THE House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes has given the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, till July 30, 2024, to appear before it over budgetary allocation issues. The committee said Olukoyede, alongside his management team, should appear to answer questions relating to …

  THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has announced that its job application portal is currently experiencing downtime due to an “unprecedented” surge in traffic. On Friday, NNPC announced a recruitment exercise for qualified candidates, with the application period set to close on August 20. Checks showed that the …

A Hamas leader in the West Bank died in Israeli custody, Palestinian authorities and the militant group said Friday. Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara, 63, died after being moved from a prison in southern Israel to a hospital, according to a joint statement by the Palestinian Authority’s prisoners affairs body and …

Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, said his team had a meeting on Thursday with the management of China National Building Materials Corporation (CNBM), Beijing, China. He said, in statement on Friday, that discussion at the meeting focused on areas of mutual interest with respect to the …

THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is set to hire more workers. The NNPC spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, confirmed this in a statement on Friday. Soneye said the recruitment would be for various positions across various departments within the energy company. He directed interested applicants to visit the NNPC careers page …

CANADA has sent home their women’s Olympic football coach, Bev Priestman, following allegations of drones being used to spy on their opponents. Canada are the women’s Olympic champions from Tokyo 2020 and had already sent home two members of staff on Wednesday. That was after drones were used to spy …

IN a significant operation, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 13 individuals suspected of illegal mining activities in the Asokoro area of Abuja. The arrests took place on Wednesday following a tip-off that led to the interception of the suspects. According to the EFCC, the suspects were …

Between January and July 2024, Nigeria lost an average of 437,000 barrels of crude oil daily, worth about $10bn due to theft, vandalism, and other criminal activities, the House of Representatives declared on Thursday. As a result, the House of Representatives Special Committee on Oil Theft and Losses commenced investigations …

MEMBER of the parliamentary finance committee, Moeen Al-Kadhimi, revealed that Iraq has chosen to discontinue using the Chinese yuan in financial transactions. Al-Kadhimi told Al-Forat News that the decision was made due to worries about potential manipulation and other difficulties with certain transfers. Iraq has been ordered by the US …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu may sign the Minimum Wage Bill into law next week, following the passage of the bill by the National Assembly. Multiple sources within the National Assembly revealed that the bill was finalized on Wednesday and transmitted to the President on Thursday (yesterday) after its expeditious passage by …