The Kogi government has debunked the rumour that the state has approved the establishement of the “office of immediate past governor”. Usman Ododo was sworn in as the governor of the state on Saturday. After taking his oath of office, Ododo named 16 commissioner nominees to be screened by the state house of assembly […]
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded an improved ranking in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), moving five places up to rank 145 out of 180 countries assessed. According to the latest corruption index released by Transparency International (TI), the country also gained one point added to its previous 24, ending up scoring 25 out of the […]
President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to expeditiously confirm the sack of the chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Babatunde Irukera. This is contained in a letter by President Bola Tinubu read out by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary on Tuesday. Tinubu also sought […]
A British-Nigerian minister, MP Kate Osamor, has been suspended by the United Kingdom. Osamor was suspended after accusing Israel of genocide on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day. The minister sparked outrage after claiming in her weekly newsletter that Gaza should be added to the list of ‘recent genocides’. Posting a photo of herself […]
The Ogun State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed that one Olumide Openaike, a staff member of a Microfinance Bank, Kemta Oloko, reported to have been missing and found in Mokwa, Niger State staged his abduction over N1.7m debt. The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed this to our correspondent on […]
A pastor, identified as Segun Adegboyega, has been reportedly killed by people suspected to be herdsmen on his farm in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The PUNCH gathered that the incident happened on Monday on the deceased’s farm located at Gege village on Ogbomoso-Iseyin Road. Investigation further revealed that three persons have been arrested in connection […]
Mali and Burkina Faso said Monday they had sent ECOWAS “formal notice” of their withdrawal from the West African bloc, with Niger expected to follow. The military regimes in all three countries had announced plans to withdraw from the West African bloc, accusing it of posing a threat to their sovereignty. The foreign affairs […]
Suspected jihadists killed 22 people in an attack on a village in western Niger near the border with Mali, local sources told AFP on Monday. The Sunday attack targeted the village of Motogatta in the vast Tillaberi region where Niger meets Mali and Burkina Faso, and where jihadist groups have been active for years. […]
An unspecified number of schoolchildren were reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen in Emure Local Government of Ekiti State yesterday evening. Though the details are still very hazy, it was learned that the abducted children were said to be students of a yet- to-be disclosed School. It was learned that the students were being conveyed […]
THE $20 billion Dangote Refinery has concluded plans to import crude oil from the United States in the coming months. Already, traders’ familiar with the matter disclosed that Trafigura Group has sold two million barrels of WTI Midland to the Dangote refinery for delivery by the end of February 2024. According to Bloomberg, this […]
