•Former Gov Yahaya Bello The Kogi State Government has raised the alarm over what it described as a desperate attempt by “criminals masquerading as politicians” to tarnish the image of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, HE Yahaya Bello, for selfish reasons, through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. A swift statement signed ...
Checks have revealed that no single Nigerian shipping company participated in the six crude oil delivery process that took place at the $19.5bn Dangote Petro-chemicals Refinery located in Lagos. This is even as further findings revealed that Nigeria lost out due to the very large sizes of ships used in the delivery of crude oil […]
•Paracetamol tablets In a new study, experts say that approximately all the paracetamol tablets in Nigeria are potentially underdosed, and the possibility of treatment failure has not received the same attention, possibly reflecting the perception that the practice is safe. They stated that samples from the five brands of paracetamol tested ar...
•NUC headquarters, Abuja The National Universities Commission (NUC) has identified at least fifty-eight (58) illegal universities operating in Nigeria. The names include those who claim to be affiliates of foreign universities in the country. Also, nine degree mills are currently undergoing further investigations and/or court actions. The deve...
•Cyberattacks Official reports of multiple cyber-attacks on both government and private digital infrastructure have exposed Nigeria’s Information and Technology (IT) security vulnerability in the outgoing year, 2023. According to the National Information Technology Development Agency (NiTDA), Nigeria, S/Africa, Egypt and Kenya lose $2.4bn annu...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has uncovered a total sum of N37,170,855,753.44 allegedly laundered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs under former minister Sadiya Umar-Farouk. Details of the ongoing probe exclusively obtained by this paper revealed that the money was transferred from the federal government’s coffers and sent...