President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with the newly confirmed Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. They met behind closed-door at the Statehouse in Abuja. The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, joined in the meeting minutes after it commenced. Though the agenda of the […]
The remains of the seven Nigerian Air Force officers, who died in Sunday’s plane crash, were committed to mother earth at the National Cemetery, Lugbe, Airport Road, Abuja, on Thursday. The personnel died in the Beechcraft King Air B350i aircraft, which crashed a short distance from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after reporting engine […]
Niger Delta militants under the aegis of Supreme Egbesu Liberation Fighters have threatened to destroy infrastructure in Lagos State and Abuja. In a video posted on Tuesday by AIT, members of the group were seen wearing masks and putting on a military uniform. One of them, who read a statement on behalf of the group, […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has directed its officers to impound rickety vehicles plying Nigerian roads. Boboye Oyeyemi, FRSC corps marshal, gave the directive in a statement issued by Bisi Kazeem, the corps public education officer, on Tuesday. The corps marshal said the clampdown is an integral part of efforts to further reduce road […]
By Foster Obi Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), HadizaBala Usman recently paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to solicit support for the take-off of the Eto electronic truck call up app for the management of trucks at the ports in Lagos. Pix shows HadizaBala Usman (4th […]
Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the apex bank’s directive to financial institutions on cryptocurrency transactions, is in the best interest of depositors and the country’s financial system. Emefiele said this on Tuesday, while briefing a joint senate committee on banking, insurance and other financial institutions; ICT and cybercrime; and […]
police station in Aba, Abia State has come under attack by yet-to-be-identified persons who were said to have carted away arms and ammunition from the station. It was gathered that the attack, which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, resulted in the death of some people, both on the side of the police and […]
………Director-General says joining the Better Than Cash Alliance is part of stimulating more innovation and financial inclusion for smallholders In another step towards creating a “digital FAO”, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is committing to increasing by 50 percent its delivery of digital financial transfers and vouchers to beneficiaries. As […]
Nigeria has more than $5.83bn foreign loans that have been approved but not yet disbursed, the Debt Management Office has said. The DMO on its portal on Sunday listed a number of foreign loans that were to be disbursed as of December 31, 2020. The disbursement of the loans will take the country’s total foreign […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has granted a 30 per cent import duty reduction on passenger transport vehicles. The import duty reprieve covers aviation engines and spare parts and takes immediate effect. The Presidential directive was conveyed through a circular from the headquarters of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Abuja. It said the reduction followed the […]