The police have arrested 17 suspected forex hawkers for illegal operation of Bureau de Change in Wapa area of Fagge Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Usaini Gumel, made this known to NAN on Wednesday. “The operation, which was led by the Police Command, was carried out in Wapa Bureau […]
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, Osun State chapter, has sought for collaboration with the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC, for joint campaign against electoral malpractices and violence in the forthcoming local government elections billed for February, 2025. The State Director, NOA, Bola Morgan stated this while paying an advocacy visit with her management team […]
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, CPPE, says the Nigerian federal government will rake in between N3 trillion and N7.75 trillion in one year with its recently introduced cybersecurity levy of 0.5 per cent on electronic banking transactions. The Director of CPPE, Dr Muda Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, calling […]
The traditional ruler-elect of Ogugu Ntu-egbenese Ancient Kingdom in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, Chief Aloysius Chidozie Ogbonna Jnr, has hailed the passage of the Enugu State Electricity Bill, among others by the State House of Assembly. The bill, which has been signed into law, led to the establishment of the Enugu State […]
BENIN CITY—Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, last week, drew the battle line between the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and a group known as the ‘Legacy Group’, which some people think is critical in the party, considering the role the members played in the governor’s re-election in 2020. The group, led by the National Vice […]
The Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has criticized the renovation work done in the Chamber, describing it as a poor job. Ndume spoke in an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. Under Order 42 of the Senate Standing Rules, Ndume described the Chamber as a conference hall. The lawmaker said the Chamber is […]
Some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have taken a swipe at Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, and its candidate in the September governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, over alleged sponsorship of a smear campaign against the governorship candidate of the APC, Senator Monday Okpebholo. The […]
Super Falcons and Bay FC forward, Asisat Oshoala, says she does photography for fun after her American club shared some images she took at an event during their game on Sunday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. On Monday, the club shared seven images taken by the footballer, and another one where she was handling the camera during their African […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is probing 10 senior officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps over an alleged N7.5bn fraud. The anti-graft agency has also invited 10 contractors linked with the alleged fraud. The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, had on April 26, 2024, written a letter to the NSCDC CG, inviting […]
Shell Nigeria says it exclusively paid a total of $1.09bn in corporate taxes and royalties to the Nigerian government in 2023, through the operations of the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company of Nigeria Limited. The figures, announced in the just published 2023 Shell Briefing Notes, showed […]
