The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh charge against former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The new charge accused Emefiele of approving the printing of N684,590,000 at a rate of N18.96 billion, among other allegations. The anti-graft agency…
Doyin Okupe, former director-general (DG) of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign in 2023, has said the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, never believed in the ideologies of the party. According to Okupe, the LP was just a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the 2023 presidential election. Okupe said Obi never…
No fewer than 61 blind candidates on Tuesday, April 23, sat for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organised by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Enugu centre under the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group The candidates are part of the 577 others writing the examination nationwide. The examination, held at the University…
The people of Abia State have urged Governor Alex Otti to do all within his power to recover all stolen funds allegedly perpetrated by the previous administration in the state. These are the forensic auditors appointed by the present administration in the state to unravel how the immediate past administration in the state paid ₦107.2…
The Abia State Government says there is no truth in a recently circulating video on social media that storm water washed off one of the new roads recently constructed by the administration of Governor Alex Otti. The Commissioner for Works, Abia State, Engr. Don Otumchere Oti, stated this while inspecting the ongoing reconstruction of Pepples…
In response to the planned electricity tariff hike by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi federal constituency of Abia State, Hon. Amobi Ogah has urged his colleagues to take a drastic step and stop any action that would cause their constituents to stone them. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting with relevant bodies…
The much awaited Inauguration of Commissioners designate will be on Tuesday 30th April, 2024. Sources disclose that the event will take place at the Exco Chambers, Imo State Government House before the State Governor, His Excellency Senator Hope Uzodimma and other top government functionaries. The commissioners designate who had a two-day retreat alongside other appointees…
A little boy, simply identified as Chidindu has missed the way to his parents’ house after he attended block rosary prayer in a town in Anambra State. This incident reportedly happened in Awada area where the little child was found wandering around, behind the Awada Police State, until he was accosted, questioned and rescued by…
Another painful story has reportedly hit the Nigeria movie industry, the Nollywood, as it lost another great movie star, Zulu Adigwe, to the cold hands of death. This is coming less than two weeks after death of John Paul Odonwodo (popularly known as Junior Pope), and others who died two Wednesdays ago when a boat…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived at The Hague, the administrative capital city of the Netherlands, for his official visit. The NAF 001 conveying Tinubu and his entourage arrived at the Schiphol International Airport, Amsterdam, at 10:10 p.m. (9:10 pm Nigerian time) on Tuesday. His visit is on the invitation of the Prime Minister of…
