The father of Timilehin Ajayi, the gospel singer arrested for the brutal killing of a corp member, Salome Adaidu, has made a public appeal for the release of his son. Ajayi, who was found with the severed head of Adaidu in a polythene bag, has been remanded in custody by a Nasarawa State High Court….
Pastor William Kumuyi, General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, participated in a special programme held ahead of the inauguration of President Donald Trump in the United States. The event, known as the Inauguration Praise and Prayer Convocation, took place at the Greater New Hope Baptist Church and was organised by Jim Garlow’s Well Versed…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the former Managing Director of Asset Management Cooperation of Nigeria, AMCON, Ahmed Kuru, for allegedly defrauding Arik Air. Mr Kuru and four others on Monday appeared before Ikeja Special Offences Court for alleged N76 billion and $31.5 million fraud, respectively. The other defendants are former Receiver…
Prince Audu, Minister of Steel Development The joint National Assembly committee on steel development has queried what it describes as “ghost projects” in the federal ministry of steel development. The panel alleged that these projects were “designed to divert public funds.” The committee handed down its query at the weekend when Shuaibu Audu, Minister of…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has announced the fares for the 2025 Hajj. Prof. Abdullahi Usman, Executive Chairman of NAHCON, announced the fare for the 2025 Hajj in a statement issued on Monday. The statement was endorsed by the Assistant Director of Information and Publication, Fatima Usara. In the statement, NAHCON fixed N8.7…
Sterling Bank Limited and its holding company, Sterling Financial Holdings Company, are currently battling a N1.2billion depositors’ funds which were stolen from the bank by some of its staff. The Witness gathered that the staff colluded with some fraudsters to hack the bank’s banking platform and stole the said fund. The suspects, namely Victor Nwabueze…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has asked Nigerians contemplating leaving the country for foreign shores in search of greener pastures to shelve such plans. Jonathan advised young Nigerians to keep hope alive in the face of daunting challenges in the country, expressing optimism that they are surmountable. The former president spoke at the weekend in Karu…
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has disclosed that the controversial tax reform bills currently before the National Assembly will be passed into law in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025. On 13, 2024 October, President Bola Tinubu had presented before the National Assembly the four tax…
The 29-man caretaker committee set up by Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, and Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, announced on Sunday that it will drag the embattled National Chairman of LP, Julius Abure, to the Supreme Court over the leadership dispute in the party. This was disclosed in a statement…
Justice Deinde Dipeolu of a Federal High Court, Lagos, has issued warrant of arrest against one Emmanuel Oku, an employee of Dangote Industries Limited, charged before the court, for allegedly defrauding the company of the sum of N739, 735, 248 million. Justice Dipeolu issued the warrant against Oku, on Friday, sequel to the application made…
