The Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sought a robust collaboration with the media to curtail crimes in the zone. Acting Zonal Director of the Benin Zonal Command, Mr Effa Okim, made the plea on Tuesday during a familiarisation visit to the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists…
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, says it has arrested two suspected oil thieves carrying 3,500 litres of petrol in a wooden boat en route Cameroon. The Commanding Officer, Capt. Uche Aneke, disclosed this while handing over the suspects and items to Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Ibaka on Tuesday….
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has raised the country’s baseline interest rate by 150 basis points to 26.25 per cent from 24.75 per cent. Mr Yemi Cardoso, the Governor of CBN, said this on Tuesday in Abuja, while reading the communique from the 295th meeting of the MPC….
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has established an annual fee of N54.120 million for the Chairman of its Board of Directors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, and subsequent years until reviewed. It also fixed N36.285 million as the annual fee for each of the other Non-Executive Directors, The company said this in the…
A Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned a suit filed by the police against Mr Aliyu Abdulhameed, former Managing Directing, Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) Plc, over alleged document forgery until June 8. Justice Inyang Ekwo adjourned the case after prosecuting counsel, CSP Celestine Odo, sought an adjournment to enable them…
By Preye Francis The silence of Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, predominantly referred to by his sobriquet Tompolo and a former Nigerian militant commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta and the chief priest of the Egbesu deity, which is the Niger-Deltan god of war, is Deafening. It is pretty depressing that Tompolo,…
More than 200 schools have so far registered for the National Schools’ Team Chess Championship being organized by Ecobank Nigeria in collaboration with Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF). The competition is scheduled to kick off on Friday 24th at the Ecobank Pan African Centre (EPAC) on Victoria Lagos. It is open to students from primary to…
Iran’s powerful allies on Monday mourned the death of its President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, while regional militants hailed him as a supporter of the Palestinian cause. Russia and China called the ultraconservative leader a “friend”, while Iran’s arch-foes the United States and Israel had yet to react publicly. Here is a roundup…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for a truce in the Rivers State political crisis while urging the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to work together. Jonathan said this on Monday during the unveiling of the Trans-Kalabari Road in the state. The former President stressed that incessant…
