The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said the N50 billion given to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), also known as Students Loan, was not a donation as reported by some media organisations. The anti-corruption agency in a statement issued by its Head of Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said the fund…
The Kano State government has said those who invaded Kano State High Court during the nationwide protest carted away some of the documents used in the corruption trial of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. Daily Trust reports that the State High Court was one of the properties vandalised and looted by hoodlums during the #EndBadGovernance protest….
Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives, has withdrawn the counter subversion bill. The bill prescribes a 10-year jail term, N5 million fine or both for those who refuse to recite the national anthem and pledge. The legislation has since elicited outrage from the public. In a statement on Wednesday, Musa Krishi, spokesperson of…
Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun is set to become Nigeria’s second female Chief Justice (CJN) following the impending retirement of the current CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola on August 2024. Justice Kekere-Ekun, currently the second most senior justice of the Supreme Court, would become the second woman to hold this position in Nigeria’s history, succeeding Justice…
The Finnish Government has announced that it is taking legal action against Simon Ekpa, a pro-Biafran agitator, over his involvement with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its secessionist activities in Nigeria’s South-East region. Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Elina Valtonen, made the announcement on Tuesday in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, during a joint press…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Oba Francis Alao, the Olugbon of Orile-Igbon in Oyo State, has lambasted former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. This Nigeria news platform understands that the monarch dared Obasanjo to surrender himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) because he is not a saint. Alao made the statement days after Obasanjo…
The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Examination Bodies grilled the West African Examination Council (WAEC) Nigeria’s Head, Josiah Dangut, over a N6 billion deficit in 2023 and a N5 billion loan for customized calculators. Dangut who appeared before the Committee on Tuesday in Abuja was accompanied by the Registrar; Angus Okeleze, Senior Deputy Registrar;…
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has withheld the results of students in public secondary schools in Ondo due to debts owed to the examination body by the state government. On Tuesday, students from the state waiting to apply to tertiary institutions could not access their academic results on the WAEC website. A student in…
A Kano Senator has revealed that he earns a cumulative sum of N21 million monthly in salary and allowances, following a recent pay increase. Senator Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila, representing Kano South senatorial district, made this disclosure in a chat with the BBC Hausa Service Wednesday morning. The Senator explained that his official salary is less…
Suspected gunmen have reportedly killed His Royal Highness Shagari Ebije’ego Job, the traditional chief (Onu) of Itama in Kogi State’s Dekina Local Government Area, at his residence. It was gathered that the heavily armed assailants reportedly followed the monarch to his residence on Monday evening and opened fire, killing him instantly. Daily Trust reports that…