EFCC Boss, Olukoyede To Face Criminal Trial Over Contempt Of Court

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEFCC Boss, Olukoyede To Face Criminal Trial Over Contempt Of Court

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 27, 2024

A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has ordered the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ola Olukoyede, to appear in court on May 13, 2024, to show reason an order of committal shouldn’t be made against him for allegedly disobeying court order. Olukoyede is facing a contempt charge for carrying out “some acts upon which the Commission has been restrained” by the Court on February 9, 2024, pending the determination...

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Netherlands To Activate $250 Million New Investments In Nigeria

EconomyNewsNigeriaNetherlands To Activate $250 Million New Investments In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2024

The Netherlands will activate $250 million worth of new investments in Nigeria over the next few months, including a $100 million investment in a waste-to-wealth industrial facility in Lagos State. Netherlands Prime Minister, Mark Rutte disclosed this when he received President Bola Tinubu in The Hague, also acknowledged President Tinubu’s economic reforms. “You are promoting democratic governance and dealing with problems of development. “I saw you take the courageous decision to deal with fuel subsidies...

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Ekiti: NGF Commends Oyebanji Over Transfer Of Electricity Regulatory Oversight

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEkiti: NGF Commends Oyebanji Over Transfer Of Electricity Regulatory Oversight

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 26, 2024

Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has been commended by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) over the recent transfer of the electricity regulatory oversight by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to the Ekiti State Electricity Regulatory Bureau. The Forum, in a congratulatory letter signed by its Director General, Asishana Okauru, said the transfer was a major achievement and “significant milestone” in the tenure of the Biodun Oyebanji-led administration in Ekiti State. While hailing Governor...

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ICPC To Arrest Former Director General NILDS

NewsNigeriaICPC To Arrest Former Director General NILDS

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2024

Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC has secured a court order to arrest former Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, Prof Ladi Hamalai, for failing to appear in the corruption case. A statement by spokesman of the Commission, Mr. Demola Bakare says the Federal High sitting in Apo, Abuja presided over by Justice C. O. Oba issued the bench warrant for the arrest of Professor Hamalai following...

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Emir Of Minna Set Up Committee To Curb Vices

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEmir Of Minna Set Up Committee To Curb Vices

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2024

A 31-man committee has been set up by Minna Emirate Council as part of a measure to address persistent thuggery, youth restiveness, and consumption of hard drugs by youths in Minna and its environs. Performing the ceremony in Minna, the monarch tasked members to discharge their duty effectively under the laid down rules and regulations. He also directed the committee to work hand in hand with law enforcement agencies in Minna Emirate to achieve the...

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Breaking: Community in Niger Flee When Soldiers Pull Out After Deadly Ambush 

National SecurityNewsNigeriaBreaking: Community in Niger Flee When Soldiers Pull Out After Deadly Ambush 

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 25, 2024

Fear and uncertainty grip a community in Niger State, Nigeria, following the withdrawal of military troops stationed there. This comes two days after a deadly ambush on a military patrol that left several soldiers dead. The deadly ambush on Tuesday evening, targeted a convoy of military vehicles travelling near the town of Allawa. Insurgents, believed to be affiliated with a local militant group, launched a coordinated attack using small arms fire and improvised explosive devices...

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World Immunization Week: Medical Practitioners, Others, Speak on the Benefits of Immunization

HealthNewsNigeriaWorld Immunization Week: Medical Practitioners, Others, Speak on the Benefits of Immunization

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 25, 2024

As the world marks the 2024 immunization week starting from April 24 to April 30, there are reactions from medical doctors and health professionals in Nigeria on the importance of immunization. However, there are also mixed reactions regarding immunization. Many people not minding their level of exposure are often careful with accepting for themselves or approving all immunizations for their kids.  Notwithstanding some reservations by some people as a result of some personal impression, myth, or religious...

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Insecurity in Anambra: “We must focus our gaze within” – Uzu Okagbue

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInsecurity in Anambra: “We must focus our gaze within” – Uzu Okagbue

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 25, 2024

Chief Uzu Okagbue has reacted to a recent story making rounds on social media that herdsmen of Fulani extraction are terrorizing Ukwulu, a community in Dunukofia local government area of Anambra State. Although the story which claimed that Fulani herdsmen are running amok in Ukwulu and environs, trespassing on farmlands, and committing various crimes including rape, has been dismissed as false by the government of Anambra State; yet, it has continued to fester, nonetheless. Reacting to the...

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Anambra Schoolgirls Win National ICT Competition

EducationNewsNigeriaAnambra Schoolgirls Win National ICT Competition

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 25, 2024

A team of three Anambra schoolgirls has emerged the winner of the National Girls in ICT Competition. Team Vianney of St. John Vianney Science College in Igbariam , Anambra East local government area of Anambra State, emerged winner in the competition organized by the Federal Ministry of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, for Schoolgirls in ICT. Team Vianney represented by Immaculate Ebube Ikegwuonu, the team lead, Camila Anyadike, and Nweke-Nonso Oluchi, easily out-performed their competitors...

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CP Engages Traditional, Religious Leaders, Critical Stakeholders On Cattle Rustling

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCP Engages Traditional, Religious Leaders, Critical Stakeholders On Cattle Rustling

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 25, 2024

Police Officers and other law enforcement agents have been charged to act by the force’s Standard Operational Procedures (SOP) and other extant laws guiding their overall conduct. Adamawa State Commissioner of Police CP Dankombo Morris gave the charge during Police/Community engagement “a Framework to prevent Shilla Gangsterism Kidnapping, Armed robbery, Cattle Rustling and other nefarious activities across the Northern Zone of the state. He warned that any Police Officer found acting contrary to their oaths...

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