The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Rivers State Command on Monday paraded 19 suspected dealers of illegal oil bunkering activities arrested in different parts of the state. The state Commandant of the NSCDC, Abu Tambuwal, who paraded the suspects in Port Harcourt, said the command in the course of …
Read More »Hushpuppi: FG may extradite DCP Abba Kyari to US – Malami
Abba Kyari/Hushpuppi Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, says the federal government is working with the US on the “possible extradition” of Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP). In July 2019, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had revealed how Kyari allegedly collaborated with Hushpuppi, a self-confessed international …
Read More »2023 Presidency: Osinbajo has no plan to declare after APC convention – Aide
Yemi Osinbajo Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s Vice President has denied reports that he plans to declare his intention to run for president ahead of the 2023 elections after the All Progressives Congress Convention slated for February 26, 2021. Earlier on Monday, there were reports that Osinbajo would announce his presidential bid …
Read More »Benin Republic extends Sunday Igboho’s detention by ‘six months’
Yomi Alliyu, counsel to Sunday Adeyemo, a ‘Yoruba nation’ agitator better known as Sunday Igboho, says the government of Benin Republic has extended the activist’s detention period by six months. Igboho is being held in a prison facility in Cotonou, Benin Republic, after he was arrested at Cardinal Bernardin International …
Read More »BREAKING: Aviation unions suspend planned strike
The associations and unions in the aviation industry, on Tuesday morning, suspended their planned nationwide industrial action billed to commence today after signing a fresh Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) with the federal government. A meeting, which was held at the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, started …
Read More »You’re an ancestor, retire to enjoy your ‘bullion vans’ – Activist trolls Tinubu
Activist Deji Adeyanju of the Concerned Nigerians group says Nigerians are now wiser than 2015 and won’t be deceived into voting in politicians who suddenly start dressing like youths ahead of the 2023 elections. The activist also advised All Progressives Congress leader, Bola Tinubu, to jettison his 2023 presidential bid …
Read More »N1.2trn govt funds hidden in commercial banks – Reps
The house of representatives has commenced an investigation into “unclaimed and unremitted funds” said to be in various accounts in commercial banks in Nigeria. The ad hoc committee on unclaimed funds in Nigerian commercial banks and infractions by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which was inaugurated on Monday, is …
Read More »EFCC arraigns Marqott Nigeria Limited, directors over $9.6bn P&ID scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arraigned a company, Marqott Nigeria Limited, an alleged accomplice in the $9.6bn Gas Supply and Processing Agreement between the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and Process and Industrial Development Limited, P&ID Limited, on four counts of money laundering. One of the count …
Read More »You’re an ancestor, retire to enjoy your ‘bullion vans’ – Activist trolls Tinubu
Activist Deji Adeyanju of the Concerned Nigerians group says Nigerians are now wiser than 2015 and won’t be deceived into voting in politicians who suddenly start dressing like youths ahead of the 2023 elections. The activist also advised All Progressives Congress leader, Bola Tinubu, to jettison his 2023 presidential bid …
Read More »Running an informal retail shop in the digital age
Operating in every nook and cranny, informal retailers are life savers in Nigeria. They are often the go-to people for everyday essentials for the majority of Nigerians. As a Nigerian, either rich, average or poor, you must have patronised them at one point or the other for a last minute …
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