The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Thursday, declared a former governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello wanted in connection with alleged money laundering. This is contained in a notice posted on the commission’s website “The public is hereby notified that Yahaya Adoza Bello (former Governor of Kogi State), whose photograph appears above is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in connection with alleged case of Money Laundering to the tune of N80,246,470,089.88 “Bello, a 48-year-old Ebira man, is a native of Okenne Local Government of Kogi State. “His last known address is: 9, Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone…
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The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has donated 100,000 doses of Anthrax vaccines to the Ekiti state Government.
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security (FMAF), Dr Aliyu Abdullahi, has called for effective collaboration of agricultural research institutes across the country to ensure lasting solutions to post-harvest losses. Abdullahi made the call at the 1st Post-harvest Connect Conference and Exhibition on Thursday in Abuja organised by the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) among others The theme of the conference is “Scaling Appropriate Postharvest Solutions for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security” The minister identified the conference as a significant milestone towards “our collective aspiration to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time in…
The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Hassan Dada, has expressed concern about the high number of weapons in unauthorized hands in Nigeria.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that the average retail price of a litre of diesel increased from N840.81 in March 2023 to N1341.16 in March 2024. NBS stated this in its Diesel Price Watch for March 2024 released in Abuja on Thursday. The report said that the March 2024 price of N1341.16 per litre amounted to a 59.51 percent increase over the N840.81 paid in March 2023. “On a month-on-month basis, the price increased by 6.69 per cent from the N1257.06 per litre recorded in February 2024,” it added. ALSO READ: March records petrol price at N696.79…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said that the average retail price of a litre of petrol increased from N246.29 in March 2023 to N696.79 in March 2024. The bureau made this known in its Petrol Price Watch for March 2024, released in Abuja on Thursday. It said that the March 2024 price of N696.79 represented a 163.65 percent increase over the price of N264.29 recorded in March 2023. “Comparing the average price value with the previous month of February 2024, the average retail price increased by 2.56 percent from N679.36. ALSO READ: Nigeria’s inflation hit 33.20%-NBS “On state…
The Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC), Dr. Mary Boyd, has expressed optimism that Nigeria would end HIV as a public health threat by 2030. Boyd said this at the end of the 4th biannual stakeholder engagement meeting of the U.S. CDC in Abuja with the theme: “Improving Public Health Programs Through Science.” The two-day meeting is part of the U.S. CDC’s commitment to regularly review and adapt programming to meet the needs of the HIV response in Nigeria. According to Boyd, the scientific work being done in Nigeria through various implementing partners would…
The Defence Headquarters says troops have in the last one week killed 192 terrorists, apprehended 341 others and rescued 62 kidnapped hostages. It also said a total of 122 ISWAP/JAS terrorists surrendered with their families. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said this at a news briefing on operations of the Armed Forces of Nigeria across the country on Thursday in Abuja. Buba said the troops also recovered 211 assorted weapons and 6,288 assorted ammunition within the week. He said the recovered items comprised 128 AK47 rifles, 26 dane guns, 1,301 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 3,260 rounds…
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday dismissed an application by the former governor of Anambra, Willie Obiano challenging the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) to prosecute him.
An international environmental organisation, 350.org has urged the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to urgently initiate reforms to address world’s financial systems responsible for the worsening climate crisis.