There was jubilation in Lagos yesterday as leaders of over 150 Anti-Corruption Civil Society Organisations gathered with their supporters to celebrate what they termed the first step in the cleaning process for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). They ...
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The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi, has read the riot act to commandants in the Niger Delta states to get rid of economic saboteurs, vandals, criminals, oil thieves in the area, even ...
Read More »Bandits Kidnap Catholic Priest In Kaduna
The parish priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Karku in Kauru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Rev. Fr. Jeremiah Yakubu has been kidnapped by bandits. The Chancellor of Kafanchan diocese, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Uchechukwu Okolo disclosed this on ...
Read More »Emefiele May Be Charged To Court This Week
…To be arraigned for money laundering, round tripping * Naira falls to 6-year low Barring any change in government’s plans, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, will be charged to court this week. LEADERSHIP ...
Read More »CBN Governor Emefiele Suspended, Faces Investigation
Less than two weeks after assuming office as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, from office with immediate effect. The suspension, according to a ...
Read More »Rivers CP Redeploys DPOs Over Rising Cult Clashes, Insecurity
The Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Nwonyi Emeka, has ordered the redeployment of Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) in-charge of Ahoada and Akinima, headquarters of Ahoada-East and Ahoada-West local government areas of the state respectively. The redeployment, it was gathered, ...
Read More »Rivers CP Warns Vigilantes Against Jungle Justice
The Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Nwonyi Emeka, has warned vigilante groups to desist from detaining, torturing and extorting arrested suspects. Emeka gave the warning on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, the state capital while speaking during a stakeholders meeting ...
Read More »ECWA Blames Fuel Subsidy Crisis On Corruption
President, Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Rev. Stephen Baba-Panya has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to alleviate the sufferings of ordinary Nigerians caused by fuel subsidy removal by his administration. He said the best option is to stem corruption ...
Read More »Catholic, Anglican Bishops, Unions Back Mbah On End To Sit-at-home Order
Enugu State governor Peter Mbah’s declaration of an end to the weekly sit-at home order being enforced by Biafra agitators has received the backing of the Catholic Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Most Rev. Godfrey Onah, the Anglican Archbishop of Enugu ...
Read More »PSC To Review Positions Of Junior Police Lawyers
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said junior police lawyers would be placed in appropriate positions in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Dr Solomon Arase, a former inspector-general of police, stated this ...
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