The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday, arraigned a former Coordinating Director of Federal Inland Revenue Service, Peter Hena and eight other officers of the agency before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The others are the Director of Finance,Mohammed Auta; Amina Sidi (Finance and Account department); Umar … [Read more…]
Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu Following weather signs showing that the rains would soon return, the people of Enugu resident in Agbani Road have called on the State government to quickly fix the innumerable potholes defacing their roads. While taking questions from our correspondent, a Resident, Mrs. Deb Agbo lamented the travails she and other residents have … [Read more…]
IWD: Lead Generation Initiative Empowers Women with Business Grant As part of its activities to celebrate 2021 International Women’s Day, Lead Generation Initiative (LGI), a non-political, non-partisan and non-profit organization, yesterday empowered young women across the six geo-political zones in the country with business grant. The charitable move is in line with the … [Read more…]
Weeks after his posters surfaced in some states of the country, Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, declared at the weekend that he would contest to succeed President Muhammad’s Buhari in 2023. The governor said his ambition is predicated on calls by Nigerian youths, women, the less-privileged, among others. Bello, at … [Read more…]
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has called for concerted efforts from all stakeholders to tackle poverty among women, as Nigeria joins other countries to mark the 2021 International Women’s Day (IWD). Orelope-Adefulire said this at the weekend in a statement she issued in commemoration of the … [Read more…]
Ministry of Mines and Steel Development to urgently halt activities of illegal miners in the state and particularly in Dagbala, Akoko-Edo local government area where there is large deposit of gold that has become operational base of illegal miners thereby disrupting the activities of genuine mining license holders. The miners also expressed reservations … [Read more…]
Prince Harry’s wife Meghan Markle on Sunday said she contemplated taking her own life after joining the royal family, and raised allegations of racism in the monarchy during an explosive television interview. Explaining the couple’s dramatic exit from royal life, Meghan said she was denied help during her mental health crisis, was targeted by … [Read more…]
The Nigeria Labour congress (NLC) has raised alarm that the Nigerian government has not ratified or domesticated the Convention 190 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which discourages Gender Based Violence and Harassment (GBVH) in the world of work. The NLC Head of the Women and Youth Department, Comrade Rita Goyit said this during … [Read more…]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has described as false a report (Not by The PUNCH) that its Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, advised the Independent National Electoral Commission against selling forms to persons with a file with the agency who are aspiring to contest in 2023 general elections. The EFCC said Bawa has neither … [Read more…]
Ngozika Ihuoma, a defence witness called to testify by the chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, conceded on Friday that his claims of alleged mismanagement of recovered assets by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were not backed with any documentary evidence. Mr Ihuoma, the first defence witness … [Read more…]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, said he once tested positive for COVID-19 but was relieved 72 hours later when subsequent tests came out negative. Obasanjo who turned 84 March 5, said he was a bit concerned about it and had to call his daughter, Dr Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, that he was not having … [Read more…]
How I defeated UK, US, Chinese pupils, others at global maths competition –15-year-old Nigerian Faith Odunsi, 15, who recently won the Global Open Mathematics Tournament, an international competition with participants from Europe, Africa, America, Asia and Australia, shares her experience with ALEXANDER OKERE What is your name and how old are you? I … [Read more…]