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The Association of Igbo Town Unions (ASITU) has strongly rejected the Federal Government’s plan to acquire land in Imo State and other South East states for the establishment of cattle ranches under the 2025 national budget. The union criticized the move as suspicious, provocative, and unjust, arguing that cattle ranching...

The immediate-past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, says heaven will not fall if the Martins Amaewhule-led House of Assembly impeaches his successor Siminalayi Fubara. At a media parley in Abuja on Wednesday, Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said there is nothing wrong if the lawmakers...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the bill to reform the insurance sector in Nigeria, seeking the recapitalisation of insurance companies in the country, while providing stiffer penalties for defaulters. The law, which recognizes two classes of insurance in the country (life and non-life insurance), increase minimum capital requirement...

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Richard M. Mills Jr. has reaffirmed that the robust working relationship between the United States government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, would continue in order to achieve significant success in the fight against economic and financial crimes and other...

The First Prosecution Witness, PW1 in the ongoing trial of Kore Holdings Limited, , Temitope Erinomo, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, told Justice J. O. Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court Abuja, that the company didn’t report its activities to the appropriate authority in accordance with the Money Laundering (Prevention...

In a landmark ruling on Monday, March 10, 2025, the Supreme Court of Nigeria dismissed appeals filed by the Attorney General of Rivers State and the Speaker of the State’s House of Assembly against the leave granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by the Court of Appeal to...

In response to the security challenges facing the Jerome Udoji Secretariat Complex, Awka, the Anambra State Government, under the leadership of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, has implemented a series of security-based interventions aimed at ensuring the complex's safety and security. Key Interventions According to the state's commissioner for Information,...

In line with its commitment to sanitising the financial space of the nation and offer the investing public adequate and reliable information on the activities of illegal ponzi scheme operators across the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) hereby alerts Nigerians on the operations of 58 companies posturing...

11Plc, a renowned petroleum marketing company, has once again demonstrated its commitment to upholding the highest standards of integrity and quality service. According to a statement from the company signed by Mr. Taofik Lawal, the spokesperson for the company, the company's swift response to a recent incident at one of...

The House of Representatives has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to direct internet service providers in the country to block all websites hosting obscene and pornographic contents with immediate effect. The resolution was passed on Tuesday following a motion sponsored by Dalhatu Tafoki, an All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker...