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31 Oct
An anti-corruption group, the Advocate for Social Justice (ASJ) has called on the Code of Conduct Bureau to beam its searchlights on the source of wealth of the Zamfara state Governor, Mr Dauda Lawal allegedly worth over $5 billion.
31 Oct
The Appeal Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, vacated the judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja which nullified Mr Timipre Sylva’s candidacy for All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 11 Bayelsa governorship election.
31 Oct
Police Council has confirmed Dr Kayode Egbetokun as the substantive Inspector General of Police, at its first meeting under President Bola Tinubu. Egbetokun earned the confirmation following his giant strides in capacity building of officers, and operational decisions a few months after appointment. The last time the Nigeria Police Council met was on June 4,…
31 Oct
A non-profit foundation, Caprecon Development Foundation, has expressed worry over the growing rate of out-of-school children in Kano, just as he promised to complement government effort to return the vulnerable children back to school. Statistics indicated over 3 million out-of-school children in Northern Nigeria with Kano having the larger percent, an ugly development fast become…
31 Oct
The governor of Ogun Dapo Abiodun on Tuesday revealed his administration's plan to deploy Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueled mass transit buses to students across campuses in the state.
31 Oct
The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund), Sonny Echono, has announced a direct intervention in public tertiary institutions for the year 2024. At an interactive session with heads of over 200 beneficiary institutions yesterday in Abuja, Echono said the meeting was called to get their input into the draft disbursement guidelines for tertiary institutions…
31 Oct
The Senate has approved the nomination of Zacchaeus Adedeji as Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Appearing at Tuesday’s upper chamber for his screening, Adedeji disclosed his plans to improve the nation’s revenue. Adedeji explained that the issue in Nigeria is that of proper data, stating that developing data upon which decisions will…
31 Oct
President Bola Tinubu says the Federal Government will inaugurated a Presidential Taskforce to monitor and ensure progress of the deployment of key projects in the power sector. Tinubu said this at the Nigerian Electricity Supply industry (NESI) Market Participants and Stakeholders Round Table (NMPSR), on Monday in Abuja. The round table had as theme; “NESI…
31 Oct
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday resolved to invite the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu over modalities to be used in the distribution of N25,000 per month to 15 million households over a period of three months. This was sequel to an urgent motion moved by Morufu Adebayo (Osun, PDP)…
31 Oct
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, wrote the House of Representatives seeking the approval of the lawmakers for a supplementary appropriation bill of N2,176,791,286,033. The president in a letter read at plenary, the speaker, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, said the supplementary budget is aimed at addressing labour wage adjustments, security, and other matters. Aside from that, the…
31 Oct
Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, has advised former vice president Atiku Abubakar to end his “unprofitable” presidential ambition. In a statement titled: “Time for Atiku Abubakar to finally go away and end his ambition to be President”, Onanuga observed that Atiku had been in that pursuit for three…
31 Oct
The Federal Government is proposing to introduce a sports betting industry tax scheme in the country. The executive secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF), Bello Maigari, on Tuesday said Nigerians spend billions of dollars on betting each year despite the economic hardship in the country. Maigari said this at the second edition of…
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Cryptocurrency exchange company, Binance said it is working very closely with the Nigerian government over its detained executive. The CEO of Binance, Richard Teng, disclosed this on Thursday with the company's head of financial crime compliance still in detention in Nigeria. The Nigerian government's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Binance for laundering…
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Landmark Group said the Lagos State government is yet to consult it on the Lagos-Calabar coastal road construction and beach sand filling. Landmark made this disclosure in a statement on Thursday and said the issue of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road passing through Landmark Beach remains a topic of wide-reaching discourse. The Group said it wants…
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The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Hassan Dada, has expressed concern about the high number of weapons in unauthorized hands in Nigeria.
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President Bola Tinubu has approved system-wide policies to comprehensively overhaul the education sector to improve learning and skill development, increase enrolment, and ensure the academic security of the nation's children. The approved policies are captured as DOTS, an acronym representing: Data Repository, Out-of-School Children Education, Teacher Training & Development, and Skill Development & Acquisition. According…
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The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has urged former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and others to honour the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Fagbemi also hit out at Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, for obstructing the EFCC from arresting his successor, Bello…
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Police in Lagos State have arrested a driver, Azeez Babatunde, for alleged unlawful possession of two locally-made pistols in the Maroko area of the state.
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Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi State. The adjournment, set for April 23, 2024, was prompted by the pursuit of substituted service and the possible arraignment of Bello for…
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NORTHERN Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed deep concern over alleged harassment and attack on northerners conducting their legitimate businesses in southern Nigeria by criminal elements in the past three months. NEF clarifies that it had never engaged in any discussion regarding the politics of 2027 or decided on whom to support or not to…
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KANO Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has concluded plans to invest N1.2 billion in network expansion and improvement of power supply to the famous Dawanau International Grains Market, Kano State. The Head, Corporate Communications, Sani Bala Sani, stated, yesterday, that the network expansion and power generation were some of the company's major plans to improve power supply…
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FORMER Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, who represented Kwara South in the 8th National Assembly, has passed on at 58 years of age. Ibrahim, who died about 4.30am, yesterday, at an Abuja hospital, has been buried according to Islamic rites in a Muslim cemetery, Osere, in Ilorin, Kwara State. The deceased was, reportedly,…