...

A Non-governmental Organisation, Heritage Advancement Forum (HAF), has embarked on an impactful outreach in Ogombo community Ajah, Lagos, a rural community where access to essential health services remains a significant challenge. The outreach was designed to address critical gaps in healthcare access and awareness, particularly in underserved areas. The President...

It has now become illegal to receive cash payments as government revenue collection in Anambra State. The ninth Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) made this pronouncement on Monday 26th of May at the ninth council meeting. It is now forbidden to pay taxes and other revenues in cash as part...

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on students of tertiary institutions in the country to maximize the internal control mechanisms of their schools in tackling cybercrime in their campuses, just as they did against campus cultism. “I recall that many...

Rite Foods Limited, Nigeria’s leading manufacturer of quality beverages and sausages, proudly announces its continued sponsorship of the iconic Ojude Oba Festival 2025. This year’s celebration, themed “Ojude Oba: Celebrating Our Roots, Preserving Our Future,” is tentatively scheduled for June 8, 2025, subject to the sighting of the moon. Held...

The ninth Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) meeting held at the new government house mini-city has approved the hosting of the 2025 Children's Day celebration at the Solution Fun City, recently commissioned by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The ANSEC meeting held on Monday, May 26, 2025, has made plans to...

President Bola Tinubu has written to the National Assembly requesting legislative approval for several fresh loans totalling N40.5 trillion amidst a worsening economic climate for the coy.  In three separate letters transmitted to the National Assembly on Tuesday and read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Mr Tinubu requested the National...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has revealed that only between 10 and 19 per cent of Nigerians pay taxes, making it one of the lowest compliance rates on the continent. Speaking at the public presentation of a new children’s tax education book titled “Taxation: Essential Knowledge for Nigerian Children,”...

Chief Olabode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the locking up of the party’s secretariat in the FCT is sacrilegious and unacceptable. George said the sealing of the PDP secretariat for owning ground rent is deliberate and malicious. George, a member of the PDP Board of...

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, convicted and sentenced two oil marketers, Mamman Nasir Ali and Christian Taylor, to 14 years imprisonment each for N2.2bn oil subsidy fraud. They were re-arraigned alongside Nasaman Oil Services Limited on an amended...