The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN, has dismissed media reports claiming that the federal government has recovered $967.5bn, saying is false. The AGF said the federal government recovered $105 in 2024 alone. “The figure quoted by the writers is false and completely at variance from my remarks…
By JOHN NWOKOCHA, in Sokoto The Nigerian military has highlighted the importance of non-kinetic approach in combating terrorism in the country. In a direct reference to the use of the non-kinetic in the fight against terrorists in the northwest region of Nigeria, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) and Commander Sector 2 Operation Fansan Yamma, OPFY,…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, arraigned one Oluwaseyi Hevleen Johnson before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Johnson alongside her company, XY Connects Global Investments Limited, is facing a two-count charge bordering on operating collective investment schemes…
Olayemi Cardoso, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, was named Central Bank Governor of the Year at the 2025 African Banker Awards Gala, held on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The award, presented by African Banker magazine, recognizes Cardoso’s “bold and strategic” leadership in steering monetary and regulatory reforms that have…
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…
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