DOCUMENTS obtained from the Federal Ministry of Finance have shown that Nigeria’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has spent the sum of N2.5 billion on land clearing as part of its COVID-19 intervention programme. The Agric Ministry says N2.5…
THE row between governors and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) over the $418 million Paris Club refund debt deepened yesterday. The governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) accused Malami…
THE trial of former Chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Dr. Ngozi Olejeme continued today, November 8, 2021 before Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi Abuja with the Economic and Financial Crimes…
A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja has sentenced Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reformed Task Team to eight years imprisonment. Maina was convicted after he was found guilty of money laundering. In a judgement delivered by…
THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) which has been caught in the act for refusing to allow student applicants make payment directly through the Federal Government designated remittal accounts has suddenly requests that other agencies under its watch returned…
NO fewer than five persons were feared killed on Friday evening as a section of the popular Kubwa ultra modern market in Abuja was gutted by fire. While the identity of the deceased were not immediately known, an emergency services…
THE attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to fake news trending on social media with the caption, “EFCC Crew poses for quick photograph with billionaire socialite and businessman Obi Cubana”. The caption is as…
• Ex-HoCSF Aji, Amal Pepple head sub-committees on MDAs THE Federal Government has decried the delay in the implementation of the report of former Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Stephen Osagiede Oransanye, on restructuring and rationalisation of…
THE Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Technical and Recreational Employees (AUPCTRE), has suggested remodeling of labour management relations to curb industrial disharmony in work places. Mr Aliyu Maradun, FCT Council Chairman of AUPCTRE, gave the advice at the end…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 1, 2021 l, arraigned one Amusa Abiodun Azeez before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on four counts bordering on possession of fraudulent documents…
