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Nigerian Military Arrests Suspected Killers Of 17 Personnel In Port Harcourt, Detains Them In Army Headquarters

8 months ago1095 min

The Nigerian military has arrested at least three suspected killers of 17 officers and men of 181 Amphibious Battalion, Nigerian Army in Otuama, Delta State, last Thursday. The suspects were arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday and moved to Army headquarters, Asaba, where they are currently being held, Vanguard learnt.  The Senate has begun a probe into the killing of the soldiers as it asked its committees on defence, army, navy and air...

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Senate Uncovers Several Infractions In N30trillion Ways And Means Loans Under Buhari, Summons Central Bank Ex-Gov Emefiele

8 months ago1024 min

The upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate is set to summon the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over 13 infractions uncovered in the process of obtaining the N30 trillion Ways and Means loan during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate ad hoc committee probing the disbursement and usage of the Ways and Means loan, which disclosed this on Tuesday, during a meeting with the...

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Nigerian Government Reveals Names Of 15 Alleged Terrorism Financiers, Set To Impose Sanctions

8 months ago1109 min

The Nigerian government has named 15 entities allegedly financing terrorism in the country.   The entities include nine individuals and six Bureau De Change operators and firms, as revealed by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU).     The NFIU in an email sent to PUNCH revealed the names in the memo entitled “Designation of Individuals and Entities for March 18, 2024.” The document revealed that the Nigeria Sanctions Committee met on March 18, 2024, where...

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N3trillion Budget Padding: Civil Societies Ask Senate President Akpabio To List All Constituency Projects For Senators

8 months ago1646 min

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has written the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, demanding a Certified True Copy of the 2024 budget highlighting the projects attached to the N3trillion allegedly padded. The coalition which said the request is made under Sections 1, 4, and 9 of the Freedom of Information Act 2011, also demanded a Certified True Copy of constituency projects as benefitted by all senators in the 2024 budget appropriation. According to the...

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Ongoing Military Operation In Volatile Okuoma Area Of Delta Stopping Us From Accessing Community –Nigeria Police

8 months ago1035 min

The Nigeria Police Force has said its operatives cannot access the troubled Niger Delta community of Okuama because of the ongoing military operation in the area.   This was disclosed by the Delta State Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda while speaking with Arise News on Wednesday on the reason for the absence of the police force in the community.   The commissioner said the police had not been able to get into Okuama because “it’s...

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Detained Binance Executives Appear In Nigerian High Court, To Remain In Detention For Two Weeks, Families Say

8 months ago10610 min

    Two executives from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, will remain in detention for at least two more weeks in Nigeria after appearing in court for the first time on Wednesday even though they have not been charged with a crime.   Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and Binance’s head of financial crime compliance, and Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan who is Binance’s regional manager for Africa, flew to Nigeria following the country’s decision...

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Australia Tightens Visa Rules For Nigerian Students, Others As Migration Hits Record High

8 months ago1015 min

  The Australian Government has started the enforcement of tougher visa rules for Nigerian students and their foreign counterparts planning to move to the country as the number of migrants hit a record high. According to Reuters, the rules which will commence officially on Saturday indicate that English language requirements for student and graduate visas will be increased, while the government will get the power to suspend education providers from recruiting international students if they...

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BREAKING: Protesters Storm Lagos High Court, Demand Immediate Release Of Former MFM Chorister, Ayotunde Richards Remanded In Prison Over Alleged Libel Against Church Founder, Olukoya

8 months ago1108 min

  Members of the Coalition of Civil Society organisations in collaboration with the Women Arise for Change platform on Thursday staged a protest at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos against the continued detention of Ayotunde Richard, a gospel singer and former member of Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries (MFM).   The protesters gathered at the front of the court with placards lambasting the Nigeria Police Force for disobeying court orders directing that...

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Nigeria Labour Congress Formed Labour Party, Owns The Party; It Has Interest In How It Is Run –Ayuba Wabba, Ex-NLC Chair

8 months ago9710 min

As the crisis in the Labour Party continues to deepen, a former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba has declared that the party is a property of the Congress. Wabba who spoke on the crisis ravaging the party while featuring on Channels TV programme, explained that LP was formed by NLC as a platform for members of the union to exercise and defend their rights. SaharaReporters had reported the picketing of...

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Your Integrity Intact; People Alleging N3.7Billion Budget Padding Didn’t Understand The Arithmetic, Tinubu Tells Senators

8 months ago1603 min

The President while hosting the lawmakers at the State House in Abuja for Ramadan Iftar (breaking of Muslim fast) on Thursday claimed that those spreading the allegation of irregularities in the budget legislative process are not properly informed. President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the alleged padding of the 2024 Appropriations Act by the members of the Nigerian Senate. The President while hosting the lawmakers at the State House in Abuja for Ramadan Iftar (breaking...

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