The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured an order of a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Bwari, Abuja to detain former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina and his son, Faisal, pending conclusion of ...
Read More »Agwai, Utomi urge youths to brace up for corruption fight, CP want death penalty for graft
General Martin Luther Agwai (rtd.) and Professor Pat Utomi have urged Nigerian youths to brace up for the fight against corruption and be ready to win the fight against the monster to secure the future of the next generation. They ...
Read More »Experts canvass early diagnosis, health insurance policy, others to reduce child cancer
Worried by the rising cases of childhood cancer and deaths in the country, medical experts have recommended early diagnosis and presentation and strong health insurance policy to reduce the scourge. They said cancer responds to effective treatment and result in ...
Read More »Police negotiating with abductors of Kaduna school girls, parade 50 suspects
The Kaduna State Police Command has hinted that it was negotiating with abductors of the six female students, a teacher and a matron, who were kidnapped from their school on Thursday, October 3, 2019. Commissioner of Police (CP) in the ...
Read More »Senate considers five-year jail term for lecturers over sexual scandal
UNILAG, UI move to tackle the menace, Kano Poly disowns teacher The Senate has revisited the sexual harassment bill sponsored by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) and passed by the Eighth Senate. It specifies a five-year jail term for ...
Read More »Senate commences work on 2020 budget, approves Adewolu as NCC commissioner
The Senate has begun debate on the general principles of the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N10.33tr. Of the total amount, N556.7b is for statutory transfer, while debt servicing gets N2.7tr. Contributing, Gabriel Suswam (PDP: Benue) noted that the budget was ...
Read More »Federal Government, Labour meet to facilitate implementation of new minimum wage
The parley between the Federal Government and organised labour in Abuja has raised a fresh hope for the implementation of the consequential adjustment component of the N30, 000 national minimum wages. Approved on April 18, 2019, by President Muhammadu Buhari, ...
Read More »Global forum seeks to criminalise illegal maritime activities
The Global Maritime Security Conference (GMSC) is seeking the criminalisation of insecurity and proceeds of illegal maritime activities. Rising from a three-day engagement at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, the forum wanted the acts to be treated like the case ...
Read More »Ecobank pledges support for fight against non-communicable diseases
*Staff members walk against cancer* Ecobank Nigeria has pledged its commitment and financial support for the fight against non-communicable diseases. Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan, said this at the weekend during the bank’s cancer awareness walk in Lagos as ...
Read More »Federal Government to reclaim 1,260 mining sites
The Federal Government has disclosed that plans were underway for the reclamation of 1,260 abandoned mining sites nationwide. Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, dropped the hint at a media briefing in Abuja to herald the 2019 Mining ...
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