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- 13 Feb 2024
Alleged $6.2m Fraud: FG Enlists INTERPOL to Arrest 3 Suspects Linked to Emefiele
Federal government has requested the Interpol National Central Bureau to place a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) staff and two others on its Red Notice. Monday’s request is connected to an alleged…
- 23 Jun 2020
Missing Journalist, Mathew Onwuasoanya: Group Calls for IGP Intervention
The Awba-Ofemili League of Professionals (ALeP) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Abubakar Adamu to intervene in the recent abduction of a journalist, Barr. Mathew…
- 13 Aug 2026
SEC Orders Immediate Freeze of Assets Linked to Six Terrorism Financiers, Three Entities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has directed capital market operators to immediately freeze the assets of six individuals and three entities designated as terrorism financiers by the Nigeria…
- 4 Jan 2021
Atiku Sells Intels Shares for $60m
Intels Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s oil and gas logistics firm, has said it has severed ties with Atiku Abubakar, former vice president, who was one of its major shareholders. Atiku Abubakar Intels…
- 2 Jan 2023
Zulum and Sirika Boost Skills with 12,000 Copies of Prof Pantami's Books
Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, Executive Governor of Borno State, and Senator Hadi Sirika, Minister of Aviation, have supported efforts to boost skills in the country by obtaining 12,000 copies of a…
- 18 Mar 2019
FG Orders MDAs to Move Payroll to IPPIS
Mr. Ahmed Idris, accountant general of the Federation, has warned Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that have not moved their payroll to the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System…
- 25 Sept 2019
Danbatta Says Efficient ICT Utilization is Key to Robust Public Service Delivery
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman (EVC) Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has assured that NCC is committed to ensuring that the nation's workforce leverage telecoms and…
- 10 Jun 2020
Lawan Charges SEC on Efficiency, Investments
President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to ensure efficiency in the discharge of its duties in order to attract local and foreign…
- 10 Apr 2025
FG Inaugurates Board of Galaxy Backbone
The Federal Government has inaugurated the new Board of Directors of Galaxy Backbone Limited (GBB). The board’s mandate is to lead Nigeria’s digital transformation in Information and Communication…
- 18 Apr 2022
Why AGF Malami Must Not Soil His Reputation, Governorship Ambition
By Adamu Sani, Public Affairs commentator The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami remains a man who divides opinions. However, in spite of the differing…
- 11 Nov 2015
Buhari Swears-in Ministers, Gives Them Portfolios
President Muhammadu Buhari at the swearing of 36 new ministers in Abuja today also assigned them portfolios. The President, who assigned to himself the Minister of Petroleum Resources, also pruned…
- 25 Mar 2022
US Blacklists Six Nigerians for Supporting Boko Haram
United States on Friday said it was designating six Nigerians for their support of the terrorist group, Boko Haram. This is according to a statement signed by Ned Price, US Department of State…
- 21 Jan 2015
Buhari Unveils Platforms for Campaign Funding, Begs Nigerians for Money
General Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has set up a committee to handle his campaign fund raising, with the committee saying it is adopting a…
- 27 May 2017
P&G Partners UNESCO to Educate 50,000 Girls & Women on ICT
Procter and Gamble, a leading FMCG company in Nigeria, has partnered with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a specialized agency of the United Nationsto…
- 8 Oct 2023
SERAP Drags Akpabio, 9 Other Ex-Govs to Court Over Collection of Salaries, Pensions
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and nine other former governors in the 10th Senate over their collection of…
- 5 Feb 2020
NCC Commences Nationwide Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has, again, demonstrated its commitment to making sure that Nigerian children and youth are protected from cybercriminals and their antics, as it…
- 27 Nov 2022
22 Institutions, Others Set to Enjoy N16.7bn Broadband Access Projects
More than 22 institutions in the country, comprising 18 universities, and six polytechnics, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), drawn evenly from the six geopolitical zones in the country,…
- 17 Apr 2013
FG Sets Up Amnesty Committee for Boko Haram
Federal government has named a 26 member panel headed by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, minister of Special Duties, to engage key members of Boko Haram to fashion out the best way to tackle the Islamic…
- 15 Nov 2016
Shittu, Onu for IIM’s Information Management Summit, Induction
Institute of Information Management (IIM) has announced plans to host a national summit on Information Management with the theme “Information Management For Change: Roles And Responsibilities Of Key…
- 25 Nov 2021
Emefiele Flags-off TIE Scheme
Mr Godwin Emefiele, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, yesterday, officially flagged off the Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES), an intervention of the apex bank aimed at…
- 28 Aug 2022
NDLEA Arrests Lagos Airport Cleaner who Leads Drug Syndicate
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos, Ohiagu Sunday, who leads a drug syndicate at…
- 20 Feb 2022
CJN Seeks Training of Judges in Cybercrime from US officials
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, has urged the United States of America, USA, to assist in training judges in the country on how to handle cybercrime related cases. The…
- 7 Oct 2015
Nigerians Poke Buhari, Say He Tabled “Ministerial Compensation” List
Mixed reactions, yesterday, trailed the formal unveiling of the ministerial list sent to the Senate last week by President Muhammadu Buhari. On the list of 21 nominees whose names were read out at…
- 22 Dec 2022
Buhari Launches “EYEMARK” Project Monitoring Mobile App
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council meeting, launched the National Monitoring and Evaluation platform, EYEMARK, for citizens to…
- 18 Feb 2018
Globacom Wins Integrity & Service Award
The Nigerian Television Authority – Integrity and Service Programme (NTA-ISP) Award was held at the Aso rock Villa, Abuja last week with national telecommunication company, Globacom, carting home the…
- 4 Nov 2015
Buhari Emerges Senate Committee Chairman on ICT
Senator Bukola Saraki, senate president, on Wednesday announced the leadership composition of the Senate Committees, while giving them oversight functions. From the list, Senator Abdulfatai Buhari…
- 23 Nov 2022
Pantami Unveils Book on Disbursement of N18.7B to Deepen Broadband Penetration in Academic Institutions and Markets
The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, FCIIS, FBCS, FNCS, will publicly unveil his book entitled Skills…
- 12 Oct 2015
Ministerial Nominees: Odimegwu, Oyinlola, Others on Buhari’s 2nd List
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday sent the second list of ministerial nominees to Senate President Bukola Saraki. This is coming 12 days after the first list was sent to the lawmakers, who will…
- 7 Feb 2019
Skool Media Unveils State of the Arch Tech Experience Centres @ FSTC, Queens College & FGC Ijanikin
Skool Media Limited, an innovative educational technology company has unveiled its state of the arch technology experience centre, for both teachers and students of Federal Science and Technical…
- 9 Jan 2019
FEC Approves Four New Private Universities
The Federal Executive Council has approved the establishment of four new private universities in Nigeria. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who announced the approvals while briefing…