The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has ordered that sting operations at night be stopped in all the commission’s commands. Olukoyede gave the directive in Abuja on Wednesday, in reaction to the arrest of 69 suspected internet fraudsters in Ile-Ife, Osun State, by operativesContinue Reading
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has faulted the dissolution of the statutory commissions by the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, saying the dissolution would be challenged in court. Adeleke had on Monday announced the dissolution of the State Civil Service Commission, the Judicial Service Commission, theContinue Reading
Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, stormed the Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, protesting the arrest of their students The anti-graft agency operatives raided two off-campus hostels, arresting over 70 students in the process. The students’ Union leadership led other students toContinue Reading
A coalition of civil society groups under the aegis of United Action Front of Civil Society has condemned Wednesday’s arrest of the President, of Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, warning that nothing untoward must happen to him in custody. Head, National Coordinating Secretariat, United Action Front of CivilContinue Reading
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Tuesday, declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the Peoples Democratic Party as the duly elected candidate for the Kogi Central Senatorial Election held in February 2023. The court further dismissed the appeal filed by Abubakar Ohere of the All Progressives Congress for lackingContinue Reading
Omowunmi Aloba, the wife of the late Nigerian rapper, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, also known as Mohbad, has stated that it is a must to conduct a DNA test to prove the paternity of her 6-month-old son, Liam. Omowunmi made this known in a chat with the popular Nigerian actressContinue Reading
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, says the Federal Government will not renew licensing agreements for under-performing electricity distribution and generation companies in Nigeria. Adelabu disclosed this on Monday at the opening ceremony of the three-day inaugural Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, Market Participants and Stakeholders Roundtable, NMPSR, in Abuja.Continue Reading
Abuja: The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has alerted Nigerians to the existence of a portal designed by undesirable elements to defraud Nigerians. She said in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja that the “FG Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation Trust Fund Registration PortalContinue Reading
The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Tanko Sununu has said that the federal government will soon integrate the over 10 million Almajiri and out-of-school children with the established National Commission for Almajiri and out-of-school children with a view to ensure they learn skills that will make them self-reliant.Continue Reading
