Eno Otu, director of finance and account, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), is being grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Otu is being questioned over the alleged diversion of N25 billion in tax remittances. Sources told this newspaper that the NDDC account director arrived at the EFCC facility on Wednesday, and he is still being held for ...

Nigerian governors are of the opinion that elections may not hold in several north-west states as a result of the prevalent insecurity in the geopolitical zone. North-west comprises seven states — Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara. It was gathered that the governors shared their perspective with President Muhammadu Buhari in a policy brief. The brief was part ...

Nigeria’s minister of health, says there are enough medical doctors in the country, and the Federal Government is working toward replacing any medical doctor who resigns and leaves the country. Ehanire made the assertion on Tuesday in Abuja during a media conference, NAN reported. He also said there was no embargo on the employment of doctors and other health personnel ...

In a suit marked EHC/216/2015, Agro Allied Development Enterprises, the claimant had sued Joma Frozen Food Limited, 1st defendant; Sterling Bank Plc, 2nd defendant and Godwin Obali Nwekoyo, 3rd defendant, following an alleged illegal sealing of its business premises by the defendants. AHigh Court sitting in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State has slammed Sterling Bank PLC and ...

Ibrahim Shekarau, senator representing Kano Central, has said that Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), betrayed an agreement they both had. Shekarau had defected to the NNPP from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in May — months after a leadership tussle with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State. Speaking at Kano Foundation Hall ...

Indications have emerged that Nigeria’s federal government is considering proscribing the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) if it fails to call off the prolonged strike after an offer was made to it, according to a report by Vanguard. This is the federal government has approved an additional N100 billion for the university sector as part of the understanding in ...

We gathered that two children were killed as a two-storey building collapsed in the Bariga area of Lagos state, Nigeria’s commercial city, on Sunday night, August 21, 2022. This online news platform understands that the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said the building is located on Adeleye Street, Ladi Lak.   LASEMA permanent secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the death ...

A customer of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), George Braide, who also own an account with the bank at the Aba Road by GRA branch of the bank in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Port Harcourt is asking the bank to refund his N7 million which was taken from his account digitally within three days. The customer of the bank, who ...

The Lagos State Government has extended the ban on commercial motorcycles popularly called Okada to four more Local Govt Areas and five Local Council Development Areas. The state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed full enforcement from September 1, 2022. The additional councils where the total Okada ban is pronounced include Kosofe Local Government, Oshodi-Isolo Local Government, Shomolu Local Government, and ...

THE Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has said it spent N2.5 billion to clear bush and not N18 billion as alleged by the House Representatives Committee on Public Account. In a statement refuting the allegation, the ministry said N2.5 billion was spent on land preparation on 3,200 hectares in 8 states. Signed by the Director, Information, Federal Ministry ...