At least 19 children in Mubi north LGA of Adamawa have reportedly been killed by complications from a suspected measles outbreak. Measles is a highly contagious disease that is caused by a virus that attacks mainly children. The most serious complications include blindness, brain swelling, diarrhoea, and severe respiratory infections. Speaking with NAN on […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State has won all the 11 chairmanship and 114 councillorship seats in the state. The party emerged victorious in the local council elections conducted by the Gombe State Independent Electoral Commission (GOSIEC), on Saturday. Chairman of the commission, Saidu Shehu Awak, declared that all candidates fielded […]
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Josiah Majebi is the fifth Chief Judge of Kogi State (in north-central Nigeria) in four years and the fourth to exist almost entirely in the pocket of the state governor. He has been in office as substantive Chief Judge since the beginning of February 2023, having acted in that role […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the American International School Abuja (AISA) has refunded the fees paid for the children of Yahaya Bello, immediate-past governor of Kogi state. Bello allegedly paid $760,910 in advance as fees for five of his children from the coffers of the Kogi state government. The children are […]
A Federal High sitting in Apo, Abuja has ordered the arrest of former Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, Professor Ladi Aisha Hamalai for her failure to appear in the corruption case preferred against her by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The Court presided […]
Saturday 27 April 2024 Allow court decide Bello’s fate, media office tells EFCC Marketers blame supply hitches as fuel scarcity spreads Court adjourns case seeking to sack 27 pro-Wike lawmakers You can’t destabilise my govt, Benue gov warns ex-govs Tinubu Appoints Jim Ovia As Nigerian Education Loan Fund Chairman Minimising Volatility In Forex Market […]
Not less than 100 vehicles and unknown number of persons have been roasted in multiple explosions that occurred from fuel tankers at the Eleme section of the East-West Road in Rivers State. The incident, which reportedly occurred late night Friday left many travelers stranded. It was learnt that a tanker laden with petroleum products […]
In the last six months of 2023, the Federal Government of Nigeria received an additional N3.8 trillion in what appeared to be a fresh Ways and Means borrowing, according to a provisional data published in the latest statistics bulletin for the fourth quarter of the year recently released by the Central Bank of Nigeria […]
The media office of Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi state, has described claims that the American International School Abuja (AISA) intends to refund $760,000 of school fees paid in advance as a “mischievous narrative”. On April 26, documents in which AISA asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to provide “authentic banking […]
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission attached to the Taskforce on Currency mutilation, Dollarization of the Economy and Forex Malpractice, have arrested 34 suspected currency speculators for alleged foreign exchange fraud. They were arrested on Friday, April 26, 2024 in a sting operation following credible intelligence about illegal sales of dollars at […]
