The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has discovered other fraudulent dealings involving COVID-19 funds, World Bank loan, Abacha recovered loot at the ministry of humanitarian affairs. Spokesperson of the commission, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The statement said the funds were released to the ministry by the federal government to…
The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports that a repentant Boko Haram member enlisted into the army killed a woman at the Enugu baracks and hid her corpse. In a statement on Sunday, Major.Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu Director, Army Public Relations, while regretting the killing of the woman, said the Nigerian Army has at no point in…
Gunmen have abducted the wife and maid of Terwase Orbunde, a former chief of staff to Samuel Ortom, ex-governor of Benue state. According to TheCable, the incident reportedly occurred at about 6 pm on Friday around the Genocide cemetery, along mobile barracks-welfare quarters road in Makurdi, the Benue state capital. Orbunde, alongside Abigail Kashimana, his…
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said that the over N1 trillion expected to be saved from withdrawal of electricity subsidy will be reinvested in improving power supply and the provision of social services. The minister stated this on Saturday while featuring as a guest on Hannu Da Yawa, a Hausa interview…
The Coalition of Concerned Northern Groups (CCNG) has berated the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), declaring that it has no influence on northerners. The CCNG was reacting to recent comments by the spokesperson of the NEF, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, who said the north made a mistake by voting President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 elections. Suleiman had…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state has lamented that 32 general hospitals in the state, have not been renovated in the last 20 years. Sani said the situation has unfortunately made citizens travel to neighbouring states for medical care. Sani stated this while addressing All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders from the 23 local government areas…
