The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that the EFCC received 14,000 petitions from members of the public in the last one year. The EFCC boss disclosed this when the Special Envoy for West Africa, Dr. Charles Omini, paid him a courtesy visit …

Manchester United have drawn up a list of striker targets ahead of the summer transfer window which includes Ivan Toney, Jonathan David, and Joshua Zirkzee. Juventus retain an interest in Jadon Sancho as Manchester United look to cut their losses this summer. Aston Villa rocked English top-flight football on Tuesday …

•Downgrades forecast for 2025 economic growth The World Bank on Tuesday affirmed its 3.3 per cent economic growth forecast for Nigeria in 2024, saying the nation’s economy was mildly buoyant in the early part of the year despite macroeconomic adjustments. However, the World Bank downgraded its forecast for Nigeria’s economic …

The naira, on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, further appreciated at the official market trading at N1,473.66 to the dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange showed that the naira gained N9.96. This represents a 0.67 per cent gain when compared to the previous trading date on …

Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani’s mandate to the State Pilgrims Welfare Agency to ensure a hitch-free Hajj and to take maximum care of pilgrims before and during their stay in Saudi Arabia is the reason for the successful airlift of pilgrims to the Holy Land. The Director of Operations and …

The Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, sentenced 12 internet fraudsters to various jail terms. While Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu convicted and sentenced 11 internet fraudsters – Nwaeke Vitalis Ndubisi, Kingsley Goodnews, Inyang Victor, Ekere-Obong Adams, Usang Enang, Ogudu James, Arinze …

US President Joe Biden has said he will respect a jury’s decision to find his son guilty of gun crimes, after a week-long trial that laid bare a tumultuous time for the family. The 12-person jury found Hunter Biden, 54, guilty of lying about his drug use on a form …

THE late Basorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, who won the June 12, 1993 presidential poll, had on June 11, 1994, declared himself President in a historic speech entitled “Enough is Enough,” which was delivered at Epetedo in Lagos Island. Read below the speech reproduced hereunder in extenso: People of Nigeria, …

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) on Tuesday said moderate to heavy rainfall was anticipated in several states of the country from Wednesday 12 June to Friday 15 June. This chance of a downpour is expected from the early hours of Wednesday in parts of Taraba, Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, Ekiti, Osun, …

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission has said more than 1000 financial institutions, schools, insurance companies, and consultancy firms are undergoing investigations for various degrees of breaches of citizens’ data. This was as the commission’s National Commissioner, Vincent Olatunji, disclosed that four major banks and three other institutions faced sanctions and …