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It is with heavy heart that I join you today to commit to earth, the remains of our officers and men who died in the course of duty on 14 March 2024 in Okuama Community, Delta State.   The officers and soldiers who lost their lives that day were patriots, brave and noble men who […]

Elder statesman Pa Edwin Clark has faulted the invasion of his country home in the Kiagbodo area and that of his father in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State by the military over allegations of harbouring one of the suspects involved in the heinous killing of 17 military personnel in the Okuama […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed deposit money banks in the country to expedite action to increase their capital base from the current ₦25bn.   CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso stated this during the apex bank’s 294th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Tuesday in Abuja, when the MPC hiked the interest […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo (rtd) as the new Coordinator of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons under the Office of the National Security Adviser.   DIG Kokumo (rtd) is a seasoned and accomplished law enforcement professional with over 30 years of […]

  President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Major-General Adamu Garba Laka as the new National Coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre under the Office of the National Security Adviser.   General Laka served in various capacities in the North-East, Nigeria, where he deployed tactical means to degrade terrorist groups. He also served in […]

Nadeem Anjarwalla, an executive of cryptocurrency platform, Binance, has escaped from custody, according to the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA).    He is a suspect in the Federal Government’s ongoing probe into Binance activities in Nigeria. But he escaped from custody on Friday, the NSA office said in a Monday statement by its […]

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said the vision of President Tinubu is to create an enabling environment where businesses can thrive through streamlining regulations, investment incentives, provision of infrastructure, and robust policies aimed at fostering economic stability and prosperity.   The Minister stated this in Kano on Friday at a […]

With billionaire Femi Otedola in the saddle as its new Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Holdings Plc, on Wednesday, appointed two new non-executive directors for the holding company and three new non-executive directors for the First Bank.   Updating the Nigerian Exchange Group of recent development within the bank, the company’s Secretary, Adewale Arogundade, announced […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Olugbile Holloway as the Director-General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments.   Mr. Holloway is the Managing Director of Evoke Communications Limited, a creative brand/consultancy agency.    He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and International Relations and a Master’s degree in Business […]

President Bola Tinubu has banned ministers, heads of agencies, and other government officials from embarking on public funded foreign trips.   The ban will last for three months in the first instance and will take effect on April 1, 2024.   This was contained in a letter dated March 12, 2024, and signed by the […]

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, March 18, 2024, presented its second witness in the alleged £1 million fraud involving Morufu Adewale (aka Gbegulerin Adelana), Omitogun Ajayi, Ajisegiri Abiodun, Abayomi Alaka (aka Dauda Usman Alashe), Taiwo Ahmed, Raufu Raheem, and Sanlabiu Teslim before Justice R.A. Oshodi of […]

The conflict between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Labour Party (LP) has taken another turn as members of the NLC, on Wednesday, picketed the headquarters of the party in the Utako area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.   The union members led by the acting Chairman of the Political Commission of […]