President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Hakeem Odumosu as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The appointment is subject to his confirmation by the Senate. Tinubu has suspended indefinitely the former chairman of the anti-corruption body on Wednesday, June 14. According…

A hoodlum, identified simply as Yemi, aka Aleeba, has been arrested for allegedly abducting and raping a female undergraduate of the Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State. According to sources in the town, Yemi, who had been notorious for committing a series of crimes in the area, abducted the undergraduate along Bode Road in Ede on…

After spending over 10 hours at the Makurdi office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, former Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has been released by the anti graft agency. The Governor had Tuesday morning at about 10am reported at the Zonal Office of the Commission following an invitation from the office. It…

Guinness World Records has reportedly approved the 120-hour cook-a-thon of Ekiti-born chef, Miss Damilola Adeparusi, popularly known as Chef Dammy. Recall, Chef Dammy embarked on a courageous cooking journey which organisers said lasted for 120 hours between June 9 and June 13. Guinness World Records on Wednesday, June 14, said that the chef did not…

A KLM flight headed for the Netherlands made an emergency landing in Spain with an additional passenger on board after a woman unexpectedly went into labour. According to Aviation24 on Tuesday, the incident happened early Monday morning when one of the passengers on KLM Flight 588, a Boeing 777, suddenly went into labour while flying…

••• Calls for Niger Delta-wide Environmental Remediation Programme ••• Seeks review of NDDC, HYPREP funding method ••• Intensifies plan to clean Bayelsa State The coalition of Ijaw interest groups and other critical stakeholders in the environmental sector on Wednesday, urged President Bola Tinubu and Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri to promulgate a Niger…

An FCT High Court on Tuesday fixed the ruling in the case of enforcement of a fundamental rights suit filed by the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to July 13. Justice Hamza Muazu fixed the date after listening to submissions made by parties in the matter. In his submission,…

Former Aviation Minister and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, has lauded President Bola Tinubu on his political outings in the last three weeks. The president is currently being applauded for the ongoing reforms and cleaning of the system, which has been made evident by removing some bigwigs from key positions. Tinubu…

Former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom Tuesday morning presented himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Makurdi for questioning. It was gathered that the ex-governor arrived at the office of the anti-graft agency at about 10 am in the company of some of his personal aides. He was said to have…

…Constitute Presidential Committee to work on demands, reconvenes next Monday Organised labour and the Federal Government yesterday agreed on an eight-week deadline to thrash out all contentious issues and implement the resolutions arising from the demands of labour. Recall that immediately after President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of the fuel subsidy on May 29,…