The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Tuesday, arraigned Bashir Sa’idu, ex-Chief of Staff for Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for alleged forex racketeering and money laundering. It is the second charge the anti-graft agency would file against Sa’idu, who also served as Commissioner for Finance during the El-Rufai administration. Earlier,…
By Charles Ogwo Like a leaking roof dripping persistently, eroding the joys of family life, the rising cost of living in Nigeria has become an unrelenting burden. Food inflation hit a staggering 39.84 percent in December 2024, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), with no respite in sight. Nigerians are grappling with skyrocketing…
A key figure in the Abuja-Kaduna train attack in March 2022, Na’ballo, has reportedly been killed in a violent attack. Counter insurgence expert, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this on Tuesday via his X account, noting that the incident followed an internal confrontation among terrorists in the area. Na’ballo, a high-profile terrorist with a history of terrorising…
A prosecution witness, Ismail Lawal, Tuesday told a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja on Tuesday how former Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku gave him $5,000 to relocate to Lagos State to avoid the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) preying eyes. The anti graft agency had, on September 30, 2024, arraigned Ishaku and…
One of the leaders of Traditional Native Doctors in Anambra State, Dr. Ramaz Okoye-Asuzu, also known as Eze-Oba, has raised a fresh alarm that the practice of money rituals, popularly known as Oke-Ite, has taken over the Southeast region, lamenting that it is the origin of ritual killings in Igbo land. Recall that last year,…
The Nigerian Union South Africa has raised the alarm over alleged systematic property damage and seizures during a by-law enforcement operation at the Navy House, Fatima Building in Pretoria Central. The alarm was raised in a statement signed by the union’s National Publicity Secretary, Akindele Olunloyo, on Tuesday. On January 17, 2025, NUSA President, Smart…
President Bola Tinubu is currently in a closed-door meeting with the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and leaders of Ogoniland from four Local Government Areas in Rivers State. Although Fubara and the Ogoni delegation arrived earlier at the Council Chamber of the State House, our correspondent observed the official vehicle of the FCT Minister,…
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has called for a probe on Monday’s alleged attack by an official of the Department of State Service (DSS) on journalists covering the Edo Governorship Election Tribunal at the High Court in Benin. Recall, on Monday, the Edo chapter of Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) had threatened to boycott activities…
Monday Adebanjo Police operatives from the Tactical Squad, Ikorodu Annex, have arrested a 48-year old suspected kidnapping gang leader, Monday Adebanjo, over the abduction of three Lebanese with two Nigerians and obtaining $40,000 Dollars equivalent of N68m as ransom in Lagos State. Adebayo, who is the leader of the gang, allegedly conspired and kidnapped the…
Viva Atlantic Limited, Technology House Limited, alongside their Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Norman Didam, have been banned by the World Bank Group for fraudulent, collusive, and corrupt practices linked to the National Social Safety Nets Project in Nigeria. In a statement issued on Monday, the World Bank disclosed that the project aimed…
