Ahead of the Rivers State Local government elections, the Inspector-General of Police on Friday ordered increased deployment of Police operatives into Rivers State to beef up security throughout the state and urged citizens of the state to go about their lawful businesses. This is just as the Police said that all actions taken by the […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that it sold a total sum of $543.5m at the rate of N1,540 and N1,580 to authorised dealers banks between September 6 and September 30, 2024. This amount is the equivalent of N844.92bn in naira. The CBN disclosed this in a statement signed by the Director, Financial Markets […]
President Bola Tinubu has conferred the nation’s second-highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement he signed on Friday night, titled, ‘President Tinubu […]
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have arrested two teenagers suspected of oil theft and destroyed of several illegal refineries in the Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. The arrests were made as part of the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad’s ongoing efforts to combat oil theft and economic sabotage. […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the electorates in Rivers State to participate in Saturday’s local government election in the oil-rich state. The Rivers State Police Command had said it would not participate in the October 5 election, citing a ruling by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Tension heightened […]
Justice W.I. Aziegbemhin of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, has convicted and sentenced one Ofure Akpolo to three years imprisonment for retention of proceeds of crime. According to a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes posted on its official X handle, @officialEFCC, on Friday, the convict was prosecuted by the Benin […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to help with the arrest of two Nigerian fugitives wanted over healthcare fraud in the United States. Babatunde Shodiya and Yinka Jamiu were on September 25 indicted by a grand jury at the U.S. District Court of Minnesota over a […]
The Abia State Police Command said it had arrested three suspects in connection with the beheading of a couple, Mr Jacob Udo, and his wife Dorcas, Tuesday night. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, Maureen Chinaka, in a statement Friday, said investigation into the crime was ongoing. She, however, did not disclose the […]
The Federal Government has announced the exemption of 63 items from Value-Added Tax (VAT), as part of its latest fiscal reforms. This was revealed by the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, via a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday. The exemptions are outlined in the official […]
Operatives from the Imo State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit (Tiger Base), in collaboration with military personnel, successfully dismantled a suspected IPOB/ESN terrorist and kidnapping syndicate during an intelligence-led operation on Friday, in Ezioha, Mbaitoli Local Government Area. The operation led to the neutralization of one suspected terrorist and the safe rescue of four individuals abducted […]
