President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed eight permanent secretaries in the federal civil service to fill existing and impending vacancies in some states and geopolitical zones.It was the second set of eight permanent secretaries appointed by the president, following those appointed last June from Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Jigawa, Ondo,
The Supreme Court on Monday in Abuja imposed a N5 million fine on a former presidential candidate, Ambrose Owuru, for seeking the removal of President Bola Tinubu, describing the suit as frivolous and vexatious.Owuru, a lawyer, who contested the 2019 presidential election against former President Muhammadu Buhari on the platform
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that the Commission, in a landmark raid, arrested 792 suspects for their alleged involvement in cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scam.The suspects were apprehended on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, in a surprise operation at their
The Federal Executive Council has approved the renaming of the University of Abuja to Yakubu Gowon University.This decision was announced by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, following the council’s final meeting for 2024 at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja.The renaming is to honour General Yakubu
The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, re-arraigned a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche, on a nine-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit felony and forgery before Justice O. O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting
The Alema of Warri, High Chief Emmanuel Oritsejolomi Uduaghan, on Monday, described the Senate President, Chief Godswill Akpabio, as ‘’a great source of joy and inspiration to all’’Uduaghan in a congratulatory message on Akpabio’s 62nd birthday commended the Senate President for contributing immensely to the development of Nigeria, assisting the
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has assured the people of Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State that the Commission will complete all ongoing projects and initiate new ones on the island.Addressing a delegation of Niger Delta groups from Bonny led by the Chairman of Concerned Citizens of Bonny,
The Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS has given Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger six months, from January 29 to July 29, 2025, to reconsider their decision to exit the regional bloc.President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, announced the six-month grace on Sunday in Abuja
Nigeria has paid ₦84 billion and $54 million community levy to the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS.The covers covers 2023 and January to July 2024.This is the first time in almost two decades that Nigeria has fully met its financial obligations to the ECOWAS.The President of ECOWAS Commission,