Saudi Arabian authorities have released Zainab Aliyu, a student of Maitama Sule University, Kano, who was arrested for alleged drug trafficking. Also released was Ibrahim Abubakar. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Zainab was arrested since Dec. 25, 2018. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja […]
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Senate denies confirming Obla for NCC job
The Senate on Monday said that it never cleared Mr Okoi Obono-Obla as a nominee of President Buhari to be a non-executive commissioner of the Nigeria Communications Commission. Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Aliyu Sabi, denied media reports, claiming the Senate had made a u-turn on the confirmation of Obono-Obla. On the […]
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Senate confirms Bawa as EFCC chairman
By Onuora Aninwobodo The Senate, after a two-hour session today Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at plenary confirmed the appointment of Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission. In his senate hearing, Bawa vowed to repatriate all looted assets stashed in foreign countries. He said he was aware of the enormity of […]
The early morning siege at the First Bank branch in Mpape, Abuja, has ended with an arrest of some armed men. The robbers, who had been trapped in the back, were arrested by a joint team of the police and military who surrounded the building as soon as report of the robbery was made. One […]
A combined team of security agencies Friday afternoon intercepted and made an attempt to arrest the Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, along the Lagos Ibadan expressway. Adeyemo was on his way to Lagos to visit with Chief Ayo Adebanjo, a Yoruba leader and an Elder statement. He had recently led […]
ICPC Chair, Bolaji Owasanoye The National Bureau of Statistics of Nigeria in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC) and with the support of the United Kingdom launched the report on the Second Survey on Corruption in Nigeria on 6 December in Abuja. The survey assesses the likelihood of citizens being approached […]
Barely 48 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari relocated to Daura to spend a week at his country home there, hundreds of students of the Government Science Secondary School Kankara in Katsina State, North-West Nigeria have been reportedly abducted by bandits during an attack on the school Friday night. The principal of the school, Usman Abubakar […]
By Lucy Ogalue The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned Nigerians against fraudsters currently running an online investment scheme tagged “Loom Money Nigeria’’. Acting Director-General of the commission, Ms Mary Uduk gave the warning at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja. A statement by SEC’s Head of Media, Mrs Efe Ebelo, said that […]
Dave Umahi with Buhari By Ismaila Chafe Southeast Governors’ Forum on Thursday called on the Federal Government to include the expansion of the tarmac of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu in the planned rehabilitation work at the airport. The Chairman of the Forum, Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi, made the call when he briefed […]
Many persons were feared dead on Tuesday evening following heavy explosion and gun duel between suspected Boko Haram insurgents and security operatives in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. This has forced many residents in the affected areas to scamper for safety. The explosion and firing of Rocket Propelled grenades which started at about 5:45 pm […]