By Tobi Adetunji The Federal Government of Nigeria has ruled out talks of engaging foreign mercenaries in the fight against insurgents and other forms of insecurity in different parts of the country. It also said negotiating with terrorists and bandits…
President Muhammadu Buhari says security chiefs have received marching orders to go harder on criminals, including shooting anyone found to be in illegal possession of AK-47. The President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said…
The Accident Investigation Bureau Nigeria (AIB-N) has ceded the investigation of the Air Peace burst tyre incident to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The General Manager, Public Affairs, AIB, Mr Tunji Oketunbi, confirmed the development in a statement issued…
…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…
