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EFCC Recovers Stolen N7.8m For BIPC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered N7.8 million as part of stolen funds from the Benue Investment and Property Company Limited, BIPC. This was disclosed by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BIPC, Dr. Raymond Asemakaha Jr. on Tuesday in his office in Makurdi. Asemakaha said the draft cheque of the money has been handed over...
Health: Hon. Benjamin Kalu Presents Reference Document For Legislative interventions To Speaker Gbajabiamila
Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Public Affairs, Hon. Benjamin Kalu on Thursday presented a report of the 9th House Sectoral Roundtable Session on Health to the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila The document titled the Green Book would serve as a reference document for the legislative interventions of the 9th House of Representatives and subsequent legislative assemblies on issues...
British Warship Arrives Nigeria
A British Royal Navy warship, HMS Trent, has arrived in Lagos. The warship is visiting Nigeria for the second time as part of its West Africa regional mission to aid British allies and partners to combat piracy, trafficking, and other illegal activities. The British High Commission, through its Senior Press and Public Affairs Officer, Ndidiamaka Eze, said that the visit would...
IPOB Calls For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release, Cites Legal Concerns
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has outlined a series of legal arguments to justify the immediate release of its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as the Federal High Court in Abuja prepares to rule on a no-case submission in his ongoing trial. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the group’s spokesman and media/publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, titled “Eight...
Boat Passengers Lament High Cost Of Fares, Crimes In Cross River
Boat passengers travelling from Calabar in Cross River State to Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State, have lamented that the transport costs have become way too high for them. It is suspected that the astronomical increase is a result of passenger traffic on that water route due to the very bad state of the Calabar-Uyo federal highway which has...
”Nigeria’s External Debt Servicing May Hit $5.2bn” – Fitch
Fitch Ratings has predicted that Nigeria's external debt service will increase to $5.2 billion this year, underscoring mounting strain on public finances. The credit rating agency disclosed this in its latest rating action commentary published on Friday, in which it upgraded Nigeria’s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating to ‘B’ from ‘B-’, with a stable outlook. According to the report, government external...
Anti-Corruption: Akpabio Begs Newly Appointed EFCC Chairman Not To Use Him As Example
There was laughter in the Senate on Wednesday when Senate President Godswill Akpabio told the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, not to use him as an example in the anti-corruption fight. Olukoyede, who appeared before the Senate for screening on Wednesday, had cited Akpabio’s name as an example in his presentation on...
“Yahoo Boys Now Involved In Ritual Killings, Banditry” – EFCC Chair
The EFCC Executive Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, has defended the commission’s ongoing crackdown on internet fraudsters, (Yahoo boys), despite criticisms from some quarters. Speaking on Thursday while receiving the management of The PUNCH at the EFCC’s corporate headquarters in Abuja, Olukoyede stated that the country lost over $500m in one year due to internet fraud. The EFCC boss noted that the activities...
Don’t Listen To IPOB On Sit-At-Home Order, Obiano Cautions Traders, Banks
Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano has ordered markets, banks, transport business owners, among others to ignore the sit-at-home order and go about their businesses from Monday, September 13. The governor gave the order on Saturday after a meeting with stakeholders and members of the State Security Council. Heads of commercial business operations including markets and transport leaders were also at the...
Be Neutral, Apolitical To Ensure Free, Credible Election – Kano CP Tells Officers
The Kano State Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Dauda has called on officers and men in the command to remain neutral and apolitical in order to ensure free, fair, and credible elections in the state during the governorship and state house of assembly polls. CP Dauda made the call in a series of meetings with the members of the Command’s...
