Justice A. Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced one Nureedeen Siraj to jail for fraud. He was prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a one-count charge, bordering on theft to the tune of N3,400,000.00 (Three Million, Four Hundred…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, has been conferred an Honorary Award at the maiden Nairametrics Capital Market Choice Awards, held in Lagos on May 23, 2025. Presenting the Honorary Award to Mr. Cardoso, the Founder/CEO Nairametrics, Mr. Ugo Obi-Chukwu, said the award was in recognition of Cardoso’s transformative…
…Services Intercepts 65 Stolen Vehicles, others The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) International Special Services has commended the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for its unwavering commitment to safeguarding borders and disrupting transnational organised crime through strategic partnerships and intelligence-driven operations. This recognition follows the recent recovery of 12 luxury vehicles by the RCMP Liaison Office…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) resit conducted for candidates in affected centres, indicating 21,082 were absent out of 336,845 candidates scheduled. According to a statement released by it’s spokesperson Fabian Benjamin on Friday, JAMB disclosed that, the Board noted that the resit…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. SERAP’s action was necessitated by what it described as “over the failure to disclose the details of any direct payments to the 774 local government councils in Nigeria including the amounts sent to each council.” This was contained…
The chief of Air staff, Air Marshal Balla Hassan Abubakar, has called for stronger collaboration among African Air Forces in order to fight the growing spate of terrorism on the continent, focusing on key strategies. He said only if they work together that they can comfortably combat the surging insecurity in the region. Abubakar made…
Nearly 300 miners were successfully rescued Friday from a gold mine in South Africa after they were trapped the previous day because of a shaft incident. “Sibanye-Stillwater can confirm that all 260 employees have safely returned to surface following the shaft incident at Kloof-seven on May 22. At no point was there any risk of…
The Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the convictions and sentence of eight internet fraudsters. The convicts are Goshen Favour Habila, Isaac Matthew Eze, Patrick Oruma, Chineme Kelvin Ifeatu, Richard Olumodeji, Okoye Patrick, Hussaini Muhammad Hussaini and Elijah Tochia. They were arraigned before Justices M.A Sambo, Aliu Bin…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu on Thursday said the Federal Government and security services in the country have substantially decimated multi-faceted security challenges inherited by the Bola Tinubu administration. The NSA said through a combined security effort atrocities such as mass killings, wanton destruction, mass abductions and terrorist attacks on government installations…
The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, was officially installed as the Vice Chair of the Body of Advisers of the Nigeria Reputation Management Group (NRMG) at the ongoing 2025 Nigeria Public Relations Week (NPRW), holding in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The NPRW, a flagship initiative of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR),…
