The Maiduguri Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Onwukwe C. Obiora, has stressed the need for the Nigerian Army and the Commission to collaborate in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing in the Northeast. He stated this Thursday, May 6, 2021, during a courtesy […]
Month: May 2021
Security Chiefs brief Senate on plans for containing insecurity
The Senate on Thursday, received briefs from Security Agencies on their plans to curb security challenges in the country. The upper legislature at the beginning of plenary, went into a closed session with Heads of the security agencies. The executive session which lasted for more than three hours, was hinged […]
House of Reps probes N2 billion Safe School Initiative Intervention Programme
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the failure of the N2 billion Safe School Initiative Intervention Programme (SSIIP). The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Aniekan Umanah (PDP-Akwa Ibom) on the floor of the House, on Thursday, in Abuja. Umanah noted that the objective of […]
28 states to suffer severe flooding – Minister
Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu says no fewer than 28 states will experience severe flooding this year. Adamu disclosed this at the public presentation of the 2021 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) on Thursday in Abuja. He listed the states to include Abia, […]
US’s Africom in Nigeria? Heck No!
Iliyasu Gadu 08035355706 (sms only) ‘’Overpaid, oversexed and over here’’. That was the resentful and contemptuous opinion many British people came to have of the thousands of American GIs stationed in several military bases in Britain during the Second World War. The gum chewing, brash, hard drinking and womanizing American […]
EFCC arrests six suspected illegal Oil Bunkerers in Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested six suspected illegal oil bunkerers. The Agency’s Head, Media and Publicity ,Wilson Uwajaren who made this known in a statement in Port Harcourt, said the suspects were arrested on Saturday, May 2, 2021 […]
Obasanjo warns against Nigeria’s disintegration, describes calls for break up as selfish, insensitive
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has described calls for the disintegration of Nigeria as unmindful and insensitive to the plight of the minority groups ln the country. Obasanjo made the observation on Wednesday when he received the Tiv Professional Group (TPG) from Benue state , who paid him a courtesy visit […]
APC Senators pass confidence vote on Buhari
The All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the Senate on Wednesday announced that it strongly and unreservedly supports President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts in addressing all challenges facing the country. The Caucus made the disclosure through Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Abdullahi Yahaya (APC-Kebbi) at a news conference in Abuja . Reacting […]
Gov Emmanuel asks US to remove Akwa Ibom from unsafe states
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has urged the U.S. Government to delist the state from the list for of unsafe states in Nigeria. Emmanuel made this known during a courtesy visit by U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, at Government House in Uyo on Wednesday. , The governor said […]
Breaking: Fr Mbaka reportedly missing, Ohanaeze Youths issues 48 hr ultimatum for cleric’s release
The Founder of Adoration Ministry, Enugu,Rev.Fr. Ejike Mbaka is reportedly missing as he was last seen on Tuesday. The Ohanaeze Youth Council who raised the alarm of the cleric’s dissapearance in a statement by the President- General, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike said efforts to trace the whereabout of Rev Fr had […]