Lagos Riverine Community Gets Transmission Substation
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Raji Fashola, on Thursday inaugurated a 1×30MVA/132/33kv built by Transmition Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Ilashe riverine community in Oriade Local Council Development…
Jos Gets ‘Garden of Forgiveness’, Feb. 7 Declared Day of Forgiveness
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau on Thursday begged for forgiveness from all those who lost loved ones in the persistent crises that rocked the state for many years. Lalong who…
Whistle Blowing: EFCC Recovered N527bn, $53m, £123 as at May 2018 – Magu
Mr Ibrahim Magu, Acting Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the commission recovered over N527 billion, 53 million dollars and £122.89 through the Whistle Blowing Policy…
President Bio Declares Sexual Violence a National Emergency, Attracts Life Sentence
The brutal rape of a young girl by her uncle in Sierra Leone became the rallying point for a campaign that on Thursday pushed President Julius Maada Bio to…
South Korea Partners AfDB to Step up Technology Transfers to Africa, Expand Use of Drones in Agriculture
AfDB President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina South Korea in partnership with the African Development Bank, is ready to step up technology transfers to Africa, officials have said in Seoul….
Man shot dead by unknown gunmen in Asaba
A middle aged man was shot dead by unknown assailants at about 6:30p.m.on Thursday at Ibusa Junction in Asaba, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The deceased, popularly known…
ASUU conditionally suspends 3-month old strike
ASUU suspends its 3-month-old strike from midnight of Friday, Feb. 8, after meeting with Federal Government, its President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, announces. The Federal Government met with the leadership of…
EFCC Has Reportedly Traced $30,000 Paid into Onnoghen’s Account
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly traced a $30,000 payment made into Walter Onnoghen’s account by Joe Agi, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), who…
Alleged N2.2bn Fraud: I didn’t Give Fayose Illicit Funds- Obanikoro
EFCC and Fayose A former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has told Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how a former…
Money Laundering EFCC Secures Court Order for Arrest of Ex-NIA Boss, Wife
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on February 7, 2019 secured a court order for the arrest of a former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayodele…