The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has invited Martins Otse, a.k.a VeryDarkMan, and Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, over bribery allegations against personnel of the Commission. This is as the Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede, ordered an immediate investigation into the alleged bribery of some officers of the commission by Bobrisky. In a […]
Claim A Facebook user, Kissinger Ikeokwu, claimed that the Police, ISEC, Commissioner For Information and Civil Defence didn’t issue press statements a day before the Imo LG elections. Verdict Summary According to the Facebook post, claim 1,2 and 4 are FALSE. Credible news reports confirmed that these security agencies and the electoral body in Imo issued […]
The Nigerian army has exonerated Ishiaku Abdulkareem, a colonel, of allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation of Ruth Ogunleye, a soldier. Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesperson, spoke to journalists on Tuesday in Abuja on the outcome of the investigation. Nwachukwu said the sexual allegations against the colonel was referred to the Nigerian Army Corps of Military […]
Barely 16 months after he was arrested and convicted for ingesting 93 pellets of cocaine, a 48-year-old businessman Christian Ogbuji has been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja Lagos. A statement by the Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, […]
President Bola Tinubu has declined assent to a bill seeking to extend the tenure of service of legislative officers at the National Assembly, as well as the 36 state Houses of Assembly from 35 to 40 years and their retirement age from 60 to 65 years. The president’s declined assent was conveyed in a letter […]
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja has said she is going to “recuse” herself from Nnamdi Kanu’s case. She decided after Kanu asked her to do so, alleging that she had refused to obey the Supreme Court’s order. Kanu also said he had lost confidence in the court. He spoke out at […]
A Lebanese security source said an Israeli strike hit Hezbollah’s south Beirut stronghold Tuesday, with the Israeli army also saying it had carried out a strike, a day after hitting the same area. “An Israeli strike targeted two floors in a residential building in the Ghobeiri area,” the security source said, requesting anonymity as he […]
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday said Nigeria’s unemployment rate increased to 5.3 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024. According to a report, the NBS said the unemployment rate increased compared to the 5 per cent recorded in Q3 2023. “The unemployment rate for Q1 2024 was 5.3%, showing an […]
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has voted to increase the monetary policy rate, which measures the benchmark interest rate, to 27.25 per cent. The monetary policy rate is the baseline interest rate in an economy. Every other interest rate used within an economy is built on the MPR. Addressing journalists […]
The Federal Government and the Dangote Refinery have reached an agreement for the supply of 12 million barrels of crude oil to the facility in October. The arrangement falls under the “Crude Oil for Naira” deal, a strategic partnership between the Dangote Group and the Nigerian government. Aliko Dangote, chief executive officer of Dangote Refinery, […]
