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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Aisha Salihu Malkohi (a.k.a Ummitah, Arab Money) and her husband, Abubakar Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud (at large) on five- count charges bordering on misappropriation of funds to the tune of NN410,518,000. They were arraigned on Friday, December 8, 2023 before Justice Aisha Mahmud of the Kano State High Court sitting in Kano …

A 32-year-old nursing mother, Ann Akpa, charged with assaulting a Magistrate, on Thursday, regained her freedom after spending three days in the Nigeria Correctional Centre in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Akpa was charged with two counts of assault and breach of peace. Akpa told the NAN that she met the bail bond of N200,000 …

Former managing director of Shell Nigeria Gas Ltd Samuel Inyang has died. According to a statement released by his son Itorobong Inyang, the engineer died at the age of 74 on July 31 after a brief illness. Inyang was previously the general manager, production, East, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd, before his appointment as managing director of Shell …

President Bola Tinubu said on Monday he would continue to provide the military with the necessary support to keep the country’s trouble makers at bay. Tinubu, who spoke at the 2023 Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference in Maiduguri, Borno State, acknowledged the Nigerian Army’s commitment to national security and asked the force to remain non-partisan but vigilant in upholding …

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday assigned portfolios to the 45 ministers confirmed by the Senate last week. In the new arrangement, the president appointed the former Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) while his Ebonyi State counterpart, Dave Umahi, was entrusted with the works ministry. Details later… Join the conversation Opinions Support …

Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued 17 kidnapped victims and recovered rustled cows in Zamfara State. The Force Information Officer, Operation Hadarin Daji, Capt. Yahaya Ibrahim, confirmed the news in a statement on Friday in Gusau. He added that the troops rescued two victims and recovered a commercial vehicle carrying foodstuff along Corner Jollof in the Shinkafi local government …

Ex-Niger Delta militants in Ondo State have called on President Bola Tinubu to decentralise the N42 billion pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Tantita Security Services, belonging to former agitator, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo. The contract which was awarded to Tompolo by former President Muhammadu Buhari expired in August and as Nigerians await the FG’s next action towards …

At least five women died when a container crushed a commercial bus in Anambra State on Friday. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Mr. Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to journalists in Awka. He said the container fell off a trailer and crushed the nearby bus along the Nteje-Awka Road at 7:30 a.m., …

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Olayemi Michael Cardoso as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Cardoso will replace the suspended governor, Godwin Emefiele. He will serve for a term of five years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by the Nigerian Senate. Tinubu in a statement issued Fridayby his Special Adviser to the President on …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the immediate implementation of new wage award for the payment of N35,000 to each federal civil servant as palliative to cushion the harsh effects of the removal of fuel subsidy. The new pay will be effective from September 1, 2023, as contained in a memo from the Presidency and signed by the Chairman, Chief …