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Ibrahim Magu may have been suspended as the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This development comes a day after he was arrested and detained by security operatives in Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier set up a presidential panel headed by Justice Ayo Salami to probe the various …

There is tension in Ondo State as members of the state House of Assembly have commenced the process of removing the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi. The lawmakers are currently in session deliberating on the allegations of gross misconduct against the embattled deputy governor. Armed policemen and Nigerian Security and Civil …

  The private sector-led Coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has donated N1.4 billion worth of medical supplies and additional 26,400 test kits sufficient to set up six fully functional COVID-19 medical laboratories in the fight against the pandemic.   Presenting the test kits and medical equipment at the Nigeria Centre for …

A former General Manager of the Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency, Jide Odekunle, is dead. The PUNCH learnt that Odekunle, who served under former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration for four years and 11 months, died of COVID-19 complications. He was said to have been treated at the Onikan …

Ahead of the new week, all Grade Level 1 to 12 workers must continue working from home and use our dedicated online Learning Management System (LMS) portals to improve themselves. Personal responsibility is now more important than ever. We have accredited seven private laboratories to conduct #COVID19 tests to help …

A former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has denied having any affiliation with alleged fraudster, Hushpuppi. Abubakar further warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) to be mindful of making hat he described as “senseless statements”. He was responding to the statement by the APC, in which the ruling party called …

There was a mild drama on Sunday at the Oluyole, Ibadan residence of the former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, when the state deputy governor Rauf Olaniyan was denied access to the eighth-day fidau prayers holding in the compound. The family had announced the fidau prayer as a private …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced new appointments and redeployments of top officials. It said the move was a part of ongoing efforts to strengthen and reposition the national oil company for greater efficiency, transparency and profitability. NNPC recorded N9.53bn trade deficit in March NNPC’s 3 refineries record …

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has announced August 3 for resumption of schools in the state. Announcing the date at a media briefing on Friday, the governor said the resumption is for those in SSS 3 and Tech III. According to the governor, the decision was taken after a meeting …

Wahab Adegbenro, Ondo state commissioner of health, has died of COVID- 19 complications.  A family source told TheCable Adegbenro died at the state’s infectious disease hospital on Thursday. “I still saw him on Monday, I never knew that was the last time I would set my eyes on you alive,” …