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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has successfully prosecuted and convicted 5, 147 drug offenders in the last two and half years. Its Chairman, Brig Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), said this at a press briefing on Monday in Abuja held to the flag off of activities marking the 2023 UN Day Against Drug […]
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday struck out the vote buying allegation, levelled against Governor Dapo Abiodun and the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu. Adebutu had dragged Governor Abiodun and the APC to the tribunal challenging their declaration […]
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has declared that about 58 percent of registered electricity consumers in the country are without meters. Without meters, consumers are billed under the estimated billing system by the electricity distribution companies, DisCos. NERC in its fourth quarter 2022 report released at the weekend said as at 31st December 2022, […]
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have raided the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to SaharaReporters, the raid which was carried out on Friday night lasted till early Saturday morning. The development is coming days after the suspended Chairman of the anti-corruption agency Abdurasheed Bawa was arrested by […]
Owners of domiciliary accounts are now free to deposit or withdraw any amount from their accounts without any hindrance. This came on Sunday as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) removed the limits earlier placed on the withdrawal and deposit into domiciliary accounts. The apex bank said this in a statement issued after a meeting […]
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has announced Wednesday, June 28, 2023 as the day of Eid-el Adha, the Big Sallah. The Sultan is the President-General Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. His announcement is contained in a statement issued on Sunday night by the council. His announcement came after the Saudi moon-sightring teams […]
No fewer than 18 Ghana-must-go bags containing money and documents have been reportedly carted away by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, from the residence of the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. According to the information gathered from the Nigerian Tribune, the money and the documents were […]
The Police Command in Ekiti State has arrested eight suspects alleged to be involved in several bank robberies in the state. The commissioner of police in the state, CP Ogundare Dare, told newsmen on Friday in Ado-Ekiti that four suspects were also arrested for receiving stolen properties, and four others for sundry crimes. He said […]
Mansur Ali Mashi, a former member of the House of Representatives representing the Mashi Dutsi federal constituency of Katsina State, has been convicted of N212 million fraud. The former lawmaker was convicted alongside three Sterling Bank officials who aided the fraud. Justice Sale Musa Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Kaduna, on Thursday, convicted Manshi […]
The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a syndicate that specialised in swindling filling stations of millions of money with fake alerts. Already, a member of the syndicate is in police custody helping them on how to arrest other members of the syndicate who are on the run. Giving a graphic account of how the […]
