•Gunman Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested three suspected kidnappers after they collected N2 million ransom from their victim and still shot him. The suspects, identified as Chukwuebuka Nka (25), Uche Okechukwu, and Somto Chukwuma, allegedly shot the victim in the leg after discovering he did not have enough money in h...
•DSS and Omoyele Sowore The Department of State Services (DSS) has written X to suspend and deactivate the account belonging to controversial activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore. It accused him of spreading false information capable of inciting violence and threatening national security, reports The Nation. The DSS gave X Corp. 24 hours to ...
The Supreme Court has struck out a suit by the 36 state governments seeking to among others, compel the federal government to account for its earnings from the sale of liquefied natural gas, natural gas liquids and related products since 1999. In a unanimous judgment, a seven-member panel of the court, presided over by Justice […]
•Electronic transaction In a developing case of a suspected kidnap ransom transaction in Delta State, a yet-to-be-identified Point of Sale operator has spoken out, claiming she was unaware of the criminal activities behind a 4 million Naira deposit into her account. The operator was questioned in a video by the Public Relations Officer for Del...
•Protesters Nigerians have again poured into the streets in major cities across the nation on the second day to protest against economic hardship despite the government’s last-minute push to prevent the demonstration. Inflation has reached 34 per cent owing majorly to the twin policies of subsidy removal and floating of the naira. That has pus...
•Some governors Following the Supreme Court decision declaring unlawful the use of the funds meant for local governments by the Nigeria’s 36 governors, Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project has called on the governors and FCT minister to account for and return the funds they have collected, or face legal action. Recall that the Supr...
The visitation panel to the Taraba State University, yesterday, said it uncovered financial infractions to the tune of N3.5bn in the university. The chairman of the panel, Prof. Josiah Sabo-Kente, who addressed journalists in Jalingo yesterday, the university operated a poor accounting system since its inception in 2008. He added that the univ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria has instructed all bank customers to link their National Identification Number (NIN) and Bank Verification Number (BVN) to their bank account (s). The apex bank had in a circular on December 1st 2023, directed that banks should place restrictions on all Tier 1 bank accounts without BVN, reports Vanguard. Tier [&hell...
•Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to show the total annual generated revenue from toll gates and parking lots fees in all federal government-owned airports and how much it remitted from January 2015 till January 2024. Justice Ibra...
•Julius Abure The suspended National Treasurer of the Labour Party, Ms Oluchi Oparah, has challenged the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, to give an account of the donations received from Nigerians in the Diaspora during the campaign tour of LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the United States. It was earlier reported that the na...

