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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it had arraigned a former Secretary General of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Amaechi Akawo, for alleged involvement in a $150,000 fraud. The anti-graft body said the alleged fraud was perpetrated under Akawo back in July and August …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has debited fourteen banks led by Zenith Bank a total of N356.1bn for failure to meet Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) requirement. The debit is the first suffered by banks in the new year 2022. The affected banks include; Zenith Bank (N170m debit), Providus (N40bn debit) …

  The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), under the governorship of Prof Chukwuma Soludo, will win all legislative seats in the state come 2023 general elections. This was contained in a release by APGA’s Media Warriors’ national coordinator, Chinedu Obigwe, which was made available to THE WHISTLER in Awka on Monday. The …

The Editor Nigeria  reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned three staff of AIICO Capital Limited, a subsidiary of AIICO Insurance Plc, over alleged N1.4 billion fraud. The anti-graft agency arraigned the three personnel before an Ikeja special offices court on Thursday. It was contained in …

Nkechi Blessing; sister, Jennifer poses with new car Nollywood actress, Nkechi Blessing Sunday, on Wednesday gifted her sister, Jennifer, a new car. Sharing photos of her sister with the car, Nkechi noted that Jennifer took care of the family when she travelled, hence she deserved everything. Though the actress noted …

  The Africa Cup of Nations third-place play-off has been brought forward a day from Sunday to this Saturday, February 5, the Confederation of African Football said on Wednesday. The match will now be played on Saturday at 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) having initially been scheduled to start just three …

  File: Abdulrasheed Maina A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Rukkayat Ibrahim, on Wednesday in Abuja admitted that the offences for which a former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, was tried and imprisoned were committed between 2011 and 2017. According to her, a …

•Kidnap suspects shot dead after shoot out with security operatives on Benin-Auchi road Senate President Ahmad Lawan The military should take the battle to bandits, the Senate said yesterday. It urged the Federal Government to deploy fighter jets to flush out terrorists from their hideouts. These were some resolutions taken …

Pledges support for frontier exploration Mele Kyari, GMD, NNPC The Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) for repositioning the Nigerian oil and gas industry into a competitive business environment. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, gave the …

Wema-bank-liquidity-crisis-worsens Wema Bank, one of Nigeria’s troubled lenders is battling heavy liquidity crisis despite distraction with the Davido ambassadorship curve. Wema Bank may have a serious challenge withstanding the shocks Nigeria’s fragile economy might throw up as it is currently struggling with a liquidity squeeze. Exclusively reports that the third-quarter …