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Security Apprehends INEC Official, Politician With Huge Cash In Ogun
Security officers in Ogun State have arrested some people suspected to be Independent National Electoral Commission staff with a huge amount of money ahead of the state by-election. They were picked up alongside a politician who was allegedly planning to buy votes. The suspects were arrested at a hotel in Iperu-Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area on Saturday. In a viral video on...
Ex-Finance Commissioner, Gov’s. Chief Protocol Arraigned for N379m, N8.1m Fraud Respectively
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal office has arraigned one Sanda Jonathan Lamurde before Justice Nathan Musa of the Adamawa State High Court on a 21-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, forgery and using fake documents as genuine. The former Adamawa Commissioner of Finance who also served as Chairman, Committee on Internally Displaced Person's Welfare...
EFCC: Ill-Treatment Meted Out To Orji Kalu Unfair — Lamido
A prominent Northern leader, Dr. Bashir Lamido has welcomed the Appeal Court ruling upholding the decision of the Federal High Court dismissing the retrial of a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Lamido in a chat with newsmen in Yola described the continuous trial as unfair saying: “The ill-treatment is...
Tinubu Assures Citizens Of Sustained Economic Progress
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that Nigeria’s most difficult days are behind it, assuring citizens that the country is on the path to sustained progress. Tinubu made the declaration on Tuesday during a one-day working visit to Imo State, where he commissioned Governor Hope Uzodimma’s legacy projects, including the Owerri-Umuahia Road, Assumpta Flyover, and the Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu International Conference...
We Are Committed To Staff Welfare, Says NIS Comptroller
Mr Tony Akuneme, Comptroller of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command, has reaffirmed the service’s commitment to employee welfare. Akuneme made the remarks on Thursday in Abuja while visiting officers involved in a deadly traffic accident on the Kano-Zaria motorway. In a statement issued by Mr Ifeanyi Uche, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Akuneme also assured...
Port Harcourt Road To Be Fully Functional By 2024 End – Gov. Otti Assures Abians
The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has assured residents that the construction of the Port Harcourt road in Aba will be completed and fully functional by the end of 2024. The governor disclosed this to the crowd of Abia residents, among others, on Tuesday night at the grand finale of the Global Crusade with Kumuyi, a six-day programme organised by...
Plans Ongoing To Wipe Out South East — Chief Mbazulike Amechi
Elder statesman and first Republic Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has warned Ndigbo to be at alert, saying there is a grand plan to wipe Ndigbo out of Nigeria. This came as Diaspora Igbo group, the Igbo World Assembly , IWA, has condemned in the strongest terms, the federal government posture in labelling the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, a...
Wike Commences New Phase Of FCT Water Projects
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday begun another round of projects commissioning and flag-offs, starting with the newly rehabilitated Phase 2 Water Treatment Plant at Lower Usuma Dam in Ushafa, Bwari Area Council. The development comes barely six weeks after the minister concluded a 16-day series of projects commissioning across the FCT, which ended...
Troops Uncover, Dismantle 23 Illegal Refineries In Major Raids Across Three States
Nigerian Army troops have carried out an anti-bunkering operation in Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers, destroying 23 illegal artisanal refineries and arresting 25 suspected operators. Lt.-Col. Danjuma Danjuma, spokesman for the Nigerian Army 6 Division in Port Harcourt, disclosed this development in a statement issued on Monday. He revealed that soldiers also seized 14 boats transporting petroleum products and confiscated 45,000 litres...
Katsina’s Gov, Dikko Radda Looses Mother At Age 93
At the age of 93, Hajiya Sarafa'u Umaru, the mother of Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda, passed away. Her death was announced on Sunday, March 23, 2025, in a statement by Ibrahim Kaula-Mohammed, the governor’s Chief Press Secretary. The statement read in part, “With profound sadness, the Government of Katsina State announces the passing of Hajiya Safara’u Umaru Baribari, the beloved...
