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Arrest Of OAU Students: Union Demands Apology From EFCC
Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, have asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to tender an apology following the arrest of 69 of their colleagues in a dawn raid outside campus hostels on Wednesday. The Students’ Union of the university said the arrested persons were students of the university. The arrested students were later conveyed from Ile-Ife to...
Court Orders Unconditional Release Of Ex-CBN Gov Emefiele
The Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the unconditional and immediate release of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Justice O.A. Adeniyi made the order following an ex-parte motion filed by Emefiele. In the motion, the ex-CBN governor was seeking his release from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) pending the...
Winning War Against Drug Trafficking Is Imperative – NDLEA Boss Marwa
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said winning the war against drug trafficking is imperative because of its negative impact on society. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd), stated on Thursday in Asaba when he led a delegation to visit Governor Sheriff Oborevwori at Government House, Asaba. He said the hard...
Senate Approves President Tinubu’s N2.18tn Supplementary Budget
The Senate has passed the N2.18 trillion 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill forwarded to it for consideration by President Bola Tinubu. As requested by Tinubu in the letter read in the Senate during plenary on Tuesday, the request was given expeditious consideration. Similarly, on Thursday, the Red Chamber expressly approved the budget after the Chairman, the Senate Committee of Appropriations; Solomon Adeola...
Presidency Debunks Report On Tinubu’s Request For Presidential Yacht
The Presidency has debunked a report that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration proposed an allocation of funds in the 2023 supplementary budget for the purchase of a N5.095 billion presidential yacht. A Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, on Thursday, said the yacht was requested by the Nigerian Navy, and not the president. “It is...
Natasha Akpoti Sworn In As Kogi Central Senator
The Senate has sworn in Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the senator representing Kogi Central senatorial district. Natasha is now the first female Senator from Kogi State and the fourth female Senator in the 10th Upper Legislative Chamber Senate President Godswill Akpabio directed the clerk of the senate to administer the oath to her on the floor...
INEC Chairman Defends N18b Supplementary Budget
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, appeared before the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees on Wednesday to defend the proposed supplementary budget of N18 billion. A part of this budget will be used for the off-season governorship elections in Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa states. Yakubu explained that N10.6 billion out of the sum...
NPA Welcomes 24 Maritime Nations In Lagos
Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA) has granted hosting rights to its 43rd yearly Council and 18th Managing Directors’ Roundtable to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The gathering of 24 littoral African countries in Lagos, from November 6 to 9, would be declared open by President Bola Tinubu, with the theme: “The Role of Ports in the...
Kogi Guber Poll: NSCDC To Deploy 3,000 Operatives
Three thousand personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kogi State Command, will be deployed to provide security during the November 11 governorship election. The state commandant, Ahmad Gandi, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Lokoja. READ ALSO: Kaduna State Pension Bureau Releases List Of 1,051 Beneficiaries He said, “The Command has concluded plans to give adequate coverage and...
Kaduna State Pension Bureau Releases List Of 1,051 Beneficiaries
The Kaduna State Pension Bureau has released the list of 1,051 beneficiaries for both the Defined Benefits Scheme (DBS) and the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). The list, which contained 873 names of beneficiaries that have been shortlisted for the payment of Gratuity and Death Benefits under the Defined Benefits Schemes (DBS), for both local governments, state retirees, and families of...
