Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has extended his best wishes to Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya, in his attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon on Wednesday. PUNCH Online reported on Saturday that Onakoya, the founder of Chess in Slums Africa, announced his plan to play chess continuously for 58…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have stormed the Abuja home of a former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, located in Wuse Zone 4, Federal Capital Territory. Photographs seen by our correspondent on Wednesday show some armed EFCC personnel laying siege to the ex-governor’s home on Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja….
The minister spoke virtually on Channels Television’s Business Incorporated programme on Tuesday from Washington DC where he is attending the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings. Edun said himself and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, are in Washington DC to showcase the progress made so far in the Nigerian economy. The finance…
The Commission’s third quarterly market report revealed the government incurred a subsidy obligation of about ₦205bn in 2023/Q3 (average of ₦68bn per month), which is an increase of ₦69bn compared to the ₦135bn (average of ₦45bn per month) incurred in 2023/Q2. This increase in subsidy payment, according to the report, was largely attributable to the…
President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, (NNPC) have been asked to stop the award of pipeline contracts to individuals and groups linked with armed rebellion and militancy. At a World Press conference organized by the Nigerian Coalition of Civil Society Groups held in Lagos on Monday, the groups said for stability and…
Ecobank Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of the Ecobank Group, has entered a strategic partnership with the Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF) to host the 2024 National Schools’ Team Chess Competition. The competition is scheduled to hold between 24th – 28th May 2024 at the Ecobank Pan African Centre (EPAC) in Victoria Lagos. It is open to…
Nigeria said it recovered nearly $30 million from an ongoing corruption investigation at a key government agency. The entity being probed for fraud is the ministry of humanitarian affairs which is also charged with fighting poverty. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said in a statement that it had uncovered a complex ‘web of fraudulent…
The gunmen who kidnapped Jennifer Peter and dozens of her peers from a school in March 2021 returned months later to attack another school in her state in northwestern Nigeria. The second time, they seized over 100 children as they cried amid gunfire. One of them was Jennifer’s then 10-year-old cousin, Treasure. Paying a ransom…
The invaders who claimed to be members of the Yoruba nation agitators, were paraded alongside seized exhibits such as guns, ammunition, plaques with the Yoruba nation insignia, cutlasses, walkie-talkies, and other communication gadgets. The Oyo state commissioner of police, Adebola Hamzat told journalists that the suspects would be charged with treasonable felony and terrorism as…
