The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Recovered Loots and Assets of Government, yesterday, heard of how $300 million belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was “hidden in a Polaris Bank account and remained unattended to for years.” At the resumed public hearing of the panel in Abuja, …
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On Saturday the 5th of June, Wunmi, a digital marketer lost a gig worth ₦600,000 ($1,200). The marketing campaign was to start the next day but she got a call from the client telling her they couldn’t proceed anymore due to ‘orders from above.’ She was dumbfounded. That same day, about …
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THE Senate has indicted some officials of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs for illegally disposing of six vehicles costing N90 million for N2 million less than one year after the acquisition of the vehicles. The probe was carried out by the Senator Matthew Urhoghide(PDP, Edo South) led Senate Committee …
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the federal government is building broadband infrastructure in order to crash the cost of internet data to N390 per 1GB in the next three years. A gigabyte of data currently costs between N1,000 and N1,200 in Nigeria’s telecom market, though the country still has …
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A Somali man killed three people and left five others seriously injured in an “incredibly brutal” knife rampage in the southern German city of Wuerzburg. The 24-year-old suspect staged the attack in the city centre at around 5 pm (1500 GMT), striking at a household goods store, before hitting a …
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‘I promised her land, not house’ — Oyinlola, ex-Lagos MILAD, reacts to Ajunwa’s gift claim Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former military administrator of Lagos state, has denied claims that he promised Chioma Ajunwa-Opara, 1996 Olympic gold medalist, a house gift. Ajunwa became Nigeria’s only individual Olympic gold medalist and the first black …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it will challenge the victory of Delta North Senator, Peter Nwaoboshi, who was recently discharged and acquitted of alleged fraud to the tune of N322m on June 18, 2021. The spokesman for the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said this during an interview with Newsextra24 …
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Enugu govt builds 750 houses for civil servants in partnership with Real Estate Developers, as Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi inspects site #Governor Ifeanyi #Ugwuanyi of #Enugu State, on Friday, inspected the ongoing Coal City View Satellite Estate project in Enugu being constructed for civil servants by the Enugu State Housing …
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Eminent personalities from all walks of life, on Friday converged on Ibadan, Oyo State capital for the one-year memorial firdau prayer in honour of the former governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. The dignitaries, which included serving ministers, governors, deputy governors, former governors and top-notch of the ruling All …
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Barely a month after a Nigerian citizen was arrested in connection with last year’s $650 million unemployment fraud scheme in Washington state, a second Nigerian man has been indicted on strikingly similar charges. Federal prosecutors say Chukwuemeka Onyegbula, a 38-year-old IT engineer at a Nigerian oil company, used stolen identities and …
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