The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in collaboration with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has repatriated 51 foreign nationals convicted of cyber-terrorism and internet fraud. According to a statement issued by the EFCC on Thursday, the deportees includes 50…
The Niger State House of Assembly has approved a bill to increase the retirement age for academic staff working in state-owned institutions from age 65 to 70. For professors, the house approved the increment of their retirement age to 75…
Senator Ned Nwoko has urged security agencies to ensure that culprits of staged kidnapping face the full weight of the law. Nwoko, representing Delta North Senatorial District, made the call in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, while frowning at…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed of Rotimi Pedro as the Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority. The presidency announced the appointment in a statement issued on Wednesday. Pedro is an indigene of Lagos state with over 20 years of experience…
The Anambra State Government has sacked all eight operatives of the Agunechemba Security outfit who were involved in the brutal assault and public stripping of a female corps member, Miss Jennifer Elobor. The Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on…
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Communication, Sunday Dare, has declared that Nigeria has made progress in addressing insecurity. According to the presidential aide in an interview on Sunrise Daily, Channels Television breakfast programme, on Wednesday, the country…
Youths of Agulu community in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra have warned politicians against making derogatory remarks against their kinsman and former governor of the state, Mr. Peter Obi, while campaigning in the area. In a statement jointly signed…
Japan hosted African leaders on Wednesday for a three-day development conference, offering itself as an alternative to China as the continent reels from a debt crisis exacerbated by Western aid cuts, conflict and climate change. Attendees at the Tokyo International…
The Ogun state chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC), has suspended a former governor of the state and senator representing Ogun East, Gbenga Daniel, alongside Kunle Folarin for alleged anti-party misconduct. The Director of Publicity of the state chapter of…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the temporary freezing of four bank accounts belonging to the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mr. Mele Kyari, over allegations of fraud. The…
