Nigeria’s Central Bank, over a decade ago, launched the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) with grand aspirations: to uplift smallholder farmers, boost agricultural output, and reduce reliance on food imports. Designed to link farmers with large-scale processors through access to finance and resources, the ABP promised to transform the nation’...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has indicted 31 Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) over financial irregularities amounting to over N103.8 billion and $950,912.05. This is as the House has also asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Com...
•Health workers Eight patients treated for Ebola in Uganda have recovered, the country’s health minister said today, declaring the country’s latest outbreak of the deadly disease “contained”, reports AFP. The eight “have been under treatment and have fully recovered,” Jane Ruth Aceng told our correspondent. “This is a major breakthrough,” the ...
The Nigerian Police Force has identified and detained officers allegedly involved in the extortion of N2.3 million from one Nwosu Ndubuisi. This was disclosed in a statement by the Zone 7 Police Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP M.B. Abdulkadir, on X (formerly Twitter) today. Abdulkadir added that the N2 3m has been recovered and ...
•Presidential aircraft The federal government says legal and diplomatic efforts are ongoing to recover some seized presidential jets. The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, stated this in a statement yesterday through his spokesman, Kamarudeen Ogundele. The AGF described as inappropriate, court orders against three presi...
•Tinubu Amid widespread public outcry against the proposed tax increase by the Tinubu government, a civil society organisation in Kebbi State, the Association For Peace And Good Governance, has asked the Tinubu-led federal government to channel her energy into fighting corruption and the recovery of looted public funds. The Secretary General o...
Troops of the Nigerian Military conducting search and rescue operations in Okuoma community in Ughelli LGA for the killers of 18 officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army, have recovered the “decomposing hearts of some of the killed soldiers” while the manhunt continues. Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba who made...
Police in Lagos State are on a manhunt for the buyer of a baby stolen by a house help in Shomolu area of the state. Police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed today that the buyer abandoned the baby as the police dragnet was closing in, reports NAN. “In the early hours of […]
•Police A combine team of security operatives, attached to Ughelli A division has recovered a decomposing male corpse suspected to be kidnapped victim along Ogor-Evwreni axis of the East -West road in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. Though the report was sketchy, it was gathered that the corpse was recovered in a […]...
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says the agency is yet to recover from previous transportation fare waivers by the government. The federal government had yesterday announced a 50 per cent waiver on road transport and a 100 per cent fare slash for rail transportation as part of moves to cushion the impact of the high […]

