A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Tuesday granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) leave to play compact disc as evidence in the trial of a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele is being prosecuted before Justice Maryanne Anenih by the EFCC on a six-count charge in…
The Federal Government has lauded JAMB for providing support for 501 physically challenged candidates writing the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) across 11 specialised centres nationwide. The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, said this while monitoring the ongoing UTME at the Centre for the Blind at the National Open University of…
Guinness Nigeria Plc says it is prioritising increased connection, purpose and impact, especially following the recent change in majority shareholding and as it celebrates its 75th anniversary. Its Managing Director, Mr Girish Sharma, who disclosed the focus in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, said that this promises greater local agility and innovation for the…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the redeployment of four Federal Permanent Secretaries. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this is part of ongoing efforts to reposition the Federal Civil Service for improved performance and service delivery. Mrs Esther Walson-Jack, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), announced the redeployments in a…
Maj-Gen. Abdul Ibrahim on Tuesday assumed duty as the 33th Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). Ibrahim took over from Maj-Gen. John Ochai who has been redeployed to the Nigerian Army Heritage and Future Centre Abuja. The new commandant is a member of the 39th Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy. Prior to…
Yobe Government says it has intensified immunisation campaigns across the state to curb the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Muhammad Gana disclosed this during a Media Dialogue and Field Mission to commemorate the 2025 African Vaccination Week and World Immunization Week on Tuesday in Damaturu. He said the…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Tuesday inaugurated its Gender Desk and Women Network (WoN) to promote gender equity and inclusive governance. Speaking at the inauguration in Abuja, the Executive Secretary, FIRS, Dr Zacch Adedeji, described the inauguration of the desk as a declaration of the service’s resolve to embed equity at the heart…
The Federal Government on Tuesday, tendered some evidence in the alleged terrorism charge filed against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the prescribed Indigenous People of Bifar (IPOB). The evidence were tendered by the Federal Government’s lawyer, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, before Justice James Omotosho through the first prosecution witness and a Department of State Service (DSS)…
The Nigerian Army, 4 Brigade, Benin have arrested 31 suspected criminals during a raid on a building in First Bank Estate, Awesome Garden, along the Benin-Sapele Bypass, Benin. This is contained in a statement by the brigade’s Public Relations Officer, Capt. Chinonso Oteh, and made available to news men on Tuesday in Benin. Oteh said…
The President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, says the National Assembly is set to give necessary legislative backing for the review of outdated laws. Akpabio stated this during the Police Service Commission (PSC) Board/Strategic session and four-day induction programme in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area on Tuesday. The Senate President, who represented by the…
