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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC in Enugu State has arraigned one Kelechi Vitalis Anozie before Justice I.M Buba of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu on a seven-count charge bordering on money laundering. The clergy was arraigned alongside three others who are currently at large, including, Azubuike Bright, Amarachi Blessing Ito and Kelechi Patrick Iro. Anozie who is on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Wanted List, was […]

His Holiness, Pope Francis, has expressed his solidarity and closeness with Catholics in Nigeria after gunmen stormed St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, on Sunday, killing innocent worshippers and injuring many others. The Pope in a statement issued by the director of the Vatican press office Matteo Bruni, said the congregants were painfully affected, assuring them of his spiritual closeness. Similarly, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has released the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, on bail. Spokesperson of the Anti-graft agency Wilson Uwujaren confirmed the development yesterday. The EFCC arrested Idris on May 16 over an 80 billion Naira fraud after failing to honour thecommission’s invitations to respond to issues connected to the fraudulent act. After his arrest, the Minister of Finance, Zainad Ahmed, suspended him.

The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum CorporationNNPC to implement a deal on a gas pipeline to Europe through Morocco. Africa’s gas resources are increasingly in the spotlight as the European Union looks to wean itself off Russian supplies following the invasion of Ukraine in February. The Minister of Petroleum Timipre Sylva recently told newsmen in Abuja that the approval for a memorandum of understanding on the gas […]

President Muhammadu Buhari hasapplauded the appointment of Bishop Peter Okpaleke of Ekwulobia Diocese, as a Cardinal by Pope Francis. Pope Francis three days ago, announced Okpaleke’s appointment as well as 20 new cardinals to be created for the church on August 27. Okpaleke in a statement by his Senior Special assistant on media and publicity Garba Shehu, commended the Pope for finding a capable Nigerian in the person of Okpaleke […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has lamented the high number of uncollected Permanent Voters Card PVCs, putting the figure at about 20 million. The National Commissioner of INEC, FCT, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Plateau States, Mohammed Haruna, disclosed this yesterday at the launch of a campaign to drive the collection of PVCs and increase participation in the ongoing continuous voter registration exercise. He stated that statistics by INEC in 2019 showed that […]

The Nigerian Army has dismissed claims that some Nigerian villages were attacked by Ambazonia militants, a separatist group in Cameroon. The Director of Army Public Relations,Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu,said although the military authorities confirmed that the militants stormed some communities on Sunday, the attack did not happen on Nigerian territory. Nwachukwu disclosed that contrary to the misinformation, their troops deployed at Danare received information on Sunday morning about the said […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos presided over by Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa has held that the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission NBC acted beyond its powers in seeking to regulate the practice of advertising in Nigeria contrary to the provisions of the extant Advertising Practitioners Regulation Act of 2004. The court also declared that the NBC lacks the power to prohibit exclusivity on privately acquired intellectual property right in programme contents of a […]

The Supreme Court yesterday reserved judgement in a suit filed by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation, seeking an interpretation of Section 84 subsection 12 of the electoral act, 2022. The seven-man panel led by Justice Mohammed Dattijo, says the date will be communicated to the parties involved in the suit, after taking arguments from parties and adopting their processes. The All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA, and […]