Estimated Reading Time: 1In preparation for the official Presidential visit to Borno state, scheduled for today, Thursday, 17th of June, 2021, the Borno State Governor Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has received all service chiefs at the government house Maiduguri. The service chiefs were led by the chief of Defence Staff,[Read More…]
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N25 Billion Fraud: Former MD of Bank PHB, Francis Atuche bags 12 years In Prison
Estimated Reading Time: 2A Lagos High Court sitting in the Ikeja area has sentenced former managing director of defunct Bank PHB, Francis Atuche to over 6 years in prison. In a judgment that lasted over 10 hours, Justice Lateefat Okunnu convicted Atuche alongside a former Chief Financial Officer of the[Read More…]
Just In: Lai Mohammed seeks powers to regulate internet broadcasting
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Federal Government is seeking power to license and regulate private broadcasting in the country using the internet and other online outlet. Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the submission at a public hearing on a bill to amend the National Broadcasting Act organised by the[Read More…]
Adamawa government backs bill to pay student’s WASSCE, NECO fees
Estimated Reading Time: 1Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri has disclosed his government’s readiness to to assent to a bill seeking to make compulsory the payment of fees for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Examination Council by the state government for students in public schools. This[Read More…]
Police could not account for $7.5million recovered loot – Reps
Estimated Reading Time: 1The House of Representatives has ordered the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, to disclose the whereabouts of the sum of $7.5million, being a part of the N37.5million recovered by the security agency in 2017 as proceeds of crimes. The House panel also demanded for details on a N360[Read More…]
IPOB and Oduduwa group form new alliance
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has formed an alliance with the Oduduwa Volunteer Force, OVF. The alliance, according to the Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, carried out a joint training session of personnel. Powerful, in a statement, said the command was formed to[Read More…]
#TwitterBan: ‘Jack Dorsey asked people to donate money via bitcoins for #EndSARS protesters’ – Lai Mohammed
Estimated Reading Time: 2Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said Twitter and its founder, Jack Dorsey, are liable for the losses the country suffered during the EndSARS protest. Lai Mohammed stated this on Tuesday when he featured on “Politics Nationwide,’’ a Radio Nigeria call-in programme. Mohammed alleged that[Read More…]
EFCC Boss, Abdulrasheed Bawa, says he has been receiving death threats
Estimated Reading Time: 1Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, says he has been receiving death threats since he was appointed chairman of the anti-graft agency. He spoke on Tuesday when he featured in Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme. “Last week, I was in New York, as[Read More…]
‘Buhari using open grazing to distract Nigerians from increasing fuel price, electricity tariff’ – Shehu Sani
Estimated Reading Time: 1Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central Senator has said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government is keeping Nigerians distracted from increasing prices of electricity and fuel with the controversial issue of open grazing. Sani in a tweet on Monday claimed Nigerians should be rather conscious of key[Read More…]
‘Despite the military formations and training schools in the emirate, bandits are moving around unchecked’ – Emir of Zazzau laments
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmad Nuhu Bamalli has lamended the continued attacks on the emirate by bandits and unidentified gunmen. The Emir, who spoke on Monday, when heads of security agencies visited him at his palace, lamented that residents had been under incessant attacks by bandits[Read More…]
