We provide you with the latest breaking news and videos straight from the entertainment industry
We provide you with the latest breaking news and videos straight from the entertainment industry
The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council has uncovered about 58 bank accounts allegedly linked to its Director-General, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, as well as an alleged N400m transaction which the committee said may have involved fraudulent representations. The committee also found that more than 30 of the…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has condemned the latest increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, describing it as “avoidable and unacceptable” and questioning why the Federal Government has not done more to ensure that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery gets adequate supplies of Nigerian crude. The acting General Secretary of the…
A 52-year-old Islamic teacher, who identified himself as Jubril Ibrahim, has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for allegedly preparing charms for kidnappers. Ibrahim was paraded alongside four suspected kidnappers on Tuesday at the Edo State Police Command for allegedly terrorising residents of the Edo North Senatorial District, particularly in the Auchi, Jattu…
Former Chairman of the Edo Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Osi Orbih, is dead. The statement was signed by Francis Udukhomoi Orbih, Esq., for and on behalf of the Orbih family. In a statement announcing the passing, the family said it was made “with profound sadness and a heavy heart but…
Nineteen suspected illegal gold miners have been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) during a raid on an illegal mining site in the Okpella/Ososo/Egbetua forest axis of Edo State. The Edo State Commandant of the Corps, Commandant Saidi Akintayo Ayinla, who disclosed this while briefing journalists, said the operation…
The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Benin Branch, has vowed to challenge the Edo State House of Assembly for amending the Financial Autonomy Laws 2023. The Assembly on August 24 amended the Financial Autonomy Laws 2023, which was immediately signed into law by Governor Monday Okpebholo despite protests by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN)…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a major international drug trafficking operation spanning Africa, Europe and Asia, intercepting illicit consignments worth more than N6.2 billion in Lagos while arresting a suspected cross-border kingpin and several other traffickers. The seizures expose the increasingly sophisticated methods being deployed by drug syndicates to move narcotics…
The Federal Government has tightened its control over the deployment and redeployment of civil servants, directing Ministries, Departments and Agencies to stop moving officers from recognised professional pools without approval from the authorities responsible for their postings. The directive by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation comes as the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disclosed how public funds were moved from a local government account to a private company before being transferred into cryptocurrency wallets. The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, disclosed on Monday while addressing media executives and journalists in Abuja, stressing that the commission could not ignore the suspicious movement of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has urged former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, who has been declared wanted over an alleged $14.86m fraud, to make himself available for questioning. The commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, stated this on Monday while reacting to Sylva’s allegation that the anti-graft agency had conducted itself more as an organ…