…Minister suspended to allow transparent probe – Agency …Edu spotted at Aso Villa …Interior minister distances self from Humanitarian Ministry contract The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the suspended minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation, Dr Betta ...
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The screening of over 400,000 applicants for police constables recruitment commenced yesterday across the country, with the chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Dr Solomon Arase, commending the Police Recruitment Board, while calling for improved efficiency. Arase, who presided ...
Read More »Forex scandal: Emefiele faces fresh charges as Dangote denies wrongdoing
…EX-CBN gov may face multiple money laundering charges, anti-graft agency probes corporate organisations, individuals …Commission says investigation independent of Obazee’s report The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has written to over 85 entities comprising corporate organisations and individuals over an ongoing ...
Read More »Reprisal Attacks ‘ll Only Worsen Plateau Crisis, Northern Govs Warn
Northern governors have warned that reprisal attacks in response to the recent violence in Plateau State will not resolve the ongoing crisis but only make it worse. Chairman of the Northern State Governors Forum and Gombe State governor, Inuwa Yahaya, ...
Read More »Ex-S’Leone President Indicted In Failed Coup Relocates To Nigeria
The Economic Community of West African States has said it would relocate former Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bal Koroma, to Nigeria on Thursday (today). This was contained in a statement signed by the ECOWAS Commission President, Omar Touray, dated Tuesday ...
Read More »N37.1bn Fraud: NSIPA Co-ordinator Arrested, Ex-Minister Faces EFCC Today
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested and detained the National Co-ordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, Halima Shehu, over the ongoing probe into the N37,170,855,753.44 allegedly laundered in the Ministry of Humanitarian ...
Read More »Tragedy Strikes Again in Plateau, Villagers Attacked, Lives Lost
Gunmen, suspected to be terrorists, have reportedly invaded Shere village in the Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State on Sunday morning, leaving at least two villagers dead and one attacker neutralised. This incident comes one week after similar ...
Read More »Child Marriage: Bayelsa Gov’t Summons Parents Of ‘Toddler’ Bride, 54-Year-Old Groom
The Bayelsa Government has taken action following reports of a marriage involving a four-year-old girl and a 54-year-old man in Akeddei community, Sagbama Local Government Area. The state government’s intervention comes in response to concerns over the illegal marriage, considered ...
Read More »Group Condemns Marriage Of Girl, 4, To 54-Year-Old Man
The DO Foundation, a child rights advocacy group in Bayelsa, vehemently opposed the recent traditional marriage ceremony on Dec. 26 between a 4-year-old ‘bride’ and a 54-year-old man in Akeddei community, Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. In a ...
Read More »End This Cold-blooded Massacre On The Plateau Now
If you are not outraged at the unprovoked killings of over 150 persons, including women and children, by terrorists who attacked communities in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi local government areas of Plateau State, then something is fundamentally wrong with your ...
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