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Taiye Agbaje The police is to arraign Adeniyi Adeyemi, the Director-General (DG) of a non-existing Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) in the Federal High Court on Tuesday. The police in a fresh court document marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025, charged presently Adeyemi and two others with eight counts of forgery, impersonation, among others. The charge was filed…
By Isaiah Eka Dr Bernard Doro, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction has urged corporate organisations to provide tangible Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to communities in order to reduce poverty. Doro made the remark at a multi-stakeholders engagement and community visits to Eastern Obolo in Akwa Ibom, the engagement was in partnership with the…
By Taiye Agbaje The Attorneys-General and Commissioners for Justice of the 36 states have called on parties in the dispute rocking the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to exercise restraint.. The body made the call in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Ben Uruchi-Odoh, and Secretary, Senior Ibrahim-Sulyman, and made available to…
By Isaiah Eka The Federal Government says it is committed to transforming procurement systems in the country in line with global best practices to enhance good governance. The Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, made the remark while delivering a keynote address during a 4-day Permanent Secretaries Retreat 2026 in Ikot Ekpene, on Friday. The News…
By Lamara Garba Prof. Hassana Sani Darma, former Vice Chancellor of Khadija University, Majia, Jigawa State, said that poor nutrition remains one of the greatest impediments to national development. The university don made the assertion while delivering the 61st Professorial Inaugural Lecture of Bayero University, Kano, at the CBN Centre of Excellence. According to her, …
By Admin Unknown Gunmen have kidnapped a corpse and several mourners in kogi while on their way to bury the dead in Benue State. The abducted corpse is that of a deceased Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officer, which was been taken to Otukpo, Benue State, for burial on Friday when the unfortunate incident happened….
By Patience Gbemiro The Kogi Government has inaugurated a six-member task force on revenue generation drive to strengthen revenue administration, eliminate leakages and improve compliance with government regulations across the state. The Commissioner for Commerce and industry, Mr. Mohammed Shaibu along with the Permanent Secretary (PM) of the ministry, Mrs Sualihat Musa-Amana, inaugurated the committee…
Taiye Agbaje Egbogu-Onyeka Ogochukwu, the Managing Director of Dorigold Enterprises Ltd, has filed a N20 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Nigerian police and Police Service Commission (PSC) over alleged harassment. The suit joined the the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police and Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID)…
Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday adjourned the scheduled arraignment of Mr Jimoh Yisawu, former Managing Director, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Ltd, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) until July 20. The case, which was on Friday’s cause list before Justice Inyang Ekwo, could not proceed due to…
By Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the scheduled judgment in the forfeiture suit filed by the EFCC against 57 properties linked to former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN, until July 15. The case, which was fixed for judgment before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, could not go on as…
