The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it would appeal the ruling which acquitted a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal and five others on fraud charges. Lawal, his younger brother Hamidu David Lawal, together with Apeh John Monday, Sulaiman Abubakar, two businesses — Rholavision Engineering Limited and Josmon Technologies Limited — …

Media leaders Dr Patrick Dele Cole, Dan Agbese, Lade Bonuola, Haruna Mohammed and Kabiru Yusuf are among the chieftains of the Nigerian media who will gather on Saturday, 19th November to proffer suggestions and solutions to enable the media to do a more focused job of holding the political class accountable as the nation prepares for a general election. The Media …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate removal of Brigadier General Mohammed Fadah as the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Fadah is barely six months in office. Appointed in May, Fadah took over from Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim as the 19th person to hold the position. President Buhari, who has earned a reputation of keeping government officials …

Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged killer of the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga has told a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, that she was slapped and forced to sign statements written by policemen. Chidinma, who testified in her trial-within-trial as defence witness one, told Justice Yetunde Adesanya on Thursday that policemen, including Assistant Superintendent of …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and religious leaders in the state have advocated the need for peaceful coexistence and religious tolerance among all residents, saying that religion plays an integral role in a true democratic dispensation. The Governor and religious leaders from the Muslim and Christian faith stated this on Wednesday during a symposium organised by the Ministry of …

A 2022 Integrity Icon recipient, Mwalin Abdu has revealed that she has been resisting bribes offered by some Nigerians daily. An Assistant Chief State Counsel at the Gombe State Ministry of Justice, Abdu is renowned for her dedication to ensuring clinical dispensation of justice to perpetrators of sexual and gender-based violence crimes in the state, During an anti-corruption radio programme, …

The Federal Government has distributed inputs to rural farmers in Kogi State affected by flood disaster in the 2022/2023 dry season farming. The distribution is on the platform of the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The National Programme Coordinator, IFAD-VCDP, Dr Fatima Aliyu flagged off the distribution on Wednesday at the …

Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed scores of bandits, among them Kachalla Gudau, who commanded a group involved in kidnappings and killings in Chikun, Kachia and Kajuru Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. According to available intelligence, the incident happened on Sunday at Kankami. The report confirmed that Gudau was indeed one of those killed by the troops as …

IEEE, arguably the world’s largest technical professional organisation, has launched the IEEE Continu>ED initiative to make its online courses for continuing education and professional development more affordable, accessible, and relevant to engineers and other technical professionals in Africa. Eligible businesses, industries and organisations in the public and private sectors in Nigeria and Ghana, can enrol in the IEEE Continu>ED pilot …

The Senate witnessed a rowdy session on Wednesday as the upper legislative chamber discussed a motion on the Naira Redesign Policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which was moved by the Chairman of its Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Uba Sani. In the prayers to his motion, Sani urged the Senate to provide legislative …