BY EFE MODESTUS Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Benin on Friday arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Edo State. The suspects were arrested at their hideouts, following actionable intelligence about their alleged involvement in internet- related fraud. They include; Akele Aisosa, Idemudia LawsonContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Maritime Administration and SafetyAgency, NIMASA and the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS have agreed to deepen existing interagency collaboration with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU on Seafarers’ Travel document amongst others. This agreement was reached when the Comptroller General of the NIS, Mr. Isah Idris Jere led senior officials of the Service on a workingContinue Reading
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has revealed that over 400,000 consignments are currently trapped at the nation’s port due to the suspension of Guaranty Trust Bank plc for not remitting import duty running into hundreds of billions collected on behalf of the Federal Government.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced its audited financial results for the half year ended June 30, 2022, recording double-digit growth across key income lines a`s well as significant progress in the contribution from its subsidiaries. At the end of the firstContinue Reading
By Efe Modestus The Federal government says almost half of the total number of teachers in the Northeast of Nigeria has been killed by insurgents in the last 13 years in that part of the country; raising serious concerns over the scarcity of manpower in the region. Managing Director, NorthContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Executive Council of the Peoples Democratic Party has passed a vote-of-confidence in Senator Iyorchia Ayu, suggesting that the party chairman will not be stepping down any time soon. A motion for the vote of confidence in the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC) was moved byContinue Reading
BY MARTINS DURU The back and forth between the striking university lecturers under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government continued on Wednesday when the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, maintained that the Federal Government has not and will not rescind its decisionContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Over 400 young constables who were freshly recruited into the Nigeria Police Force to assist in maintaining security in Osun State on Wednesday protested non payment of salaries. The protesters who stormed strategic areas like Oke fia, Akindeko/Alekuwodo terminated the protest at the popular Olaiya Flyover followingContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBIThe Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has launched the electronic registration platform for maritime labour and issuance of Biometric Identity Cards to Dockworkers. The Agency’s Director General Dr. Bashir Jamoh described the e-platform as a major step towards attaining full automation of all its processes addingContinue Reading
BY MARTINS DURU The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), yesterday, said it was moving into the next stage of its agitation for an independent Biafra nation with the cleansing of the region of all criminal elements. Spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful, in a statement, said the move would seeContinue Reading