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Abdulrasheed Bawa, a Deputy Chief Detective Superintendent with Nigeria’s flagship anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is set to break records if confirmed by the Nigerian Senate to lead the organisation. A statement by a presidential spokesperson on Tuesday announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Mr Bawa, who currently heads the Lagos …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has named Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. He has therefore requested the Senate to confirm Bawa’s nomination. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday titled “President Buhari requests Senate to confirm Abdulrasheed …

ATLANTA — Pro-Trump attorney L. Lin Wood faces sanctions from the State Bar of Georgia for potentially violating one or more state rules of professional conduct. The organization that governs and licenses all practicing attorneys in the state filed a more-than-1,600-page official grievance against Wood earlier this month for incompetences and making false statements. If the investigation accompanying the grievance proves …

…Chides DISCOs’ failure to meet financial obligations The Federal Government, Tuesday, revealed that it was still spending over N50 billion monthly as subsidy for electricity supply in the country. It explained that the funds are provided to augment the shortfall by the Distribution Companies, DISCOs, which have failed to defray the cost of bulk electricity supplied to them by the …

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking an order restraining Mr Mohammed Adamu from parading himself as the Inspector General of Police (IGP). Justice Ahmed Mohammed gave the ruling following a motion exparte with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/106/21 filed by Maxwell Opara, a legal practitioner, and argued by his lawyer, Ugochukwu Ezekiel. Arguing the motion, Ezekiel told …

•Promises to prioritise access to COVID-19 vaccines •Buhari, others hail her emergence With her emergence yesterday as the first African and first female to be the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, unveiled her agenda, which include working with other members of the organisation in reforming and rebranding the global trade body. Okonjo-Iweala, in her acceptance …

The Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida Annual Lecture Series  has condemned what it called  the ” dangerous silence” by President Muhammadu Buhari over the  activities of  herdsmen in many parts of the country. This came as the World Igbo Congress, WIC, has asked the south east governors to establish an enforcement team that will help implement it’s ban on open grazing in …

Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Osun East has raised the alarm that some traditional rulers in the South West cooperate with herdsmen to carry out their evil machinations in the region. According to him, Kidnapping, rape, Armed Banditry, killings and wanton destruction of properties, all other acts of criminality …

…As Imasuanbon boosts youth skill acquisition scheme with N1m …canvases support for Obaseki’s empowerment program By Okhide Em’ya David Iyase of Benin Kingdom Benin, Chief Sam Igbe and founder, Centre for Edo Delta Development Initiative (CEDDI) and Skills Acquisition Centre and Diabetic  Care Clinic, has implored Nigerian youths to embrace skills acquisition and technical training  to be self-dependent so as …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonji-Iweala on her emergence as the first African and first female Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The WTO confirmed her emergence on Monday after the last contender and South Korean Trade Minister, Yoo Myung-hee, announced her withdrawal from the race on February 5, 2021. Obaseki …