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I Rejected N500 Million In Offers At My Mother’s Funeral – EFCC Chairman
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, has revealed that he turned down offers amounting to approximately N500 million from various individuals during his mother’s funeral in 2019. Speaking at the 38th Anti-Corruption Situation Room in Abuja on Thursday, Olukoyede emphasized the importance of integrity in Nigeria’s fight against corruption. The event, themed Ethics, Integrity,...
Gov. Otti To Establish Export Growth Lab In Aba, Strengthens Partnership With UNDP
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has unveiled plans to establish an Export Growth Lab in Aba, the commercial hub of the South East, as part of his administration's efforts to build a stronger and more functional economy. Governor Otti disclosed this on Thursday while receiving the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Elsie Attafuah, at the...
Manufacturers Stand Firm On Tax Reforms, Urge Stronger Measures Against Illegal Levies
The Federal Government has been praised by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria for introducing four executive bills that aim to reform the nation's tax administration and put an end to the illegal actions of non-state actors. MAN made the call on Thursday during the second day of the public hearing on the tax bills in Abuja, organized by the House...
FG Set To Reevaluate Electricity Tariff For Band B, C Customers
The federal government has declared its intention to standardize electricity rates in an effort to resolve inequalities in the current billing system and to promote investment in the power industry. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, made this known at the ongoing public presentation of the National Integrated Electricity Policy and Nigeria Integrated Resource Plan on Thursday in Abuja. He said...
Ganduje Reveals APC’s Accounts Frozen Over N8.9bn Debt
Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, requested a bailout for the ruling party on Wednesday due to its N8.9 billion election debts. Ganduje revealed that the party’s accounts had been garnisheed following the huge debt resulting from the cases filed by the opposition parties to challenge the elections of President Bola Tinubu, APC governors and...
Abia Gov Set To Amend Law On Expired Drugs, Jail Dealers
The government of Abia state has made suggestions about changing the state's expired drug law to penalize and imprison vendors who sell counterfeit, out-of-date, unregistered medications and other goods. Gov. Alex Otti gave the hint on Thursday in Aba, at a meeting with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and representatives of Ariaria, Eziukwu, and...
Open Letter To President Tinubu: American Veterans Of Igbo Descent Demand The Release Of Nnamdi Kanu
Your Excellency, The American Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID) write to you with a deep sense of urgency, calling on your government to do the right thing by releasing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, either through the restoration of his unlawfully revoked bail or by granting him unconditional freedom. Mr. President, justice is long overdue. The courts have spoken, and international human rights...
HURIWA Urges Immediate Action On Kidnapped Benue Varsity Students
The recent kidnapping of two students from Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University in Makurdi, Benue State, has been strongly denounced by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA). The civil rights group is urging security forces and the Benue State government to take immediate and decisive action to ensure the students’ safe return and address the growing menace of kidnapping...
EFCC Exposes Growing Presence Of Global Fraud Syndicates In Nigeria
According to Mr. Ola Olukoyede, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), organized foreign fraud syndicates are setting up cells in Nigerian cities and enlisting young people in serious organized cybercrimes, such as cryptocurrency fraud. EFCC Spokesperson Dele Oyewale said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He explained that Olukoyede said this while receiving participants of the...
NUPRC Predicts Nigeria’s Rig Count Will Hit 50 By December
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) estimates that Nigeria will have fifty rigs by the end of 2025. It said the country’s rig count had increased from eight in 2021 to 40 in 2025. The Chief Executive, NUPRC, Gbenga Komolafe, said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the ongoing 2025 Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES). Komolafe said crude oil production increased...
