•Binance chief and EFCC operative in court yesterday The scheduled arraignment of Binance Holdings Limited and two of its executives for alleged tax evasion was stalled yesterday over a complaint that one of the executives had not been served with the charge sheet. Counsel for the Federal Inland Revenue Service, which is prosecuting the case, ...
•Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, is worried that the federal government spent N10 trillion servicing unproductive debts. He raised concerns again at the nation’s rising debt profile, saying that N97.3 trillion is on the high side and worrisome, reports Daily Independent....
•Britain’s King Charles III Britain’s head of state King Charles III will attend an Easter Sunday church service, Buckingham Palace announced today, in his most high-profile engagement since revealing a cancer diagnosis. Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, will attend the Easter Mattins Service at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle — a long...
An outing service has been held for Herbert Wigwe, his wife, Chizoba, and son, Chizi who were buried in the late businessman’s hometown Omueke, Isiokpo in Rivers State. The service which was held today at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Lion of Judah Parish, in Isiokpo, comes a day after dignitaries gathered in the […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 1607 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) to the next rank of Superintendents. PSC had earlier stepped down the consideration of the officers’ promotion at its last management meeting where other recommendations were considered when it noticed some discrepancies in the list, ...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) announced yesterday the temporary suspension of the food disposal initiative that commenced last Friday. This decision follows a stampede that occurred, resulting in fatalities and injuries to several potential beneficiaries. In a statement signed yesterday by the NCS National Spokesman, Abdullahi Maiwada, the...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate, yesterday asked security agencies to adopt proper synergy in their operations to address the insecurity in Nigeria. The Senate also urged the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, to ensure the immediate release of funds to the military to combat insecurity. The ...
•Service chiefs The Senate has entered into a closed-door meeting with the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu and the nation’s service chief over the worrying state of security in the country. Those in attendance include the Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, the Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Air Staff, [&h...
•Federal secretariat, Abuja The recent deployment of Federal permanent secretaries has created anger and resentment in the civil service. It was learnt that the Head of Service of the Federation (HoSF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, allegedly “tampered” with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approved template for the redeployment of 24 Federal permanent...