The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, declined to grant a motion to stop the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, from spending from the state’s consolidated revenue fund. Rather than grant the motion ex parte marked FHC/ABJ/CS/984/24, Justice James Nwite asked the plaintiffs to put Fubara and other …
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new Labour government has scrapped the controversial plan to fly thousands of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda in its first major policy announcement after winning a commanding election victory earlier this month. The decision to abandon the scheme marks a significant shift in the …
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A man has been arrested in Adamawa State on charge of killing his close friend and seizing his motorcycle and N20,000 cash. The man, 25-year-old Yahaya Balarabe, stabbed the friend, identified simply as Usman, until he died, according to a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Suleiman Nguroje. …
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The Federal Government says the proposed N6.2 trillion supplementary budgetary will be used to pay the minimum wage. Mr Atiku Bagudu, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, gave the assurance while addressing the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriation in Abuja. He said that the funds would be spent …
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THE Director-General of West Africa Region, African Development Bank (AfDB), Lamin Barrow, says the banks’s cumulative financing approvals in Nigeria stands at 10.9 billion dollars. Barrow said this at the Second Interactive Session and Workshop on Developing Bankable Business Proposals/Business Plans for Youths in Agriculture on Monday in Abuja. …
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THE Nigerian Navy (NN) says its Team of the Forward Operating Base Bonny, under Operation Delta Sanity, has destroyed a camp of suspected crude oil thieves and apprehended two suspects in Rivers. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. …
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A Makurdi High Court on Monday, presided by Justice Tertsea Asue, on Monday declined to grant an application by former governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom seeking to appeal against its ruling. In the ruling, the court had dismissed his ex parte motion seeking to stop Gov. Hyacinth Alia from investigating …
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●Appointment of EFCC Chairman should be free from political interference For Nigeria to succeed in its fight against corruption, the crusade must start from the civil service and National Assembly, the National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), has said. While suggesting that the appointment of the officials of the Economic and …
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OPERATIVES of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested ten individuals suspected of illegal mining activities. The suspects were apprehended with six trucks fully loaded with lithium. The arrested individuals are Yunusa Adisa, Ganiyu Kazeem, Muideen Babayemi, Sulaiman Usman, Adeleke Waliu, Tiamiyu Rokeeb, …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Kaduna Zonal Command, has arraigned a “fake content creator”, Audu Ishida, also known as Baddie Kylemilli, over allegations of internet fraud. In a post on its X page on Tuesday, the antigraft agency said Ishida is facing a single charge of impersonation, retention of …
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