TSA Runs into Storm over N25b Daily Commission to Agent, Senate Asks CBN, Others to Halt Further Payments
Citing constitutional violation the Senate has asked the Federal Ministry of Finance and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend further payments into the TSA. Consequently, the Red Chamber has…
Magu Assumes Office as EFCC Boss, Says I Will Be Fearless
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, has charged all staff of the Commission to brace up for…
Why EFCC Could Not Prove Bribery Case Against Umar, CCT Boss
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission did not put the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Mr. Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar on trial over an allegation of N10m…
‘Unbribable’ Crocodiles to Guard Death Row Prisoners in Indonesia
Crocodiles will be used to guard death row prisoners on an isolated Indonesian island as they “cannot be bribed”, the country’s anti-drugs chief has said. Budi Waseso said humans were…
Nigeria Rejects ‘Worst Airport’ Tag, FAAN Says Rating is Unfounded
Unhelpful staff, demands for bribes, lack of seating, broken air-conditioning and a tent for an arrivals hall. Nigeria’s Port Harcourt International Airport was recently voted the worst in the world….
Okowa Pledges More Funding As HIV/AIDS Prevalence Drops Nationwide
Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has expressed happiness at the reduction of HIV/AIDS prevalence in the country and called for strident efforts to have zero prevalence rate of the…
Yudala to Hit N500m Daily – Chairman
The Chairman of Yudala, Nigeria’s first true composite online and offline retail chain, Mr. Sam Ojo, has disclosed that the company is set to hit the N500m mark in its…
Lagos Roads: Ambode Pleads with FG to Pay N30b Debt to State
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday begged President Muhammadu Buhari to pay the over N30 billion the Federal Government is owing the state on road infrastructure to enable…
Ambode Appoints Hassan-Odukale as new Chair of Security Trust Fund
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the appointment of Mr. Oye Hassan-Odukale as the new Chairman of the State Security Trust Fund Board of Trustees subject to the…
EFCC Docks Ex-Benue Gov, Suswan, for N3.1bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 arraigned former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswan and his Finance Commissioner, Omodachi Okolobia, before Justice A.R Muhammad…