Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to investigate the alleged criminal diversion of the $3.4 billion loan obtained from International Monetary Fund by Nigeria to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. He made the call in a statement […]
Air Peace Limited said it has carried out a rescue mission to repatriate 78 Nigerian women trafficked to Côte d’Ivoire under the false pretence of employment. The airline said it deployed a Boeing 737 aircraft (registration 5N-BQV), which departed Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Saturday and landed at Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport, Abidjan, before returning […]
The suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara has cautioned his supporters to exercise restraint and tone down their confrontational approach to the political situation in the state. Instead, the governor wants his supporters to follow his strategic steps towards enduring peace. Governor Fubara who spoke for the first time at a public gathering since […]
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a committee headed by a former Senate president, Bukola Saraki, to reconcile aggrieved members ahead of its National Executive Committee meeting. This was disclosed at the end of a meeting held at the Abuja lodge of the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Governor of Bauchi […]
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago has reassured residents of the state that he will continue to run an all inclusive government geared towards rapid development of the State. Kaduna Correspondent Nma Mohammed reports that Governor Bago stated this when he received stakeholders from Gbako Local Government Area on a thank- you- visit to Government […]
The third edition of the written promotion examination from the rank of Captain to Major in the Nigeria Army has been declared open in Benin City by the Commander, Training And Doctrine of the Nigeria Army, Major General Kevin Aligbe. Donald Ehimiyein reports that the examination scheduled to commence on May 12 and End May […]
The Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons has disclosed that no fewer than seventy-eight Nigerians rescued from human traffickers in Cote D’Ivoire have arrived in Lagos. The victims, comprising seventy-three females, two males, and three babies, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, late on Saturday night. Bello […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Sunday said its officials thwarted what it described as a desperate attempt by a woman to export large consignments of cocaine to Iran at the Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the consignments were concealed in the private part, stomach, and […]
Two dispatch riders on Sunday tragically lost their lives following a crash involving two fully loaded Mack trucks on the Eko Bridge in Lagos on Sunday. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, said in a statement, that preliminary findings suggested that the driver of […]
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for an end to war in the world as he greeted crowds from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, in his second official public appearance since becoming the leader of the Catholic Church. The Pope, addressing tens of thousands in St Peter’s Square gathered underneath him, who […]
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