EFCC, NDLEA arrest currency counterfeiters with fake $427,400
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested members of a syndicate who specialize in counterfeiting foreign currencies, especially the dollar, for sale to unsuspecting members of the public. Acting on verified intelligence, the Commission in a joint operation with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested four members of the syndicate on Wednesday,...
Mother of five sells her newborn baby for N400,000
A mother of five, Ndidiamaka, is now in custody of the Police Command in Ebonyi for selling her new-born baby for N400,000. The buyer, Chinenye Idam, and a nurse with the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki have been arrested in connection with the baby transaction. The baby was delivered on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at Mama Samuel Maternity Home, Ndi-Eche Igbeagu in...
DMO: Nigeria’s debt rises by N2.54trn in three months
Nigeria’s debt has increased by N2.54 trillion in three months – July, August and September of 2021. The Debt Management Office (DMO) now put Nigeria’s Total Public Debt as at September 30, 2021 at N38.005 trillion ($92.626 billion). The debt portfolio includes the Total External and Domestic Debts of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), 36 State Governments and the Federal...
Reps approve Buhari’s $5.8bn loan request
The House of Representatives has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s loan request of $5.8 billion. The approval followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Aids, Loans and Debt Management on Tuesday in Abuja. Presenting the report, Rep. Ahmed Safana, the Chairman of the Committee said that the loan was part of the Federal Government’s 2018-2020 external borrowing plan. He...
FG compelling varsity lecturers to renew strike – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos Zone, has declared that the Federal Government had compelled university teachers to re-activate their suspended industrial action owing to failure to implement the agreement reached with the union. The union also said the exit of its members from the controversial Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), which had been adopted by...
Olowu, Obasanjo’s homestead monarch, joins ancestors
The Ogun State Government on Tuesday announced the passage of the Olowu of Owu kingdom in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Oba Adegboyega Dosunmu, Amororo II. The passage of the first class traditional ruler was announced by the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Afolabi Afuwape, who disclosed that Oba Dosunmu joined his ancestors on Sunday during a brief...
Ekiti 2022 guber: 21 Senators show solidarity as Bamidele picks forms
In solidarity, 21 senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday accompanied the Chairman, Southern Senators’ Forum, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, to the National Secretariat of the ruling party. Their mission: Opeyemi was to pick the Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms to contest the 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State. Apart from federal lawmakers who showed solidarity at the...
Tinubu expresses readiness to contest 2023 Presidency
Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday expressed his readiness to contest the 2023 presidential election. He, however, stated that he is still consulting with the political stakeholders on the clamour of Nigerians to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) promised not to turn down Nigerians, especially his teeming...
FG faults court’s order nullifying marriages conducted at registries
The Federal Government has faulted a court’s order which empowered local governments across the country to conduct marriages and issue certificates in respect of same. The central government through the Ministry of Interior said it is constitutionally empowered to conduct marriages in Nigeria. It held that the local governments were delegated by the Federal Government to conduct marriages, by virtue of...
Atiku joins #NorthIsBleeding campaign, says region facing existential threat
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday joined #NorthIsBleeding campaign put up by some Nigerians from the Northern part of the country to raise awareness about the deteriorating state of the region. The #NorthIsBleeding campaigners have taken to microblogging and social media platforms to lament the incessant failure of security agencies to combat insecurity in the region, especially during the administration...
