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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday presented a 2022 budget proposal of N1,388,285,459,990.51 to the House of Assembly. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Gboyega Akosile, made this known in a statement titled, ‘Infrastructure, Education Top Lagos’ Priorities In 2022, As Sanwo-olu …

EFCC Chairman, Abdulraheed Bawa The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday said most frauds in the banking sector were perpetrated by insider Information, Communication Technology employees. Head, Cybercrime Section of the EFCC, Abbah Sambo, made the declaration at a national seminar on Banking and Allied Matters for judges in …

Peter Odili A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and its Comptroller General, Idris Isah Jere to release the impounded international passports of a former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili within five days. Justice Inyang Ekwo handed out the order as a condition …

Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki   Former President of the Senate, Mr Bukola Saraki, has declared his intention to vie for president in the 2023 general elections, reports say on Wednesday. Saraki was quoted as making the declaration on Tuesday, in Makurdi, during a visit to Governor of Benue State, …

  Ilyasu Abdulrauf Bello The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Deputy Bursar of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Ilyasu Abdulrauf Bello, on one-count charge bordering on alleged diversion of six-million-naira. He was arraigned on Tuesday before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court. …

Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress Even though he has not openly declared his intention to run for president in 2023, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Bola Tinubu, has tasked his campaign groups to robustly sell his yet-to-be unveiled agenda, THE WHISTLER …

The minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has disclosed that the much-awaited national carrier, Nigeria Air, is expected to take off by April 2022. The minister made the disclosure while speaking with the State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the week’s Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting. The meeting was presided over …

Huawei has announced the winners of the 2021 edition of the Huawei HMS App Innovation Contest (Apps UP), with four African Apps being recognised and celebrated among the 18 winners. South African Coresthetics walked away with one of the Best App Awards in the Middle East and Africa region, along …

  The Federal Government is planning to replace fuel subsidy with a N2.4trn annual transportation grant to about 40 million poorest Nigerians. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said on Tuesday that this will be implemented by 2022. According to the minister, the subsidy will be …

Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has faulted the recently leaked report of the judicial panel constituted by the Lagos State Government to investigate the alleged killing of innocent protesters by security operatives during the October 2020 EndSARS protests. Mohammed, who had …