SUSPECTED cybercriminals have compromised the WhatsApp number of Umo Eno, the Governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Akwa Ibom state, using the platform to solicit money from his contacts. The incident occurred on Tuesday, with the fraudsters sending messages from the…
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has revealed the real reason behind its decision to reduce its stake in the Dangote refinery from 20% to 7.2%. Naija News recalls the NNPC had, in September 2021, acquired a 20 percent interest…
NIGERIA on Tuesday handed over the Vice-Chairmanship seat of the World Customs Organisation (WCO), West Africa and Central Region, to Mali. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the ceremony held at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Headquarters, Abuja, saw…
Sen. Osita Izunaso, a legislator of the 6th ECOWAS Parliament has called for election of members directly by their constituents, rather than through nomination by their countries as it is today. Izunaso, the First Rapporteur of the parliament’s Joint Committee on…
THE Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Tuesday, took a swipe at managements of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and other agencies. This is for their persistent refusal to respond to queries raised against them in the 2019…
Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam, the national chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to standardize civil servants’ salaries across the country. He questioned why parents are forced to pay as much as N3,000,000 to secure…
THE Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that it will forgo N188.37 billion in import duties following the Federal Government’s directive to remove tariffs and other import duties on key food staples. The Comptroller-General of NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, made…
ALL Progressive Congress (APC) over their demand of $1 million before the APC governorship candidate in the 2024 Edo State election, Monday Okpebholo visits the station for an interview. Oseni, in a statement on X on Monday, lamented over the…
Inspect completed Solar Powered Boreholes in Maiduguri By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri THE North East Development Commission (NEDC) has commenced desiltation/evacuation of drainages in the six states of Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa and Taraba in order to mitigate increase in…
THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has charged students across the country to imbibe the virtues of transparency, accountability and integrity and to shun all forms of corruption, economic and financial…
