The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed 27 officers who were indicted for fraudulent activities and gross misconduct from the workforce. The officers were dismissed in 2024 over various offences bordering on fraudulent activities and misconduct following the recommendation of the staff disciplinary committee of the anti-graft agency, which was ratified by its…
An explosion at a school in Abuja has left one student dead and four others injured on Monday. A security source said the incident happened around noon at an Islamic school in the Kuchibiyu Community of Bwari Area Council of FCT, about 42 kilometres from the Abuja city centre. It was also gathered that emergency…
A former governor of kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai has vowed to take legal action against founders of speculation that he is planning to leave the ruling all progressives congress. On Sunday, a page on X claimed that el-Rufai was set to receive the membership card of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna. Reacting…
Military Protests in Abuja Over Payment Some members of the Nigerian Armed Forces retirees under the umbrella of the Coalition of Military Pensioners in Abuja shut down the Federal Ministry of Finance on Thursday morning over the non-payment of their 20% to 28% salary increment from January to November 2024. The retired military officers who…
BY IDAYAT ABIODUN Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Kadafur, and over 100 other passengers have cheated death narrowly during when a Max Air aircraft experienced an engine fire shortly after takeoff from Maiduguri International Airport. The aircraft, en routing Abuja, around 7 p.m. on Wednesday suffered engine failure caused by a bird strike about 10…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has tasked President Bola Tinubu to investigate alleged ₦57 billion of public funds missing in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in 2021. SERAP through its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare on Sunday wants the President to “direct the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,…
