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EFCC Recovers N13bn Illegal Fuel Subsidy Payment
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, recovered approximately N13bn as proceeds from illegal payments made under the subsidy regime between 2017 and 2021. ABN TV reports this in a document recently obtained from the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU website on the National Inherent risk assessment of money laundering in the Nigerian extractive sector. “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...
Rep. Onuigbo Salutes Constituents At New Year, Promises Abia Central Responsive Representation
The member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Rep. Sam Onuigbo has congratulated his constituents at the celebration of the new year, expressing optimism that it "offers a lot of hope to us as a people". Rep. Onuigbo who is also the APC candidate for Abia Central senatorial district in the upcoming election reiterated his readiness...
House Of Reps Warn EFCC Against Selling Assets To Looters
The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loot Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria for Effective Efficient Management and Utilisation has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to prevent looters from recovering their loot in the ongoing auction of seized...
Edwin Clark Backs Peter Obi’s Presidential Bid
Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark has endorsed the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi as his candidate for February Presidential election. Clark who is at the moment addressing Journalists at his Asokoro Residence, Abuja said that with Obi as President, Nigeria will unite the country with his move to restructure the...
President Buhari Signs 2023 Budget
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2023 Appropriation Bill into law, ABN TV reports. Buhari signed the 2023 transition budget Tuesday morning at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in the presence of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and other members of the Federal Executive Council. Speaking at...
Southern, Middle Belt Group Calls For DSS DG’s Sack For Accusing Emefiele Of Sponsoring Terrorism
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) led by South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack the Director- General of the Department of State Services, (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, for being disloyal and discourteous to the President and the nation. In a statement yesterday in Abuja, signed by Clark, Leader, South South/PANDEF; Chief Ayo...
Those Attacking Obasanjo Over Peter Obi’s Endorsement Undemocratic, Says HURIWA
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, blasted those politicians criticising the public endorsement of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing them as anarchists. The group said the antagonists were showing early sign that if elected, they would be intolerant to dissenting opinions and could progressively become dictators. Obasanjo had issued a letter...
Nobody Can Stop Elections In South East – Biafra Group
The Youth wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said elections will be held in the South East zone. The group’s stand was made against an earlier statement by Finland-based Simon Ekpa. Leader of the IPOB youth wing, Comrade Ndubuisi Igwekani, aka Agu Biafra, told journalists in Enugu on Tuesday that the Biafra group would not interfere in the...
Biafra Independence More Important Than Peter Obi As President Of A Failed System – Emma Powerful
In an exclusive interview between Ben Ezeamalu of The Africa Report and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) spokesman, Emma Powerful, he discussed the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi's candidacy, and the sit-at-home practice in the country's southeast. More details to follow... Read also: https://abntv.com.ng/news/ipob-police-reveal-how-army-deserter-who-killed-gulak-was-arrested/
Missing Nigerian Lady Found Dead In UK After One Month
A United Kingdom-based Nigerian, Taiwo Balogun, 53, who went missing on Thursday, December 1, 2022, has been found dead in a lake in Kent. Balogun from Crayford was last seen near her home in southeast London four weeks ago. Her body was found in a lake at Bluewater shopping centre in hunt for “vulnerable” missing mother who vanished four weeks ago...
