President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, linked terrorism financing to illegal mining. “Look at the illegal mining that plagues so many of our nations today. Those who think illegal mining has no connection with financing terrorism are sorely mistaken,” Tinubu said. He spoke at the African High-level Meeting on Counter-Terrorism in Abuja on Monday. Representatives…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied allegations that it disobeyed a court order concerning a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. This is against the backdrop of arguments and counter-arguments on whether the EFCC has disobeyed a court order concerning the botched arrest of Bello. In a press statement signed by…
The two wives of the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, are currently trying to outshine each other, with both of them laying claim to the Office of the First Lady of the state. The two women, Ngozi and Titilola, have printed different posters that have gone viral with their names and pictures welcoming Nigeria’s…
The Sector 3 of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) says two persons planting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for Boko Haram, 19-year-old Abubakar Mohammed (alias Garba) and 13-year-old Bana Modu, have surrendered. According to the Chief Military Public Information-Ndjamena, Lieutenant Colonel Abubakar Abdullahi said the surrender took place on Sunday in Monguno Government Area…
The Kenya Police Service has reportedly arrested fleeing Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, as the International Criminal Police Organisation moves to extradite him to Nigeria. Nadeem, was one of the two Binance executives detained in Nigeria for alleged tax evasion and other offenses before he escaped on Friday, 22 March, from the Abuja guest house…
Gunmen Storm Event Center In Ogun, A professor of Law at Babcock University, Ilishan, Ogun, Yinka Olomojobi, was killed by unknown gunmen in the Iperu area of the state on Monday, April 22. According to Channels TV, Olomojobi was shot dead for allegedly refusing to be whisked away by the assailants. While he was…
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has appointed Olusegun Alebiosu as its acting Managing Director with effect from April 2024. The bank stated this in a statement signed and made available to newsmen by its acting company secretary, Adewale Arogundade, on Sunday. Recall that the former managing director of First Bank Nigeria Limited, Dr Adesola…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Sunday, announced that it had sanctioned some officials who ordered a Muslim candidate to remove her hijab. The female candidate who sat her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination at the Bafuto Institute, Ile-Iwe Bus Stop, Ejigbo, Lagos, was said to have been asked to remove her head cover…
A 60-year-old man, Malam Danjuma, popularly known as “Black”, his son, Ibrahim, 35, and Aminu Gaye, also 35, died in a pit toilet while trying to recover a cellphone. Saminu Abdullahi, Kano State Fire Service Public Relations Officer confirmed the incident on Sunday. He said the service received an emergency call from Tsanyawa Fire…
Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has assured Nigerians that the Naira will continue to appreciate against dollar at the forex market. The spokesperson of the Vice-President, Stanley Nkwocha in a statement on Saturday, said Shettima stated this at a meeting with officials of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), at the President Villa, Abuja….