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Wife of the Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, has been named the Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University, Ojo Ibiyemi is the wife of Mr. Tunji Bello, who is one of the aides of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The new substantive VC, who is a 1985 Psysiology …

The Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, reacted to the slump of its chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, stressing that he is hale and hearty. A statement by Wilson Uwujaren, head, Media & Publicity of the anti-graft agency, said that though the EFCC boss was unwell, he had since received medical …

Abdulrasheed Bawa, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), reportedly slumped and was rushed out of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday, after he slumped at a programme. According to Daily Trust, Bawa was giving his goodwill message at the National Identity Day celebration when he suddenly …

Justice Tijani Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of the sum of N2,700,000,000 recovered from the account of Spiralfoss Limited. Justice Ringim gave the order, following an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Moving the …

Former Rivers State governor, Dr. Peter Odili, has been placed on the watch list of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ) , the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has told a court in Abuja. Odili, a medical doctor, deputy governor between 1992 and 1993 and two-term governor of Rivers …

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof. Lilian Salami, has announced the immediate closure of the University following the protest that rocked the institution on Tuesday, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. On Tuesday, students of the institution blocked the ever-busy Benin-Lagos Expressway and the Ekheuan Road over a N20,000 …

A report released on Wednesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that Nigeria’s inflation rate in August dropped to 17.01% from 17.38% recorded in July 2021. This represents the fifth consecutive decline in the rate of inflation recorded in Nigeria. The latest figure is 0.37% points lower than what was …

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding with the federal government in an effort to end the ongoing strike. On August 1, NARD embarked on strike over “irregular payment of salaries”, among other issues. Efforts of stakeholders, including the house of representatives, to mediate …

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked the convoy of the emir of Bungudu, Hassan Attahiru, along Abuja-Kaduna highway. Mr. Attahiru is a monarch in Zamfara State. Credible sources confirmed the abduction of the monarch to Daily Nigerian, saying the attackers opened fire on the convoy and successfully demobilized some …

David Yonggi Cho, co-founder of the Yoido Full Gospel Church in South Korea, is dead. Cho, previously called Paul, reportedly died on Tuesday morning after a battle with brain hemorrhage. The popular South Korean minister was 85. Cho, an emeritus pastor at Seoul’s Yoido Full Gospel Church, died at a …