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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has offered whistleblowers up to five per cent of recovered assets for actionable information leading to the recovery of funds and properties allegedly stashed abroad by corrupt Nigerians. Olukoyede urged individuals with credible information on the location of Nigerian assets suspected to be proceeds of corruption anywhere in the…
The Federal Government is reviewing its foreign scholarship and bilateral education arrangements as part of efforts to eliminate unnecessary expenditure and redirect public resources towards strengthening Nigerian tertiary institutions. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, said the government could no longer justify spending scarce public funds to send students abroad to study programmes that…
A Nigerian student walks through Xiaoying Lane and finds a different answer to a question his own country is still asking. By Mohammad Toyeeb Abdulsalam There were old women sitting around a wooden table when I walked in, not waiting, not idle, working, their hands moved through thread and shell with a quiet confidence that comes…
ActionAid Nigeria has condemned an alleged directive by the Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Samuel Danjuma Shekwolo, that residents must support the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) or leave the council, describing the remark as a troubling threat to democratic freedoms, while warning that political intimidation could become normalised ahead of the 2027 elections. The…
The Federal Government has ordered a review of concession agreements on major roads across the country following the worsening condition of the Benin-Asaba Expressway. Minister of Works, David Umahi, gave the directive on Tuesday after inspecting the troubled highway, where motorists and commuters have endured days of gridlock and hardship. Umahi expressed strong dissatisfaction with…
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chief Anthony Ojukwu, has thrown his weight behind the establishment of state police, but warned that the reform could worsen Nigeria’s security and human rights problems if state-controlled forces are allowed to operate without stringent safeguards and independent oversight. Ojukwu said decentralising the country’s policing…
Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has described any jobs outside lawmaking and oversight functions by the legislative arm as “deviation from the field of play”. The governor, who spoke while receiving and signing the Edo House of Assembly Funds Management Bill 2023 and the State Judiciary Financial Autonomy 2023 Amendment Bill into law, explained that…
The Edo State House of Assembly on Monday formally impeached the suspended Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku. Agbebaku, who represents Owan West Constituency 1, had, on Monday, August 17, 2026, resigned his position as the Speaker of the House. Yekini Idaiye, the lawmaker representing Akoko-Edo 1, was then elected in his place as the new Speaker. The…
Judiciary workers under the auspices of Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), on Monday, locked out workers of the Edo State House of Assembly over plans to repeal financial autonomy for both the judiciary and legislature. The Judicial workers blocked the entrance gate with placards demanding a stop to the planned repeal of the financial…
Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Edo State Command, have arrested three male suspects in a cannabis sativa plantation in the Ukaro Forest of Owan West Local Government Area. The Edo State Commander of the agency, Dr Mitchell Ofoyeju, disclosed this in a statement in Benin City. According to him, the plantation…