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EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Agency, EFCC Grills University Of Jos’ VC, Prof. Tanko Over Alleged N355Million Fraud
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EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Agency, EFCC Grills University Of Jos’ VC, Prof. Tanko Over Alleged N355Million Fraud

10 months ago10511 min

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has grilled the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jos in Plateau State, Prof. Ishaya Tanko over alleged fraud.   EFCC in a letter dated March 19, 2024, signed by Adebayo Adeniyi, Zonal Commander, Abuja, invited the VC for questioning.   The commission requested the VC to come with Dr. Yusuf Abdullahi, the University’s Deputy Dean of Student Affairs to attend an interview with the undersigned through the Head CTGI-P5.1,...

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VIDEO: Air Passengers Left Stranded For Hours At Rivers Airport As Arik Air Cancels Flight, Reportedly Says Refund Will Take 8 Months

10 months ago925 min

Some passengers of Arik Air have been seen in viral videos lamenting how they were left stranded at the Port Harcourt airport without any alternative after their flight was cancelled. The flight was reportedly scheduled to go from Port Harcourt in Rivers State to Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre. One of the frustrated passengers is heard narrating how he was asked to pay the sum of N2 million to rebook four tickets after the...

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SERAP To Sue Tinubu Government Over Electricity Tariff Hike, Calls For Reversal Pending Court Hearing

10 months ago974 min

SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Nigerian government had approved N225 ($0.15) per kilowatt-hour tariff increment for Band A electricity consumers in the country. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has said it is suing President Bola Tinubu’s administration over the arbitrary increase in electricity tariff.  SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Nigerian government had approved N225 ($0.15) per kilowatt-hour tariff increment for Band A electricity consumers in the country.   Band A are those who enjoy...

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Okuama Community In Delta Has Stockpiled Weapons, Made Illegal Money From Crude Oil Theft, Says Chief Of Defence Staff

10 months ago1003 min

The CDS explained that the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori and residents of the community where the military personnel were attacked and killed by irate youths, have no access to the community because of the ongoing “cordon and search” operation in the area.    The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has said that Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State where 17 military personnel were killed last month...

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BREAKING: Tinubu Government Raises Electricity Tariff For Nigerians From N66 To N225 Kilowatt Per Hour

10 months ago873 min

According to Oseni, customers in Band A who are those who enjoy 20 hours of electricity supply daily represent 15 percent of the 12million electricity customers in Nigeria. The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has approved N225 ($0.15) per kilowatt-hour tariff increment for Band A electricity consumers in the country.   The Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Musliu Oseni, who made this known at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday...

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Anti-Graft Commission EFCC Sacks Top Prosecutor For Receiving Bribes From Ex-Government Officials To Sabotage Malabu Oil Fraud Case

10 months ago1007 min

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly sacked its top prosecutors for allegedly receiving bribes to sabotage the Malibu OPL 245 fraud case.   The Gazette reported the Mr. Offem Uket who earlier handled cases involving former federal lawmaker, Senator Stella Oduah, Peter Nwaoboshi and Sambo Dasuki, was one of the sacked prosecutors.   Officials managing the situation said that the EFCC authorities moved quickly to castigate Uket as the wellspring of untold...

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Gunman Arrested In Kaduna Found With Serving Nigerian Brigadier-General’s Complimentary Card

10 months ago1023 min

  The Nigeria Police Force, Kaduna State Command, has confirmed the arrest of a suspected gunman in possession of a complimentary card belonging to a Brigadier General of the Nigerian Army in a wallet also containing a First Bank ATM card amongst other items.   This was contained in a release issued and signed by the police command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, on Tuesday in Kaduna.   The police said the command accomplished a big...

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44-year-old Senegalese President: Nigerian Youths Doing ‘Tag Along,’ More Interested In Becoming Special Assistants To Governors Or Senators, Says Sowore

10 months ago52611 min

  #RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore has faulted the attitude of young Nigerians to challenge the old guards in the country for key political positions following the inauguration of 44-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye as the Senegalese president. Sowore, the candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 presidential elections, however, cautioned people not to be quick to celebrate Faye’s political feat, saying time would tell if he would be a leader of...

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BREAKING: 28 Children Kidnapped In Fresh Bandit Attack In Katsina Regain Freedom

10 months ago1183 min

  The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the release of 28 children, who were abducted in Kasai Village in the Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State on Monday, April 1, 2024.   SaharaReporters had earlier reported that 30 children were kidnapped by suspected bandits at Kasai village. However, the police later said 28 children were kidnapped.   Residents of the area claimed that the fresh attack took place in the early hours of...

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EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Military Headquarters Fails To Pay Allowances Of Personnel On Anti-Banditry Operation For Three Months

10 months ago1073 min

          Some personnel of the Nigerian Army have lamented the delay in the processing of the payment of their operational allowances for the months of January, February and March 2024.       One of the officers who spoke with SaharaReporters on Tuesday noted that soldiers, navy and the policemen in Operation Hadarin Daji in Zamfara had not been paid for three months.      The source also lamented they were being...

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