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Yahaya Bello, the embattled former governor of Kogi State, has urged the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, to be allowed to face his trial in Kogi. Bello, who is facing a 19-count charge in a letter to the chief judge through his team of lawyers …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arrested Dennis Baba Wdony, Wycliffe Midala and Samuel Kayode Melaye for allegedly parading themselves as military officers. They allegedly used the office of the Chief of Defence Staff to defraud unsuspecting members of the public through fake contract awards. According to …

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund says it has approved the immediate disbursement of student loans to successful applicants. NELFUND at its inaugural board meeting took the decision at its inaugural board meeting on Wednesday, as confirmed in a statement signed by its its Head, Media and Public Relations, Nasir Ayitogo. …

  On Monday, Professor Yusuf Saidu, a renowned academic and Vice Chancellor of Research and Development at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, met a tragic end while on an official duty to Kaduna State. According to authentic sources, Professor Saidu and his driver were traveling through Kucheri in Zamfara State when …

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has urged Nigerian Muslims to pray for President Bola Tinubu to successfully steer the country towards a brighter future. Wike made the appeal in his Eid-el-Kabir message to Muslim Ummah in Abuja on Saturday. …

 Olubunmi Tunji Ojo, Interior Minister_   The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 17 and Tuesday, June 18, 2024, public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir festival. In a statement on Friday signed by the Ministry of Interior’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Aishetu Ndayako, quoted the minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, as congratulating …

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, June 13, 2024, adjourned till June 19, 2024 adoption of final written addresses in the alleged N15,800,000.00 (Fifteen Million, Eight Hundred Naira) fraud involving one Balami Abdullahi.   Abdullahi allegedly defrauded one Alhaji Buba Kimba of …

DIG TAIWO LAKANU (RTD) President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of DIG Hashimu Argungu (Rtd) as the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC). The President has also approved the appointment of Chief Onyemuche Nnamani as Secretary and DIG Taiwo Lakanu (Rtd) as Member of the Commission. The appointments …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced that it will not embark on a strike action tomorrow, Tuesday, to demand a new national minimum wage. This decision was made known by the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, at the ongoing International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Ajaero said: “We cannot declare …

The organised labour says it will not accept N62,000 or N100,000 as the minimum wage for workers. Speaking on ‘Morning Brief’, a Channels Television programme, on Monday, Chris Onyeka, assistant general secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), said the union will not negotiate a ”starvation wage”. On June 4, …