The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has asked the Court of Appeal to set aside acquittal of suspended Director General of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo, by a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court. ...
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Dangote’s N1.2b hostel donation remarkable in Nigeria’s varsity system, says NUC scribe
Aliko Dangote Foundation’s N1.2 billion hostel donation to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria historic in Nigeria’s 71-year-old university education system, President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed. He noted that the gesture was the single largest generosity by an individual since the ...
Read More »Tiv youths warn Jukun leaders against provocative comments
Tiv Youth Organisation (TYO) has urged leaders of the Jukun ethnic group to desist from comments capable of inflaming the volatile atmosphere in Benue and Taraba states. President General of TYO, Timothy Hembaor, gave the charge in a statement he ...
Read More »Benue State begins crackdown on criminals
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has declared a statewide crackdown on criminals beginning from today. Ortom stated this yesterday during a thanksgiving service at NKST Church, Agasha, organised in his honour by the Nongov Community Development Association (NCDA). The governor ...
Read More »Not Too Young To Run Movement to host youth lawmakers in Abuja
The Not Too Young To Run Movement’ is to host no fewer than 300 young elected legislators in the National and State Houses of Assembly on May 7 and May 8, 2019 in Abuja. With the theme: Leadership, Power and ...
Read More »Court orders ICPC to release firm’s accounts, seized property
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has faulted decision of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to freeze Blaid Construction Limited and its director, Mrs. Ochuko Momoh’s bank accounts. In spite of a suit filed against it, ...
Read More »Insecurity, corruption in Nigeria signs of failed state, bad governance, says Northern group
A Northern-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Wadata Communication, has attributed the killings and kidnappings, especially in the region to corruption and lack of good governance in the country. The group insisted that the menace plaguing the North was an indication of ...
Read More »Africa must act to check corporate tax evasion by BAT, says African Tobacco Control Alliance By Edu Abade
The African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) has insisted that Africa should act fast to check corporate tax evasion by British American Tobacco (BAT). Its Executive Secretary, Deowan Mohee, stated this during the launch of Ashes to Ashes: How British American Tobacco Avoids Taxes in ...
Read More »Insecurity worsens, gunmen kidnap Taraba varsity deputy registrar
Unknown gunmen kidnapped the Deputy Registrar (Administration) of the Taraba State University, Jalingo, Sanusi Sa’ad. Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the institution, Dr. Samuel Shikaa confirmed the incident, saying the captive, who doubles as the ...
Read More »EFCC gets new crime tracking App from Interpol, arraigns businessman for N50 million bitcoin fraud
The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has provided the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with an Application to enhance intelligence sharing in the tracking of organised crime, such as money laundering and terrorism-financing. The App comprises a database to ...
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