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Following recent leakage of some secret memos at the Presidency, The allocated funds were intended for the inauguration of a 37-member Tripartite Committee responsible for discussing the New National Minimum Wage. The Presidency has since requested an investigation into the civil service framework in order to eliminate individuals it refers to as “moles” who are loyal to the main opposition, ... Read More »

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday declared Margaret Dumbiri Emefiele, wife of embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele wanted. Also declared wanted by the anti-graft agency were Eric Ocheme Odoh (m), Jonathan Omoile (m) and Anita Joy Omoile (f) for alleged for allegedly conniving with the immediate past CBN governor to convert ... Read More »

Troops of 93 Battalion, 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Jalingo, Taraba State, have apprehended a suspected female while trying to pick ransom for a kidnapped victim in Taraba. In a statement issued by Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Lt. Olubodunde Oni, the female kidnapper named Janet Igohia was arrested after picking up N1.5 million. Oni said ... Read More »

…Don’t harbor negative thoughts about your country- president President Tinubu encouraged Nigerians to maintain a positive outlook on the country, underlining that optimism leads to success. The President said this in his speech during the launch of the 3,112 housing units in FCT, Abuja. He said: “Don’t think of your country negatively, before I left home this morning, I asked ... Read More »

….Agency arrests suspects in Lagos, PH, Kaduna The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday joined the battle to halt further depreciation of the naira against the dollar. The anti-graft agency said it had raised 14 special task forces to fish out culprits. The anti-graft agency, which announced the arrest of many racketeers in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Kaduna, said ... Read More »

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday granted N30m bail to a businessman, Lanre Smith, accused of N10m fraud. Justice Ibrahim Kala granted the bail following a motion filed and argued by the defendant’s lawyer, Akin Apara. Apara who pleaded with the court to admit the defendant to bail on liberal terms stated that Smith was still presumed ... Read More »

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Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has certainly found a new hobby to keep himself busy, having failed to achieve his lifelong ambition of becoming the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He is increasingly carving for himself the role of opposition-in-chief to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his government. However, we notice that the former Vice-President, just like in his political ... Read More »

The Federal Government and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have denied reported plans to convert foreign exchange in depositors’ domiciliary account to naira. Some sections of the media reported on Saturday that the Federal Government had plans to convert the domiciliary accounts to naira as a way to strengthen the naira. But the Coordinating Minister of the Economy Wale Edu, ... Read More »

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), said, on Wednesday, that former President Olusegun Obasanjo almost punched him for advising that the 1999 Constitution be amended when Obasanjo was the sitting President. Olanipekun said while delivering the Convocation Lecture of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State. The theme of the lecture was: “Mass Exodus ... Read More »