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The party asked the EFCC to immediately invite Edu for questioning and take further steps to commence a system-wide investigation into the alleged large-scale corruption and treasury looting pervading ministries, agencies and departments under the APC administration. Similarly, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has demanded the probe of Edu, the former All Progressives Congress women leader. The group in …

Nigerians crossed over into the New Year with an eerie general outlook, resulting in messages of hope from government at all levels. For President Bola Tinubu, “tough times never last.” No hiding the fact: there are no easy solutions to the myriad stark economic and security challenges befuddling the country. The Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), in a recent statement …

The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, will today (Monday) launch the first online portal for passport application in Abuja. He disclosed this during a demonstration session of the online portal on Friday with the Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Caroline Adepoju. According to Tunji, an online passport application platform has been established for both international and Nigerian applicants. The …

In the last week alone, Israel has killed a senior Hamas militant in an airstrike in Beirut, Hezbollah has fired barrages of rockets into Israel, the U.S. has killed a militia commander in Baghdad and Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have traded fire with the American Navy. Each strike and counterstrike increases the risk of the already catastrophic war in Gaza spilling across …

MIKE OSAROGIAGBON The Principal, Federal Government Girl’s College (FGGC), Benin, Mrs. Aghedo Osamudiamen has charged parents to encourage their children to read instead of giving them phones as the school examinations questions and answers are not found on the internet. She commended Mrs. Betsy Obaseki who is an old girl of the college for unwavering supports for the school. Also, …

Abeokuta: The management of Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State has debunked what it called a baseless online post falsely implicating the institution in having fake professors. Director of Communication and Marketing, Joshua Suleiman, stated this in a statement he made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, and published by the Vanguard on Sunday, saying the list, erroneously linked to the …

•EX-CBN gov may face multiple money laundering charges, anti-graft agency probes corporate organisations, individuals•Commission says investigation independent of Obazee’s report The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has written to over 85 entities comprising corporate organisations and individuals over an ongoing investigation into alleged fraudulent foreign exchange allocations under the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. It …

The December 26, 2023 marriage between a four-year-old ‘bride’ and a 54-year-old man in a Bayelsa community is a traditional rite to save the child’s life, according to her parents. They claimed that the marriage, conducted in Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa, was a spiritual rite to ‘untie’ the duo who were betrothed in their “previous …

Nigeria’s Financial Regulations 2009 says, “Any officer who pays public money into a private account is deemed to have done so with fraudulent intention.” Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Beta Edu, on Friday, admitted as genuine a 20 December 2023 memo which shows that she requested the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, to transfer public fund – N585.2 …

Tinubu approved food items, not cash for lawmakers – Presidency Some lawmakers have taken delivery, others being procured – House Spokesman We have no idea about distribution – Ministry The controversy over alleged distribution of palliatives to federal lawmakers intensified yesterday after the Senate and some members of the House of Representatives denied receiving any such allocation. Reports had suggested …