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The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has denied involvement in the N438.1 million consultancy contract between New Planet Project Limited and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. The PUNCH reports that President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, directed the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, to investigate all financial transactions

Super Eagles and Bayer Leverkusen forward, Victor Boniface, is out of the African Cup of Nations that starts on January 16 in Cote ‘d’ Voire after picking up a groin injury, reports Owngoalnigeria. The niggering injury was said to have kept him out of Sunday’s test game with local club Al Gharbia and Monday’s defeat

The National Population Commission has excluded six of the 27 Local Government Areas of Borno State from taking part in the ongoing 2023/2024 Demographic Health and Survey exercise due to insecurity. The Chairman of the commission, Nasir Kwarra, disclosed this at a press conference in Maiduguri, the state capital, on Monday. He mentioned that the

President Bola Tinubu on Monday sacked the Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Babatunde Irukera, and the Director-General/CEO of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Mr Alexander Okoh with immediate effect. A statement signed by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, revealed that Monday’s dismissals are

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has expressed its dissatisfaction with a judgment of the Federal Capital Territory High Court awarding N100 million damages against it in favour of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The PUNCH reports that Justice O.A. Adeniyi, on Monday, January 8, 2024, fined the EFCC

The United Bank for Africa crossed the N1 trillion mark in market capitalisation at the close of trading on the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Monday. UBA’s market cap stood at N1.022tn from N990bn on Friday, signalling a N32bn gain in one day, thus emerging the third most-capitalised bank in Nigeria, behind Zenith Bank and Guaranty

Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested and arraigned a 33-year-old man, Akinyemi Akintayo, for assaulting police officers in December. This was made known in a statement by the Lagos state Public Relations officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin on his X account on Monday. He said, “After weeks on the run, Akinyemi Akintayo aged

Pope Francis on Monday called for a global ban on surrogacy, saying the practice of a woman carrying another person’s child was “deplorable”.   In his New Year’s address to diplomats at the Vatican, the 87-year-old pontiff said it was a “grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child”.   In a

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, on Monday, commended President Bola Tinubu for suspending the embattled Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu. This was just as he said Tinubu’s suspension of Edu was a timely action. He also advised the President to immediately curtail the excesses of what it

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has criticised the Federal Government’s maritime protection policy of engaging non-state actors to secure the maritime environment. He called on the Federal Government to review the security strategy, saying it was a policy decision the government would later regret to have adopted in its effort to secure economic

The suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, has been mandated to report at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Jabi, Abuja on Tuesday, January 9. Edu was suspended by President Bola Tinubu on Monday over alleged N585m scandal. The embattled minister was invited by the anti-graft agency in

Nigerians on social media are lamenting the loss of the Super Eagles to Guinea in a pre-AFCON friendly played today (Monday). They are also expressing reservations about the team’s chances of doing well at the AFCON scheduled to start on the 13th of January in Cote d’Ivoire. The doubt and scepticism followed the Super Eagles’

Franz Beckenbauer, who left a unique imprint on German football as a player, captain and coach, has died at the age of 78. The German Football Association disclosed on Monday. “Franz Beckenbauer was definitely the biggest German footballer of all time, and above all one of the greatest men who I have known,” DFB Vice

The National Association of Nigerian Students has commended the Minister of Interior, Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo, for his outstanding work in implementing automated passport registration. Tunji-Ojo had on Monday launched the online passport application portal to allow Nigerians to apply for their passport seamlessly. He noted that Nigerian applicants who want 32-page passports with five-year validity

No fewer than seven people were reportedly killed in a renewed attack by gunmen suspected to be herders in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. The suspected armed herders were said to have attacked a commercial vehicle between Arufu and Chembe villages Sunday and shot at passengers. The attackers were later reported to have

The Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun on Monday paraded no fewer than 29 suspects arrested for involving in various criminal activities in the state. The corps said the suspects were arrested at different locations across the state. Parading the suspects at the headquarters of the corps in Akure, the state capital,

Nigerians on social media have urged the Federal Government to address the issue of fake degrees in the country. They are also listing ways the FG can curb the menace. This call comes in the wake of an undercover investigative report titled “How Daily Nigerian reporter bagged Cotonou varsity degree in 6 weeks,” published by

The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye, said the command has arrested about 30 suspects, including kidnappers, armed robbers, cultists and hoodlums who have been terrorising the state in recent times. Adeoye made this known at a press briefing at the police headquarters in Awka, on Monday, while parading some of the suspects and

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, on Monday, announced the dissolution of the board of directors of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company over the Disco’s inability to pay N110bn debt owed to the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry. In a regulatory order dated January 1, 2024 and signed by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of NERC, Sanusi Garba

The suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, was on Monday denied access to see President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The PUNCH confirmed that a statement announcing Edu’s suspension was released just as she was within the President’s office complex waiting for access to see him. However,

Kebbi State Governor,  Nasir Idris, has asked the newly sworn-in Chief Judge, Justice Umar Abubakar; and the Grand Khadi, Alhaji Siddiku Usman, to be diligent in discharging their statutory responsibilities through quick dispensation of justice. The governor gave the task at the swearing-in ceremony held at the  Presidential Lodge in Birnin Kebbi the state capital

The Ondo State Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Monday debunked a report that he was involved in a certificate forgery scandal, saying the report was the handiwork of some of his political detractors. Aiyedatiwa was sworn in as the governor of the state on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, following the death of the former governor,

A Federal High Court on Monday ordered that the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, charged with alleged sexual harassment be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja. Ndifon, who is being prosecuted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission before Justice James Omotosho, however, pleaded not

The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has declared the prolonged detention of a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emfiele, without trial as a flagrant violation of his fundamental rights. The court also slammed a N100m fine against the Federal Government and the Economic Financial Crimes Commission. It also restrained

The Africa Stablecoin Consortium, comprised of Pan-African Banks, Fintechs, and Blockchain Businesses, responsible for the development of a stablecoin pegged to the Naira, wishes to issue a statement to clarify recent developments regarding our project, cNGN. In light of recent media reports stating that cNGN would be launched on February 27th, 2024, we acknowledge the