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The Kano Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has rejected a series of calls for the scrapping of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), describing the calls as “unpatriotic and short-sighted.” Speaking on International Ombuds Day 2024, organized by the Kano Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission with the theme “Here to Hear You,” the Chairman…

L-R: Hon. Martins Chike Amaewhule and Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo .. The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja has upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court, affirming Martins Amaehwule as the authentic Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. This ruling is a victory for the camp of former Rivers State Governor…

Enugu State Police Command has arrested one Dr. Emmanuel Ugwumba, 52, of Ezimo-Agu community in Udenu Local Government Area over alleged child trafficking and forgery. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu. Ndukwe said that the Command’s operatives serving in the Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad…

.. The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a club bouncer, identified as Kingsley Oti, for allegedly stabbing a suspected hoodlum to death at a lounge on Ago Palace Way in the Okota area of Lagos State. The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed on Wednesday that the incident took place around 3:30 a.m. on…

Voting started early in some areas in the Plateau State local government elections, even as there were delays in some other locations due to the late arrival of officials. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited some polling units at Kugiya, Bukuru Lowcost, Zang Commercial Secondary School, reports that as at…

.. Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has successfully priced its $400m 10.125 per cent notes, which are set to mature on October 15, 2029. Interest payments on the notes will be made semi-annually, on April 15 and October 15 each year, with the first payment commencing on April 15, 2025. This information was disclosed in…

Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has declared that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike passed through him. Amaechi, who said he doesn’t like to mention Wike’s name, noted that the FCT Minister passed through him when he was governor of the state. Speaking with Ebere TV, the former Minister…

.. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) in two separate operations apprehended and detained suspected internet fraudsters in Uyo and Benin following actionable intelligence on their suspected involvement in computer-related fraud. In a statement released on Wednesday by the commission, 13 alleged internet scammers were arrested in the Nwaniba area of Uyo, Akwa Ibom…

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone D in Bauchi, has seized 628 jerry cans of smuggled petrol, 78 pieces of donkey skin, and four drums of petrol within a four-week period. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Comptroller Aliyu Abubakar of FOU Zone D shared details of the operations against smugglers in…

.. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has expressed plans to partner with Trans Sahara Consortium in their Soybean and Sugar projects’ initiatives. Edun disclosed this in Abuja, when he met with delegations from Trans Sahara Consortium Limited, led by its Chairman, Senator Ibrahim Turak. The projects,…

The Labour Party caucus of the Anambra State House of Assembly has resisted alleged attempt by the governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo to arm twist local government chairmen into paying their federal government allocation back to the state. Anambra had last two weeks held its local government election, in which all the candidates of All Progressives…

.. The Ministry of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy’s flagship initiative, the Creative Leap Accelerator Platform (CLAP), aims to revolutionize Nigeria’s creative sector by upskilling over two million youths by 2027. A statement from the office of the Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, signed by Dr. Nneka Anibeze, Special Assistant…

The Senate on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to declare a State of Emergency on the protection and welfare of the girl-child in the country to effectively shape the future of the nation. It also urged state governments yet to domesticate the Child Rights Act to do so with the attendant eradication of harmful traditional…

.. Independent oil marketers on Wednesday adjusted the pump price of petrol in the Federal Capital Territory to reflect the price at which they bought the product from Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company. Checks by NewsNGR revealed that many filling stations have adjusted their pump price of petrol to an average of N1,200 per…

The Ekiti State Amotekun Corps has arrested 3 teenagers whose names were given as Adekunle Yinka (18 years old) who lives at Kota in Omuo Ekiti, a 17-year-old Babatunde Japheth residing in Omuo-Ekiti and a 16-year-old Sunday Taiwo, also a resident of Omuo-Ekiti for burglary and theft. In a press release signed by the Head…

.. The University of Calabar (UniCal) has suspended its Head of Department (HOD) of Pharmacology, Joseph Akpan, over alleged examination script tampering. The institution’s Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof. Florence Obi, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Calabar. According to her, the suspended lecturer allegedly altered 235 examination result scripts. Obi stated that Akpan allegedly…

The National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has sacked a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, P. 1. N Ikwueto, and his company as its legal representatives. Their disengagement was contained in a letter dated 8 of October, 2024 and addressed to the senior lawyer with the title, ‘Letter of Disengagement…

.. A housewife named Barkisu Sulaiman has been arrested by residents of the Karaworo-Lokoja area of Kogi state for allegedly throwing her newborn baby into a drainage ditch. Sulaiman was arrested on Tuesday, October 7, following a tip-off from a woman in the Kabawa area of Lokoja, who reportedly shared a close relationship with…

The Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, has charged stakeholders to collaborate and ensure that Nigeria Police Academy admission processes are transparent, fair, and aligned with the values of the academy. He made this statement during a stakeholders meeting on Admission for Regular Course 11 2024/2025 Academy Session of the Nigeria Police Academy held…

.. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has announced the finalization of the Executive Order Harmonized Implementation Framework, which has now been cleared for gazetting. This was contained in a press statement released on Wednesday by the ministry’s Head of Information & Public Relations, Alaba R. Balogun Balogun stated that, ”this critical step…