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Police Arrest 19 Shi’ites For Unlawful Procession In Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said it arrested 19 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as the Shi’ite movement, over an “unlawful procession”. SP Josephine, Spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. According to the police, IMN members numbering over 400 staged a protest from the Federal High Court to...
CBN Makes Social Media Handle Mandatory KYC Requirements For Bank Customers
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued its Customer Due Diligence Regulations 2023, which apply to financial firms that fall within its regulatory ambit, as it takes a firm stance against financial crime. The Central Bank of Nigeria's latest step aims to improve compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CFT) legislation while harmonizing with worldwide best practices. The...
70 Percent Of Financial Crimes In Nigeria Connected To Banks – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has revealed that approximately 70 percent of financial crimes in Nigeria are connected to banks. Chairman of the leading anti-graft agency, Ola Olukoyede, shared this information during his address in Abuja at the 2023 Annual Retreat and General Meeting of the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria. The EFCC boss pointed...
Have Mercy On Ekweremadu, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Begs UK
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the main Igbo socio-cultural organization, has pleaded with the British government to release imprisoned former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu. Ohanaeze appealed on Tuesday during a meeting with Dr. Richard Montgomery, the British Higher Commissioner to Nigeria, at the Ohanaeze Ndigbo National Secretariat in Enugu. The supreme Igbo authority declared that it recognized the trial court's decision to sentence...
President Tinubu Renames National Theatre After Wole Soyinka
In a tribute to the first African Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka on his 90th birthday, President Bola Tinubu in Friday announced the renaming of the National Theatre in Iganmu, Surulere, Lagos. The cultural center will now be known as the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts. President Tinubu made this known in a statement personally signed by...
2023 Election: Why We Will Use IReV Portal To Upload Polling Unit Results – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says the use of the IReV portal to upload the Polling Unit results in real-time is to ensure a transparent election process. The statement was contained in a post via the Commission’s verified Twitter handle on Tuesday. The Commission said that a transparent election process would help to ensure that the will of the people...
Why Ikpeazu May Drop Abia Airport Project
Following the request by Abia State traditional rulers led by their chairman, Eze Joseph Nwabeke of Eziama Ntigha of Isialangwa North, Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu says he is considering to jettison the Abia Airport Project. The governor stated this while receiving in audience the Principal Officers of the State Council of Traditional Rulers and Chairmen of the Traditional Rulers Council in...
Four Months To End Of His Tenure, Buhari Says He Has Fulfilled His Promise To Nigerians
Barely four months to the end of his tenure, President Muhammadu Buhari says he has fulfilled his promises Nigerians on tackling Boko Haram insurgency, reviving the economy and fighting corruption. According to his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the president said this during a banquet organised in his honour in Damaturu, Yobe State capital. The president paid a...
NSA Confirms Binance Executive’s Escape
The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has confirmed the escape of the Binance regional manager for Africa, Nadeem Anjarwalla. According to ONSA, Anjarwalla escaped by using a smuggled passport, adding that the officer in charge of his detainment has been arrested. ONSA Head of Strategic Communication, Zakari Mijinyawa, said in a statement, “Preliminary investigation shows that Mr Anjarwalla fled...
We Already Spent N200bn In Logistics, Others Before Postponement Of Population Census — FG
The chairman of the National Population Commission, Nasir Isa-Kwarra, on Thursday, hinted at how N224 billion released by the Federal Government for the 2023 housing and population census was spent. The initial money budgeted for the exercise was N800 billion but was cut short after the postponement. Isa-Kwara mentioned in Abuja during a breakfast meeting with media executives that the N224...
