The Finnish Government has disclosed that it is taking action in the case of pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, over his secession activities with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the South-East of Nigeria. Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Elina Valtonen, made the disclosure in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, during a press conference she addressed alongside […]
Britain’s annual inflation rate rose in July for the first time this year and is now back above the Bank of England’s target official data showed on Wednesday. The Consumer Prices Index, CPI, climbed 2.2 per cent in the 12 months to July compared with a 2.0 per cent annual gain in June, the Office […]
The operatives of Bauchi Police Command have arrested a 62-year-old man, Tahir Ahmed, for the production of fake naira notes. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Ahmed Wakil, disclosed on Tuesday in a press release. He noted, “On the 6th of August, 2024, a concerned citizen from Jos North LGA, Plateau State boarded […]
The lawmaker representing Kano South, Senator Sumaila Kawu, has revealed that he earns over N21m monthly as a total take-home package. This revelation is coming barely 24 hours after the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission said that each of the 109 senators in the upper chamber receives a total of N1.06m in salary and […]
Despite the introduction of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has uncovered 22,074 suspicious personnel on the payroll of the Federal Government. The commission also discovered that the government paid N37,103,337,614.40 last year to the suspicious workers. The affected personnel were located in […]
The University of Calabar has commended the NYSC for releasing the names of 93 unqualified persons who were fraudulently mobilized for the one-year National Youth Service Scheme following a complaint launched by the university in 2023. Registrar of the University, Mr Gabriel Egbe, in a release he signed and made available to journalists, Wednesday, stated […]
A federal high court in Abuja has granted an interim order to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze four cryptocurrency wallets worth $37 million for money laundering. Emeka Nwite, the presiding judge, granted the order while ruling on an ex-parte motion filed by the EFCC. The ruling was delivered on August 8, […]
The WhatsApp number of Umo Eno, governor of Akwa Ibom, has been hacked by fraudsters. On Tuesday, some contact addresses of Eno received messages from the governor’s WhatsApp number, requesting that a certain amount of money be sent to an account and with a promise that it would be refunded later. However, in a statement, […]
The management of the Dangote Refinery has dismissed reports of a fixed petrol price of ₦600/litre, calling them “speculative announcements” with no basis. This was contained in a statement signed on Tuesday by the Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer, Dangote Industries Limited, Anthony Chiejina. The denial comes following reports by some publications, that the […]
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has been urged to immediately stop the ongoing extortion and corruption at Upper Iweka in Onitsha by some touts led by Ejike Odife. The Campaign for Democracy ( CD) in South East and Human Rights Liberty Access and Peace Defenders’Foundation (HURIDE) which made the demand during a joint media […]
