…As Bawa testifies against Nadabo Energy in N1.4bn subsidy fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a fresh move to sanitise revenue leakages has uncovered N70by oil subsidy fraud. This was announced by the new Chairman of EFCC Abdulrasheed Bawa yesterday while…
By Ayo Fadimu, Florence Abatta (Osogbo), AKinlabi Afolabi (Ibadan), Bankole Taiwo (Abeokuta), Eunice Odigie (Benin City) The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday, staged a protest at the National Assembly complex, rejecting a bill seeking to move the national minimum…
By Kayode Tokede Since the emergence of the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria, the Central Bank says it has expended a total of 82 health projects with the sum of N85.89 billion. The projects financed by the apex bank comprise 26…
Kaduna State governor, Nasir El Rufai on Wednesday received the Kaduna State 2020 Annual Security Report, in which 937 people were said to have been killed by bandits and 1,972 kidnapped within the period. Our Correspondent reports that the state…
Nigerian government has called for increased regional collaboration for the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ecosystem in West Africa as a potential digital hub on the global ICT map. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali…
By Kayode Tokede The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has said Nigerian banks lost over N264.5 billion to fraudsters between 2017 and September 2020. NDIC’s executive director, corporate services, Mrs. Omotola Abiola-Edewor, stated this at the Corporation’s 2021 annual capacity…
…Enugu trains 300 Vaccinators The governments of Lagos, Osun, Benue, Nasarawa and Enugu have confirmed receiving doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal Government. In Lagos, the State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Tuesday in Ikeja while speaking at…
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts on Tuesday, disagreed with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the interpretation of its Act. The disagreement was on the sections of the Act that dealt with remittance of funds to…
The private sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), on Tuesday, fulfilled its pledge to the Lagos State Government by donating 260 medical oxygen gas cylinders and a newly purchased Incinerator to Yaba Isolation centre in Lagos. Speaking to media at the…
Tobi Adetunji The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has hinted that the federal government has mapped out plans to utilize the £4.2m looted by the former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, and his associates for completion of diverse…
