Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two identical twins: Takwan Potential and Takwan Peter and 26 others for alleged internet fraud in Calabar, Cross River State. This was confirmed on a recent tweet on the official Twitter handle of EFCC on Thursday. According to the…
The Federal Government has declared Monday June 12, a public holiday. This was confirmed in a statement on Thursday, from the office of the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Interior. According to the release by the Permanent Secretary, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, the holiday is in commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day celebration. Dr Akinlade…
The National Assembly went hard on sex offenders in tertiary institutions across the country as they passed a decisive bill to punish them. The bill calls for comprehensive provisions for the prohibition and punishment of sexual harassment by educators in all higher institutions in Nigeria. Politics Nigeria recalls that the Senate passed the said bill…
President Bola Tinubu is currently in a closed-door meeting with Governors Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State and Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. SAHEL gathered that the closed-door meeting started shortly after 11 a.m. This follows President Bola Tinubu’s meeting with the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday. During…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council (NEC) led by Vice President Kashim Shettima, to begin the process of working on interventions to cushion the impact of subsidy removal on Nigerians. This is even as the independent major oil marketers have pledged to donate no fewer than 100 high capacity buses to…
● Aregbesola Danced Buga to Spite Oyetola ● Oyetola Directed his Caucus to Shut Door of Peace The battle for the soul of Osun state All Progressives Congress (APC) took turn for the worst on Wednesday as rival factions hosted two factional events, one for former Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola and another for the immediate…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, on Thursday began the implementation of a new rule which would make it mandatory for Nigerian pilgrims in Madina to be moved to Makkah after five days stay in the second holiest city of Saudi Arabia. According to a statement signed by the NAHCON’s Deputy Director of Information…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the party’s Ebonyi and Ekiti State executive committees with immediate effect. Mr Debo Ologunagba, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba said this in a statement in Abuja. Ologunagba said that the NWC approved the dissolution of the two states executive…
The President of Pastors Support Network, a network of over 2000 pastors and ministers, and a Board Member of the Grand Renaissance Institute, Florida USA, Dr Effa Emmanuel, has charged President Bola Tinubu to ensure he appoints his cabinet based on merit. Dr Emmanuel, who is also a Senior Pastor of World Royal City Church…
The United Kingdom’s Department of Health and Social Care has committed to strengthening Nigeria’s health workforce with a grant worth £2 million. The World Health Organisation (WHO), which disclosed this in a statement Wednesday, hailed the new funding commitment The statement said the grant would cover a two-year period to support the government of Nigeria…
