The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed an appeal challenging the High Court judgement that discharged and acquitted Shamsudeen, son of the Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed on N1.1 billion fraud charges. The anti-graft agency appealed the decision which discharged and acquitted the respondent on nine counts before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Abuja Division of the …

Communities in Boki and Akamkpa Local Government Areas of Cross River State have said that stray gorillas and elephants are posing risk to them and their means of livelihood. They also expressed concern that the animals were beginning to pose threat to the lives of people in the communities, especially older women and children. Members of the communities expressed their …

An Oyo State Family Court 2, sitting at Iyaganku Ibadan on Thursday ordered the remand of Kolade Ajayi, a 52-year-old man identified as the owner of Kingdom Cornerstone Orphanage Home. Ajayi was charged to court by the police for allegedly raping two girls in the orphanage. The Magistrate, Mrs P. O. Adetuyibi did not take the plea of defendant due …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it would go after some outgoing public officials after 29th May, the terminal date of the present administration. In an interview with Daily Trust, which was published on Friday, EFCC Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa disclosed that at least two ministries were currently under the radar of the commission for fraudulent …

Barely two years after the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has mobilised representatives of host communities from five epicentre states of oil and gas extractive activities in the region for a week-long capacity building on the implementation of the Act. It was held in collaboration with Ford Foundation. …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has paid the insurance benefit to the family of a corps member Omale Victor with state code EB/21A/1487, who went missing in 2021 during his service year in Ebonyi State. Victor, who was 24 years old at the time, was declared missing on 9th November 2021, by his roommate Innocent Ujah, who reported to …

Kellogg’s Nigeria has given educational scholarships to 150 youngsters who emerged as winners of the fourth edition of Kellogg’s Superstars Essay Competition. A statement by the organisation explained that Kellogg’s gave a cash reward of N150,000.00 to each winner, saying the Kellogg’s Superstars Essay Competition was instituted in 2019 for the benefit of young children between five and 12 years …

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Faruk Yahaya on Thursday announced scholarships for the top male and female graduates of the Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA) training facility. Yahaya made the statement at the graduation ceremony for the third group of 264 barrack youths in Abuja’s NAOWA Youth Development Initiative. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that NAOWA graduated …

A bill seeking to amend the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Act, 2004 and grant it more powers to revoke licenses for the cultivation of cannabis plants in Nigeria for medicinal purposes failed to fly in the House of Representatives on Thursday. On Wednesday at the plenary, the measure that Hon. Benjamin Kalu and Hon. Olumide Osoba had co-sponsored …

No fewer than 176,408 candidates will sit for the optional mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on 30th March, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said. The Board directed the candidates who registered for the optional mock-UTME to proceed to print the notification slips for the examination. The board explained that the notification slip contained the candidate’s registration …