Emotions ran high as the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, was laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja, on Friday. The ceremony brought together family, colleagues, and dignitaries to bid a final farewell to the late army chief. The grief-stricken family members and colleagues struggled to contain their tears. […]
The National Bureau of Statistics says Nigeria’s inflation rate was 33.88 percent in October — up from 32.7 percent in September. The data is captured in the NBS’ latest consumer price index (CPI) report for October published on Friday. The CPI measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services. More to follow…
The Nigerian Police Force has identified and detained officers allegedly involved in the extortion of N2.3m from one Nwosu Ndubuisi. This was disclosed in a statement by the Zone 7 Police Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP M.B. Abdulkadir, on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday. Abdulkadir added that the N2 3m has been recovered and […]
The Supreme Court on Friday, dismissed the suit of the 13 states challenging the constitutionality of the law that established the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The seven-man panel of justices led by Justice Uwani-Abba-Aji, in a unanimous decision, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit. Details shortly… .
Three candidates in the Ondo gubernatorial election have adopted Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ebenezer Adeniyan, chief press secretary (CPS) to the Ondo governor, said the candidates endorsed Aiyedatiwa during a solidarity visit on Thursday. The candidates are Ajibola Falaye of the Accord Party (AP), Jenyo Ataunoko of the […]
The trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor Godwin Emefiele continued on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court in Maitama, with a fifth prosecution witness, Kingsley Obiora, former CBN Deputy Governor in charge of policy, disclosing that the new naira notes printed and released into circulation under […]
Friday 15 November 2024 Crude: NNPCL achieves 1.8mbpd production, targets 2mbpd Wike’s aide to Atiku: You aren’t destined to be president Arewa groups flay calls for sacking INEC Chair, Yakubu Ondo guber: PDP, APC disagree on peace accord violation, rigging plots FG votes N250bn to housing, mortgage financing Crude: NNPCL achieves 1.8mbpd production, targets 2mbpd […]
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Daniel Bwala as his Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications. Bwala’s appointment was contained in a statement by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga who also said Tinubu named three other persons as director-general of various agencies. “The Special Adviser on Public Communications and Media, Mr. Daniel Bwala is a lawyer […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says the investments and securities bill (ISB) 2024 is proposing a penalty of not less than N20 million or 10 years imprisonment or both for ponzi scheme operators. Emomotimi Agama, director-general of SEC, spoke at the public hearing of the bill on Thursday in Abuja. Agama said the bill […]
The ECOWAS court of justice has dismissed a suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) seeking N50 million compensation from the federal government for each victim of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack. In March 2022, gunmen attacked an Abuja-bound Kaduna train with over 970 passengers onboard. Many passengers were killed, several persons injured, […]
