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The CBN Special Investigator recommends the prosecution of Mr Emefiele and at least 13 others, including his deputy governors, for alleged gross financial offences. The Special Investigator probing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Jim Obazee, has discovered 593 bank accounts located in the United States, United Kingdom and China in which the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), under Godwin Emefiele, kept …

*Phase two of Port Harcourt slated to come on stream by 2024 The federal government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) yesterday announced mechanical completion of Area 5 Plant of the old 60,000 barrels per day Port Harcourt Refinery under construction, disclosing that the facility would resume production of petroleum products after Christmas.Relatedly, two weeks after receipt of …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has added the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to its list of “prequalified vaccines.” The global health body had in October, recommended the use of the vaccine for prevention of malaria in children following the advice of its Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunisation and the Malaria Policy Advisory Group. The prequalification means larger access to vaccines …

The political crisis in Rivers State has assumed a new twist, as six elders have dragged President Bola Tinubu to the Federal High Court in Abuja, for allegedly compelling Governor Siminilaya Fubara to enter into an unconstitutional agreement. The plaintiffs, led by a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly representing Bonny State Constituency, Victor Jumbo, are Senator Bennett …

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request by special counsel Jack Smith to fast-track arguments on whether Donald Trump has any immunity from federal prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office – a move that will likely delay his trial. The court did not explain its reasoning and there were no noted dissents. The court’s decision is a major …

The Federal Government has declared holidays to mark the Christmas, New Year celebrations. The Federal Government declared Monday, and Tuesday, December, 25 and 26 2023, and Monday, January 1, 2024, as public holidays to mark Christmas and New Year’s Day celebrations, respectively. The Hon. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on …

Nigeria on Wednesday got a hard-won relief from a thorny lawsuit against it by Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID), a company registered in the British Virgin Islands. The case had dragged on for more than a decade and would have wiped out about one-third of Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves if victory had gone the way of the company. An earlier decision …

Edo State Government has assured that it will strengthen collaboration with the Federal Government to check the incidence of gender-based violence in the State, noting that necessary laws have been enacted to punish persons found culpable of the dastardly act. Representative of the Edo State Governor and Commissioner for Social Development and Gender Issues, Hon Mrs. Christabel Omoh Ekwu, said …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Unknown persons suspected to be robbers terrorizing residents of G.R.A in Benin City, the Edo State capital have allegedly robbed a man found dead inside his Toyota SUV. Police investigators found the man seating behind the steering wheel with his trouser pockets and inside his car ransacked by the miscreants. Investigators at the homicide section, Criminal Investigation …

Security dogs earn higher budget, get N800 per diem• 50,401 awaiting trial, 3,271 on death row nationwide Gross underfunding of custodial centres and perennial dehumanisation of persons reached a new height with daily cost of feeding each inmate now N750. The Guardian findings confirmed that even security dogs in custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) are better fed than humans.  While a …