Plans by a syndicate to steal at least N2.7 billion from the Nigerian economy by pushing into circulation counterfeit $4.7 million cash have been foiled. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) bursted the plans in the early hours of Friday, 18th February when it intercepted a consignment sent from Lagos to Abuja…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, on Wednesday, disclosed how five cargoes containing ethanol-laden Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) were rejected after discovering that the first was substandard. The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Melee Kyari, also disclosed that the company was filing damages against suppliers of the substandard PMS, while alleging that Duke Oil,…
Nigerian billionaire and businessman, Aliko Dangote is reportedly set to lose his position as the richest person in Africa. Naija News learned that South African billionaire, Johann Rupert might take overtake Dangote and become the richest African person in 2023 when Forbes releases its list. This is as the South African businessman emerged as the…
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum (2nd left) ceremonially presenting N100m cheque for start-up capital to a leader of 152 reformed youths who renounced political thuggery, after completing an entrepreneurship training at the Ramat Polytechnic… in Maiduguri on Friday February 18, 2022. For renouncing thuggery and attending one month of intensive practical training on entrepreneurship, Governor Babagana…
NANDI, Kenya: In a stone classroom in rural Kenya’s Rift Valley, Priscilla Sitienei, who turns 99 on Friday, takes notes alongside fellow pupils who are all more than eight decades younger than her. Dressed in the school uniform of grey dress and green sweater, Sitienei said she went back to class to set a good…
The Lagos State Government has accepted 26 recommendations of the Toyin Ayinde-led panel that investigated the collapse of a 21-storey building in the Ikoyi area of the state. The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration also rejected two of the 28 recommendations of the panel. In a White Paper exclusively seen on Wednesday, the state government agreed…
Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and four others may spend more time in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency as the NDLEA has approached a Federal High Court in Abuja informing the court of its intention to detain the suspects beyond the stipulated 48 hours. NDLEA has already begun a…
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday traded blame over the four-week strike which the union began on Monday. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in an interview with State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja said the demands of the union were being renegotiated. He…
A soldier, Yusuf Gongpolai Adams, caught with 81 parcels of cannabis in Bauchi The Police Command in Bauchi has arrested a soldier for alleged possession of 81 parcels of cannabis. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar Sanda, at a news conference on Tuesday in Bauchi, said the soldier was arrested while travelling on Bauchi-Darazo Road…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the final forfeiture of 24 landed property belonging to a top military officer. The anti-graft agency said the property valued at N10. 9bn were controlled through proxies. According to a statement on Tuesday by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, Justice N. E Maha of the Federal High…
