Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has insisted that he would continue to fight financial impunity, vowing that perpetrators of corruption would not go unpunished. In a live programme yesterday in Ilorin, Magu, represented ...
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Nigeria to earn $10b from new oil deal, Lawan queries presidency on status of modular refineries
Nigeria is to earn over $10.2 billion in royalties and taxes from the development of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 13 in the next 15 years courtesy of a $3.15 billion Financing and Technical Services Agreement signed between the Nigerian Petroleum ...
Read More »Federal Government to invest more in technology for development, President Buhari declares
President Muhammadu Buhari has said channeling more investment to Nigeria’s technological sector, and opening up space for creativity and innovation with digital skills would play a significant role in providing jobs for youths and growing the economy. Receiving a letter ...
Read More »Boris Johnson emerges UK’s new prime minister, he’ll be great, says U.S. President Trump
Boris Johnson is today succeeding Theresa May as British Prime Minister after winning the two-horse race Conservatives (Tory) party leadership race with an overwhelming vote of 92,153 to defeat Jeremy Hunt, who polled 46,656 ballots. Johnson, who had been the ...
Read More »Police Recover Arms, Arrest Five Armed Robbery Suspects, And 38 Cult Members.
Operatives of Operation Crush acting on credible intelligence raided some criminal hideouts within Akerele areas, Agege. The raid, led to the arrest of thirty-four suspects known as ”awawa boys”, who have been terrorising the areas while 7 bags of weeds, ...
Read More »Lagos State partners NVRI to check swine fever
The Lagos State Government and the National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) are collaborating on rural appraisal and collection of farmers’ perception on pig phenotype. This is with a view to determining the prevalence or otherwise of African Swine Fever (ASF) ...
Read More »Ihedioha tasks monarchs on unity, peace, names Okiro chairman of ISOPADEC
Governor Emeka Ihedioha has charged traditional rulers to be united and give the state government the needed support and corporation to succeed. He reiterated his administration’s commitment to restoring Imo traditional values, adding that the monarchs would be treated with ...
Read More »Imo State PDP supports sacking of local government party chairmen, 26 others
In an effort to sanitise the party, the IMO State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hinted that it would sanction members who worked or are working against its interests in the state. State Deputy Chairman of PDP, Martins Ejiogu, who ...
Read More »Orji Uzor Kalu opens defence in trial of alleged N7.6 billion fraud
A Federal High Court, Lagos has dismissed a motion by a representative of Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu for an adjournment to enable him to appear at an election petition tribunal. Kalu, a former Abia State Governor, former ...
Read More »Kwande faults Middle Belt’s claim on extension beyond North Central
Deputy Chairman, North Central Zone of the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Ambassador Yahaya Kwande, has faulted the idea that the Middle Belt extends beyond the present North Central Zone of the country. In a statement issued yesterday in Jos, he ...
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