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The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State and former Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has refuted the claim that he is under probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged N4bn fraud. Fayemi, in a statement on Friday by the Head of the Fayemi Media Office, Abuja, Mallam

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Kano State has arrested eight suspects for committing crimes ranging from vandalism, car theft to phone snatching in the state. The state NSCDC’s Commandant, Muhammad Falala, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the command’s headquarters on Thursday evening. Falala said the suspects included Ibrahim Sani, 25; Salahu

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka’s economy showed “tentative signs of improvement” but recovery remains challenging and Colombo must pursue painful reforms, the IMF said Friday. The International Monetary Fund’s Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura said the country was emerging from its unprecedented crisis thanks to reforms including the doubling of taxes, spending cuts and the scrapping of

At least 45 bags containing human remains were found in a ravine in the western Mexican state of Jalisco during a search for seven young people reported missing last week, local authorities said on Thursday. “Forty-five bags with human remains have been extracted that belong to both male and female people,” the state prosecutor’s office

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali-Baba, has charged newly promoted officers to develop the lofty principles and values of modern policing and discharge their duties as expected of them. The PUNCH reports that the force has promoted a total of 31,465 police officers, comprising 24,991 from the ranks of sergeants to inspectors, 194 from corporals

Nigeria Professional Football League sides, Bendel Insurance and Enugu Rangers will rekindle their age-long rivalry in the FA Cup again after making their way into the final of this year’s edition on Thursday, The PUNCH reports. Six-time winners, Enugu Rangers, booked their place in the final after beating another NPFL side, Plateau United 1-0 in

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria has threatened to embark on an industrial action on Monday over the poor welfare of its members in the shipping sector. The development has forced some operators in the maritime sector to kick, saying the proposed shutdown would affect their business operations. However, the President General of MWUN, Adewale

To address some operational challenges encountered in the course of their work, freight forwarders recently held a town hall meeting to engage maritime regulators. During the town hall meeting theme ‘Way Forward on Challenges Militating Against Cargo Clearance’, the group comprises freight forwarders and Customs brokers, which includes the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents;

The Nigeria Customs Service Board said it has approved the implementation of a competency-based accelerated career progression plan for officers of the service. This was contained in a statement recently issued by the National Public Relations Officer of the Customs, Abdullahi Maiwada. He explained that the plan was a proactive strategy designed to close the

In a bid to improve trade compliance, the Nigeria Customs Service, in collaboration with the World Bank under the Accelerating Revenue Mobilisation Reforms Programme, has introduced modalities for migration from the Fast Track Regime to Fast Track 2.0. In a statement, on Wednesday, the National Public Relations Officer of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada, a Chief

From football to jollof rice, and other sundry striving like music and acting, I love the healthy rivalry between Nigeria and Ghana. But truly, Ghanaians know which is the giant of the two countries just as Nigerians know that the tattered singlet of Musa at the gate is worthier that the starched khaki of the

An Abuja-based Twitter user, @UncleDara_, has accused some policemen in the Gwarinpa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, of allegedly stopping him twice in the week and questioning him for driving a 2009 Honda Accord Coupe. Tagging the Force Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Wednesday, the tweep stated, “Your men of the

The Rivers State Police Command has said a notorious cultist identified as Azunda Elechi was killed during a shootout with its operatives. The command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Thursday. Iringe-Koko said Elechi, a member of the Dey-Gbam cult group, was

A Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, on Thursday, remanded three suspected members of an unlawful society called ‘IBILE,’ Jemilu Adamu, Babatunde Gbenga and Jimoh Idris, for alleged murder. Justice Yetunde Adesanya remanded the suspects after they took their plea. The defendants are facing two counts of membership in an unlawful society

The first witness of the Peoples Democratic Party, Joe Agada, on Thursday, alleged that he was forced to sign the results sheets as the Collation Officer in Kogi State for the February 25 presidential election. Agada, who is a retired captain, stated this during his cross-examination at the Presidential Election Petition Court  Abuja where the

Amnesty International Nigeria has stated that Nigerians are terrified about how the removal will affect their daily lives. The Acting Director of the organisation, Isa Sanusi, made this known in a statement. According to him, the decision of the new administration has left millions of Nigerians concerned about how they would be able to meet

The National Bureau of Statistics has disclosed that household final consumption grew by -12.47 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the 7.30 per cent growth rate of Q4 2021. This disclosure was contained in the new Nigerian Gross Domestic Product Report (Expenditure and Income Approach) for Q3 and Q4 2022. The

The House of Representatives Committee on Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring has approved that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency can continue the disbursement of $700m from the Cabotage Vessel Finance Fund. The House had on May 2, 2023, asked the NIMASA to stop its plan to disburse the sum from the Fund. Members

Telecommunication firms have issued Deposit Money Banks disconnection notice amid a disagreement over Unstructured Supplementary Service Data service debt running to over N120bn. According to telcos, banks owe them N120bn for using their USSD infrastructure for financial services. As a result, the telcos — MTN, Glo, Airtel, and 9mobile- have now stated their firm intention

JUST hours into his administration, President Bola Tinubu started feeling the heat from the gigantic burden of governance. The blowback from his aggressive removal of the petrol subsidy a month ahead of schedule manifested in high prices and a furious citizenry, and conflated with reports of N16 trillion worth of abandoned projects scattered across the

•Refineries’ production, input costs will raise price to current level – Kyari •NNPCL says 1.8 billion litres petrol available, queues won’t exceed Saturday •Reps demand relief, palliatives for Nigerians, want oil swap deal suspended The local production of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, by Dangote Refinery, Port Harcourt Refining Company and others in

Nine-time African champions, Super Falcons, will face either Ethiopia or Chad in the second round of the qualifying series for the Paris 2024 Women’s Olympics football tournament, The PUNCH reports. The Paris 2024 Olympics will hold from July 26 to August 11 in Paris. The Falcons, who missed the last three editions of the Olympics

A police prosecution witness, Inspector Jola Oso, on Thursday, told a Lagos State High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square how he investigated the murder of a 28-year-old sex worker, Elochukwu Solomon, who was killed by a 23- year-old bus conductor, Babatunde Oluwadamilare. The witness, who was led in evidence-in-chief by the state prosecuting counsel,

The Federal Government is to generate $200bn revenue from the modernisation project of the Nigeria Customs Service, the concessionaire in charge of the project, announced on Thursday. Speaking at the flag-off of the Project Management Office of the Nigeria Customs Service Modernisation Project in Abuja, the Chairman, Trade Modernisation Project Limited, concessionaire of the facility,

The Director-General of the John Odigie Oyegun Public Service Academy, Imuwahen Ajoonu, has said that 2,500 Edo workers have been trained out of 10,000 approved by the State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. Ajoonu said that the State Government had a vision of transforming Edo State into a high-performing, progressive, self-sufficient state, and recognised that civil service