Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police (IGP), has ordered a 24-hour surveillance in the federal capital territory (FCT) following a protest by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN). The police IG also condemned the “unprovoked attack” on the police personnel by the IMN members in which nine police officers were injured. The movement better known as […]Read More
Nigeria’s debt profile rose by N12.27tn between June 2015 and December 31, 2018, investigation has shown. Data obtained from the Debt Management Office on Wednesday showed that the country’s debt profile grew from N12.12tn as of June 30, 2015, to N24.39tn as of December 31, 2018. This means that within a period of three and […]Read More
The former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory [FCT] and the Bauchi state Governor Elect, Bala Mohammed has said that the outgoing Governor of the state, Barrister Mohammed Abubakar has employed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to stop him [Mohammed] from probing his administration over alleged corruption. Bala Mohammed “And if the Speaker […]Read More
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the loan of $20 million for Lagos state strategic transportation plan. The sum is part of the total $247 million loan approval granted at the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. The other $227 million loan is for rural electrification and West […]Read More
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal was yesterday detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Lawal will be arraigned today. The commission had filed a 10-count charge against the former SGF and five others. Others are: Hamidu David Lawal; Sulaiman Abubakar; Apeh John Monday; Rholavision Engineering Limited and […]Read More
A recent report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reveals that 26 Nigerians have been killed by Lassa fever and cerebrospinal meningitis. According to the report captioned Week 04 (January 21 – 27, 2019), 77 new cases of the fever were recorded in 13 states and Abuja. Further gathered from the report that […]Read More
The 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory generated the sum of N579.4bn as Internally Generally Revenue in the first half of 2018, statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics have revealed. The amount when compared to the N453.83bn recorded in the first half of 2017 represents an increase of 27.7 per cent. The […]Read More
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday released the Internally Generated Revenue at State level for half year 2018, which tracks the performance of Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory in terms of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). During the period under review, the states and FCT generated a total of N579.490 billion, as […]Read More
A suspected vandal, identified as Isah Yusuf, has been electrocuted in Karu, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The deceased who was said to be a Vulcaniser was found dangling on the power lines by Total Academy near CBN quarters, Karu, on Wednesday morning by residents of the area. He was believed […]Read More
An FCT High Court sitting in Jabi has sentenced Lebi-Ayodele James, a staff of the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation to two years in prison for forging the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN) certificate. The judge,Justice Yusuf Halilu , who did not give the convict an option of fine on Friday, ordered […]Read More
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