The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sought the withdrawal of its amended charge against the Kano Central senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdulsalam Abdulkareem Zaura before the Federal high court sitting in Kano. Prior to Wednesday’s retraction, EFCC at the last proceeding failed to produce …

Lagos State Police Command has announced the dismissal of Sergeant Ekpo Shimuyere from the Sogunle Division for extorting N98,000 from a young man.   The Lagos State Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed on Wednesday that Shimuyere was dismissed and disrobed by the Provost Department of the command for …

The newly inaugurated Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has directed the immediate suspension of all kinds of Transport Levy payable to Abia State government. He made this known via his official Twitter handle on Wednesday. In a series of tweets, the Governor wrote: “In line with my campaign promise …

Award-winning Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, has lamented the resurfacing fuel scarcity due to the announcement of the removal of subsidy by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The singer, who recently returned to the country from Brazil, where she went on holiday, said she came back home to fuel scarcity and an …

The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has announced a change in dates for the verification of ex-staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and the certified Next-of-Kin (NOK) of the deceased ex-staff who were in service between July 1, 2012 and October 31, 2013, scheduled for Monday, May …

No fewer than 55 terrorists from the Islamic State of the West African Province, ISWAP, including several top commanders, have been killed by the troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, in the Fringes of Arege in Malam Fatori, Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State, Northeast Nigeria. According …

Nigeria’s Tax-to-GDP ratio which, in the last 12 years, hovered between 5% to 6% rose to 10.86% by the end of 2021. The new ratio was communicated to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), via a letter signed by the Statistician-General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, on the 25th …

THE Senate has asked the Federal Government to immortalize the founder of AIT/Raypower, High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, Ezomo of Weppa-Wanno Kingdom, Edo State. The Senate on Wednesday stood and paid tributes to late Dokpesi.   The observed a one minute silence in honour of late Dokpesi and resolved to …

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has introduced a unique product, the FCMB Airtime Advance, to enable customers to borrow between N200 and N5,000 from their bank accounts to purchase airtime.   The Airtime Advance solution aims to provide relief to customers who are in urgent need of airtime to make …

Barely 11 days to the expiration of the 10th Senate, Senators Matthew Urhoghide (Edo South) and Ayo Akinyelure (Ondo Central) on Wednesday dumped their political platform, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Urhoghide and Akinyelure, who announced their resignation during plenary, however did not announce the party they will defect to. …