Justice Ayokunle Faji acquitted and discharged the former NIMASA boss on Monday while ruling on a no-case submission filed by him and one other defendant, a staff of NIMASA, Josphine Otuaga, in the 22-count charge made against them. Justice Faji held that the EFCC failed to establish a prima facie case against them. The court…
President Bola Tinubu unveiled the African Counter-Terrorism Summit at the Office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja on Monday. The event which is currently ongoing and organised by Nigeria, with support from the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, will be held from Monday to Tuesday, April 23, 2024, with the theme: ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation…
United States President Joe Biden has condemned pro-Palestinian activists for acts of “blatant” anti-Semitism during protests at Columbia University. In a statement to commemorate the Jewish holiday of Passover on Sunday, Biden said it was necessary to speak out against “the alarming surge of antisemitism – in our schools, communities, and online”.“Silence is complicity. Even…
Since he escaped from Nigeria, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the International Criminal Police, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Kenyan Police Service have been in talks to extradite Anjarwalla. In March, the EFCC confirmed plans to extradite the Binance chief in the agency’s bulletin for the month. “The takeover of the…
Tinubu had announced an end to the fuel subsidy era during his inauguration, a move that triggered a hike in the cost of the product. He, however, promised to put out measures including CNG-powered mass transit buses and tricycles to cushion the impacts of the subsidy removal. After almost one year in office, that initiative…
The Chairman of the election committee and the Governor of Kogi State Usman Ododo declared him the winner of the exercise in the early hours of Monday. ”I can confirm that the direct mode of primary election adopted in the 2024 Ondo state governorship primary elections held in all 203 electoral wards in all the…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja will today (Monday) hear the appeal lodged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against the order of a Kogi State High Court which restrained the anti-graft agency from arresting the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The Kogi court, in a ruling on February 9, 2024, restrained…
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has appointed Olusegun Alebiosu as its acting Managing Director with effect from April 2024. The bank stated this in a statement signed and made available to PUNCH Online by its acting company secretary, Adewale Arogundade, on Sunday. former managing director of First Bank Nigeria Limited, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, has tendered…
By Ayomide Otitoju President Bola Tinubu, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, former Education Minister, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, Afro beat singers Davido and Adekunle Gold have commended Chess maestro, Tunde Onakoya, on setting a new world chess record. Tinubu thanked Onakoya for “sounding the gong of Nigeria’s resilience, self-belief, and ingenuity at the square of global…
