The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the recently sacked managing directors and some top officials of the Port Harcourt Refining Company, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, and Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company. The officials were arrested over alleged mismanagement of funds earmarked for the rehabilitation of the facilities. The total amount under investigation…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has uncovered another suspected illegal investment platform identified as TOFRO.COM (Tofro). The Commission raised the alarm in a notice issued yesterday and made available to newsmen. The Commission warned Nigerians against falling for their tactics to obtain money from them through the promise of unusually high returns. SEC said…
A former chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Biodun Olujimi, has downplayed the coalition platform under the Africa Democratic Congress (ADC) and believes the party does not have the clout to defeat incumbent President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election. Olujimi, who recently left the opposition PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC),…
Security operatives clashed with suspected hoodlums along airport road in the federal capital territory (FCT). The clash in the Lugbe area occurred on Thursday night, as a protest against economic hardship engulfs Nigeria. In videos shared online, suspected thugs were seen erecting bonfires to prevent motorists from plying the highway. They ran in different directions…
President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting behind closed doors with Rivers State governor, Sir Sim Fubara at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Fubara arrived the seat of power about 6:20p.m., clad in a white caftan and black cap. This is the governor’s first meeting with the President after his six months suspension and the lifting…
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu who is currently being detained has opposed the request by the Federal Government for the resumption of his trial. Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, revealed in a post on X on Tuesday. According to him, his client Kanu had rejected the Federal Government’s bid to reopen…
The Oyo State Police Command has uncovered a human trafficking syndicate operating in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. In the coordinated operation, officers rescued 84 individuals including a child from a residential building in the Orogun area of the city, where they had allegedly been held against their will for an unspecified period. According to…
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has declared that no level of opposition or political gang-up can stop President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. Tunji-Ojo, speaking through his support group, BTO for PBAT, on Saturday, said the President’s bold economic reforms and transformative policies have made his second-term bid “unstoppable.” Speaking on behalf of…
The Minister of State for Defense, Bello Matawalle, has sued two prominent northern journalists, Shu’aibu Mungadi and Tijjani Ramalan, for alleged defamation and malicious reportage. The former governor, in the suit marked K/M2102/2024, dated October 25 and sighted by our correspondent on Sunday, is seeking N10bn in general damages in his favour against each of…
Canada has closed the pathway for international students to convert their study permits into permanent residency under its latest immigration policies. This new regulation mandates that international students return to their home countries upon the expiration of their study visas in Canada, signaling an end to policies that allowed non-citizens with study permits to transition…
