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CSO Distances Self from media Attacks on NCMDB Boss, threatens to Sue Imposter

Save Nigeria Movement, a front line civil society organisation (CSO) in Abuja has denounced a media campaign including calls for nationwide protest against the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Monitoring Development Board (NCMDB) boss, Engr. Kesiyi Simbi Wabote by one Joshua Abah, an imposter using the hard earned reputation of the organisation to dupe and defraud unsuspecting Nigerians. In a strongly worded press statement signed by Rev Solomon Semaka, Convener of SNM, the group insisted that...

INEC begins recruiting ad-hoc workers in preparation for elections in Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi

On February 25, 2023, during Nigeria’s presidential and general elections, an Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) official holds up a vote during the counting procedure at a voting location in Egbeda, Lagos. Benson Ibeabuchi/AFP provided the image. Before the governorship elections in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started hiring ad hoc employees. The recruitment portal will be open from Thursday, August 31, 2023, and will close on October...

Bola Tinubu, Allegedly Issued Directive Ordering Recapture Of Fleeing Inmates- Interior Minister

According to the Minister of the Interior, Bunmi Tunji-Ojo, President Bola Tinubu has given a marching order that all fugitives from justice across the country should be apprehended. Between the years 2021 and 2022, there were at least seven attacks on correctional facilities around the country, and as a result, a significant number of detainees managed to flee the facilities. Prisons at Kuje, Kogi, Jos, Abologo, Owerri, Okitipupa, and Oko were among the seven detention...

Man, Matthew Ifeanyi kills dad over N70,000 debt

The Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, also known as So-Safe, reported that it had detained a 38-year-old man named Matthew Ifeanyi for allegedly killing his father, Anthony Nnadike, with a machete in the Olorunda area of Eruobodo Ntabo, Ijoko. According to reports, Ifeanyi killed his father since he was unable to provide the N70,000 he had with him since July 2022. This was stated in a statement...

Reps find an alleged N81.2b tree planting fraud in Great Green Wall

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives discovered records that purportedly showed the National Agency for the Great Green Wall spent an astounding N81.2 billion on the planting of 21 million trees throughout 11 frontline states. Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Yobe, and Borno are the states in question. The lawmakers raised concerns about the conflicting financial reports provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria, Office of the Accountant General of the...

Banks, 18 others, fined N125m for late filings

Eight banks at least and 18 other publicly traded corporations have each been penalised N125 million for failing to submit their 2022 audited financial statements and quarterly reports for the first half of 2023, as required by the Nigerian Exchange. The affected banks were Unity Bank, FBN Holdings, Access Holdings, Fidelity Bank, Jaiz Bank, Wema Bank, Guaranty Trust Holdings Plc, and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated. The sanction also had an effect on John Holt, PZ Cussons,...

Nigerian Air Force aircraft departs Abuja for Paris, as political situation in Niger deteriorates

Due to a delay, the Dassault Falcon 7X, with registration number 5N-FGU, took off from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at 4.18 p.m. while its scheduled departure time (STD) was 3 p.m. At the time this report was filed, it was unable to determine the cause of the delay. The plane is anticipated to land at Paris-Le Bourget Airport at 10.42 p.m., SaharaReporters has learned. In the past six days, the airplane has...

Contractors to begin work on Abuja airport second runway soon – Keyamo

The second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja will soon be under construction, according to Festus Keyamo, the minister of aviation and aerospace development. While discussing compensation and relocation for Abuja natives who were impacted by the proposed construction of a second runway for NAIA, the minister met with Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. The minister posted this information on his verified X page, formerly known as Twitter, on...

FG debunks report of expulsion of Nigerian ambassador from Niger

On Saturday, the Federal Government debunks a widely circulated report that Mohammed Usman, the nation’s ambassador to the Republic of Niger, had been expelled. Francisca Omayuli, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesperson, pleaded with the people to ignore such misinformation in a statement that was signed by her. “The attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been called to rumors making the rounds on social media that the Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of...

Tribunal dismisses petitions against Kaduna two PDP Reps, David and  Bashir

The petitions filed against two PDP House of Representatives members were denied by the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Kaduna State. On Saturday, the tribunal dismissed the applications filed against David Gurara, who represents the Kachia/Kagarko Federal Constituency, and Bashir Shadow, a member who represents the Kauru Federal Constituency. The Independent National Electoral Commission conducted the House of Representatives election on February 25, 2023, and the two federal MPs were re-elected. Gabriel Zock and...