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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it operatives have arrested three suspects with over 1,000 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Kano State. The commission, in a statement on Friday, said the suspects were caught trying to smuggle a total of 1,144 ATM cards out of the country.Musa Abubakar Umar Wilson Uwujaren, …

On Saturday, December 4, the people of Gambia will go to the polls to elect their president. In the election, Gambian President Adama Barrow will face five challengers in the first voting exercise since the exiled former leader Yahya Jammeh fled the country after refusing to accept defeat five years ago. Last month, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), the country’s …

An all-white tribunal in London yesterday ruled that the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office formerly known as British Department for International Development (DFID) in Nigeria racially discriminated against a black senior civil servant, Ms. Sonia Warner after launching an inquiry into her sex life. Sonia Warner, a British civil servant for 33 years who oversaw government grants given to Nigerian …

Sokoto, Nigeria – Christians in Nigeria’s Zamfara State have been cautioned against public worship in churches lest they be attacked, abducted, and their places of worship torched. The warning, for which a “Fulani association” claims responsibility, is contained in a letter circulated by the office of the state police commissioner.  “The command has already alerted its Divisions/Formations for immediate proactive …

Kaduna, Nigeria – A Nigerian priest who spent more than a month in captivity following his abduction earlier this year has called on the international community to come to the aid of the people of God in Nigeria’s Kaduna State amid heightened insecurity. Fr. Bako Francis Awesuh, 37, told Aid to the Church in Need Nov. 25 attacks from the …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has approved the appointments of 38 Senior Special Assistants and 96 Special Assistants. Official said this appointment followed the harmonization of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) by the leaders of the party across the state. Secretary to the Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., in a statement on Thursday, announced the appointments. The 134 …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Divisional Police Officer (DPO), CSP Ibrahim Aliyu Isaq of Fugar in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State who was reportedly kidnapped a week ago has regained freedom. The Public Relations Officer for Edo State Police Command SP Kontongs Bello stated this in statement posted on the command’s official WhatsApp page at …

Vatican’s Secretary of State has said, while commenting on protests against Italy’s vaccine rules, that the Church’s message is clear, that vaccination is an “act of love,” according to report by the Catholic News Agency. In an interview with Vatican News published on Nov. 28, Cardinal Pietro Parolin was asked about “No Vax” and “No Pass” demonstrations in cities across …

…Infrastructure, education, health take lion shares Christened ‘Budget of Renewal, Hope and Growth’, a N214.2 billion appropriation bill was on Wednesday, presented to the Edo State House of Assembly for the 2022 fiscal year by the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. The budget which seeks to enhance reforms in government process, stimulate economic prosperity and improve ease of doing business …

If Nigeria would be rescued from the pit of bad leadership, stakeholders must amend the faulty process through which public officials emerge. This was the submission of former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, and others at the 7th Goddy Jidenma Foundation (GJF) Lecture, held at MUSON Centre, Lagos, yesterday. The theme of the lecture …