The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, indicted banks as being linked to about 70 per cent of the financial crimes in Nigeria. EFCC’s Chairman, Ola Olukayode, disclosed this while speaking in Abuja at the 2023 Annual Retreat and General Meeting of the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria. He […]
Following public outcry on alleged extortion through illegal and illicit transactions through point-of-sale (POS) machine operators and connivance with certain police operatives, the Police headquarters has reiterated the ban on the use of POS machines and other electronic mobile money transaction devices within police stations and other police facilities nationwide. A statement by Force […]
French lawmakers have approved the bill to make abortion a constitutional right for women in the country. The parliamentarians, on Monday, voted 780-72, making France the first country in the world to “guarantee freedom” of women to abortion. President Emmanuel Macron has been pushing for the enshrining of abortion as a women’s right in […]
A former Governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, has stated that the federal government still pays subsidy on petroleum products. In his inaugural speech last year, President Bola Tinubu announced the five famous words “The fuel subsidy is gone,” adding that the 2023 Budget made no provision for fuel subsidy and more so, subsidy […]
Staff of the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State disrupted convocation ceremony with a protest demanding N35,000 wage award being paid to civil servants since November last year. The protesters under the auspices of the Joint Action Committee of all Tertiary Institutions had been on an indefinite strike action since […]
By Pascal Ibe An X user, A.Ayofe has claimed in his now deleted post on Sunday that Sachet Water (Pure Water) is being sold at #150/200 in northern Nigeria but #500 in the southern part of the country. In his now deleted post, A.Ayofe wrote, “In North Pure Water is 150-200 but in South […]
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported that the average retail price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) increased by 3.55 percent on a month-on-month basis to N5,139.25 in January 2024 from N4,962.87 recorded in December 2023. The NBS report said that on a year-on-year basis, the price […]
Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, minister of women affairs, says the recent protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) against the rising cost of living was a “mere distraction”. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, Kennedy-Ohanenye said the country needs “constructive ways” to tackle its challenges. “Now that NLC has gone out to protest, […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has instructed all bank customers to link their National Identification Number (NIN) and Bank Verification Number, BVN to their bank account (s). The apex bank had in a circular on December 1st 2023, directed that banks should place restrictions on all Tier 1 bank accounts without BVN. Tier 1 […]
Suspected armed herdsmen have reportedly killed a soldier, injured another, killed two farmers and injured several others in separate attacks on Ochumekwu and Udedeku communities in Apa and Kwande Local Government areas of Benue State, respectively. The military personnel attacked Sunday afternoon were part of the troops of the military spike operation, code-named Operation […]
