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The Nigerian anti-corruption campaign has recorded a dramatic surge in the sentence over the past 15 years, with the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) which has been securing unprecedented success in recent times. Data from SBM Intel tracking petitions, prosecutions and sentences from 2010 to 2024 shows that while the agency struggles in the early years to change the …

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has blamed the proposal by the allocation of revenue mobilization and the Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to increase the salaries of political office holders, describing the step as direct insults to Nigerian people who wrestled with deteriorating economic difficulties. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Secretary of the National Publication of the Party, Mallam Bolaji …

A combined photo of Paul Eenche and “Enenche Eenche” The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), chaired by judge CN OJI, has restored the deposit of Peter Emenche, popularly known as Enenche Eenche, who is facing accusations of defamation of the shepherd Paul Egenche, senior shepherd of the Dunamis International Gospel Center. The sentence followed a application submitted …

Here are the top 10 stories throughout the country. 1. ADC rejects the proposed salary increase for political office holders, moving calls “insensitive” The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has blamed the proposal by the allocation of revenue mobilization and the Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to increase the salary of political position holders, describing the step as direct insults to Nigerians who …

Pandemonium broke out on Wednesday at the Women’s meeting of the Delta del Congress All Progressives (APC) in Oleh, the area of ​​the local government Isoko, following a heated dispute on the alleged hijacking of over 550 million “Kola-Nut” funds of N50 million. The money, according to what reported by politicians and appointed government of the Senatorial District to support …

The Independent National Election Commission (Inec) has clarified that voters who meet the requirements that conduct pre-registration online during the ongoing Voter Registration (CVR) exercise still have to visit the designated Inec offices to complete the process before getting their permanent voter cards (PVC). According to the commission, online registration alone is not enough, because biometric data, including fingerprints, must …

Christine Iyetunde Ofulue said that a professor of linguistics at the National Open University of Nigeria (noun) Iyetunde Ofulue said that the Nigerian Pidgin is rapidly growing globally due to its exceptional scale and scope. This was stated on Tuesday while delivering the 35th inaugural lesson of the University on the theme, “to claim marginalized voices: intersections of diversity and …

The Benue State Assembly Council on Wednesday confirmed that only six of the eight commissioners’ nominations were elected by Governor Hyacinth Alia. The assembly, however, rejected two nominations because of the petition submitted to them. Those who were confirmed in the plenary held in Makurdi were Dr. Benjamin Ashaver, Dr. Peter Egbodo, Mrs. Theresa Ikwue, Mr. Denis Iyaghigba, Dr. Paul …

By Victor Osula, Abuja The federal government closed about 13,597,057 social media account on offensive content and violations of the practice code through platforms, including Tiktok, Facebook, Instagram and X. This was disclosed in the 2024 code of conformity report presented by the promoters of the main interactive computer services platforms such as Google, Microsoft and Tiktok. The practice code …

The Nigerian equity market fell further on Wednesday because investors lost the N713 billion at the close of trading that day. This follows the decline in the stock price of Guinness Nigeria PLC, CONOIL PLC, and Consolidation of PLC Hallmarks, among others, on the trading floor. The Benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) decreased to 141,566.30 points from 142,613.47 points recorded on …