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Nigeria’s Minister for Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami Wednesday said persons registering new SIM cards will now be required to provide their National Identity Numbers. Non-Nigerians and those with dual nationality will be required to provide their passports and visas.       The minister said the revision of the policy is based on […]

ON January 24, at the Federal High Court in Ilorin sitting over the matter of Asa Investment vs. Attorney General of Kwara State, counsel representing the plaintiff, in this case the Olusola Saraki family, informed the court that both the family and the state government have agreed to “an amicable out-of-court settlement.”  At a previous […]

The Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Bailiwick of Jersey, have entered into an Asset Recovery Agreement to repatriate over USD $308 million of forfeited assets to Nigeria. This was disclosed in a joint statement by the three countries; a copy of which was obtained […]

Apparently worried by past instances when recovered and repatriated funds were reportedly re-looted, the United States government has put the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari on notice, that the federal government bears direct responsibility to ensure that all repatriated funds and assets are expended judiciously for the purposes to which they have been designated; failure […]

The United States has asked the government of Nigeria to withdraw litigation it has instituted in the United Kingdom that hinders efforts by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to recover an additional $177 million in laundered funds held in trusts that name former military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha associate Atiku Bagudu, the current governor […]

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Tuesday announced the seizure of $8.061 million cash at the tarmac of Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), who displayed the raw cash at a press briefing in Lagos said the cash was concealed in a Toyota Hiace van driven by […]

The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Abuja this afternoon announced the passing away of His Excellency, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Nigeria, Mr. Adnan Mahmoud Bostaji.       While expressing sadness and complete submission to the will of Allah, the brief statement did not give any reason for the […]

The recent decision by United States President, Donald J Trump, adding Nigeria and five other countries to the list of nations facing stringent travel restrictions, virtually blocking immigration from Africa’s most populous nation, is discriminatory, humiliating and on the surface should be seen as a grand design to continuously subject Nigerians to repeated abuse. President […]

The Edo state government said Monday; it has given directives to the Police and Department of Security Service (DSS) to arrest the National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole for allegedly violating rally orders.   The Deputy Governor of Edo, Philip Shuaibu, made the disclosure in Abuja while speaking with journalists shortly after the […]

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Monday said the Lagos state government might witness an upsurge in unemployment and an increase in crime following its ban of Okada and tricycles in some parts of the State.   “He (Lagos State governor) has a problem to face,” Amaechi said on Channels TV’s Sunrise daily. “I […]

The leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives, Hon. Kingsley Chinda, has expressed surprised at reports making the rounds that the House leadership was plotting to suspend him and three others; urging his three other colleagues: Hon. Chukwuma Onyeama, Hon. Ajibola Muraino and Hon. Yakubu Barde to brace up […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has queried the Minister of Agriculture, Alhadji Sabo Nanono, for issuing import wavers to some companies to import fertilizer into the country contrary to the presidential fertilizer initiative policy, which focuses on increasing local production capacity for the product. The query came through the Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari, requesting explanations […]