Former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, has been arraigned on fraud allegations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the five-count charge before Chinyere Nwecheonwu, judge of a federal capital territory (FCT) high court, on Monday. After the arraignment, O.I…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch,” 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country, “to determine the levels of encroachment.” In a statement on Thursday, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu said the directive followed Buhari’s approval of the recommendations…
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service line that was bombed by terrorists on March 28, 2022 in Kaduna had been reconnected In a statement on Thursday in Abuja, the NRC said the major track work on the rail line had been completed, adding that train services would soon resume on…
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Amao has charged personnel of the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) to sustain the current onslaught against terrorists and insurgents in the North East. He gave the charge on Saturday when he visited frontline troops of 105 Composite Group, Maiduguri and 103 Strike Group,…
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Atiku, has filed an appeal before the Supreme Court seeking to nullify the judgement of the election petition tribunal, which upheld the election of Bola Tinubu as President in the February 2023 poll. Abubakar’s counsel, Chris Uche, on Monday, filed 35 reasons…
The American International School Abuja (AISA) has refunded to government coffers, the fees paid for the children of Yahaya Bello, immediate-past governor of Kogi state. Bello was said to have paid $760,910 in advance as fees for five of his children. The fees were allegedly paid from the coffers of the Kogi state government. The…
