ICPC tracks constituency projects worth N4bn in Imo
Nov. 22, 2024 The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has begun tracking of constituency and executive projects in Imo. The exercise kicked off in Owerri on…
Fed. varsity, Gusau denies awarding professorship to sacked UNIZIK V-C
Nov. 22, 2024 The Federal University Gusau in Zamfara has denied awarding Professorship to the sacked Vice-Chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Akwa, Dr Bernard Odoh, insisting that he…
Brazilian meatpacker JBS agrees to invest $2.5 bln in Nigeria, build six factories
November 22, 2024 Brazilian meatpacker JBS said on Thursday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nigeria’s government for a $2.5 billion investment plan in the African country, including…
Customs intercepts N30m worth of PMS
Nov. 22, 2024 The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Friday said that it had intercepted 849 kegs of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), worth over N30 million in retail price. The…
Customs hands over illicit drugs worth N117.59m to NDLEA
Nov. 22, 2024 The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Area 1 Command, has handed over illicit drugs worth N117.59 million to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The Comptroller…
Alleged cybercrime: Court orders remand of 109 foreigners
Nov. 22, 2024 A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the remand of 109 foreigners, charged over allegations bordering on cybercrime, in Kuje and Suleja Correctional Centres. Justice…
EFCC Arraigns REA Director for Alleged N223.4m Fraud
Nov. 22, 2024 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned the Director of Human Resources Management of the Rural Electrification Agency, REA, Mr. Sulieman Garba Bulkwang. Bulkwang was…
We’ll reintroduce rejected bills on 6-year single term – 34 Rep. members
Nov. 22, 2024 The 34 House of Representatives members who sponsored the bill to amend the 1999 Constitution to provide for a six-year single term for the president have resolved…
Supreme Court nullifies the National Lottery Act 2005
The Supreme Court, Friday, nullified the National Lottery Act 2005 in a unanimous judgment of a seven-member panel of the apex court. In a judgment read by Justice Mohammed Idris,…
Navy nabs 3 suspects with 2,000 litres of petrol en route Cameroon
Nov. 22, 2024 The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka has arrested three suspected oil thieves carrying 2,000 litres of petrol with the intention of smuggling it to the…