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*Ask Tinubu to order coy’s forensic audit Two human rights groups, the African Centre for Justice and Human Rights, ACJHR and the Justice Advocate Center, JAC, and have commenced moves to put a stop to the $3 billion emergency loan recently secured on papers by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company...

As Coup plots continue to spread across the African continent with Gabon as the latest country on the block, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Mohammed Takuti Usman, on Wednesday tasked Nigerian soldiers to always remain loyal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the...

The House of Representatives Ad hoc committee investigating non-remittance to the National Housing Fund (NHF) and utilisation of the funds from 2011 Wednesday summoned the chief executive officers (CEOs) of insurance companies for violating the National Housing Fund Act. Section 5(2) of the NHF act provides that “Every registered insurance...

Nigerian troops of 343 Artillery Regiment conducting anti oil theft operations have cracked down on an oil thieves’ camp in Obokofia Community in Imo State, and in Enokora Community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. A statement issued on Wednesday by Army Spokesman, Brigadier  General Onyema Nwachukwu informed...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday uncovered documents on how National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) allegedly spent whooping sum of N81.2 billion on planting of 21 million trees across 11 frontline states. The States are: Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Yobe and Borno....

The report of the investigation into the alleged misappropriation of funds by the Director General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Aisha Dahiru-Umar, conducted by the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria has absolved the PenCom boss of any wrongdoings. The preliminary report of the investigation revealed that Dahiru...

The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority has convened critical oncology stakeholders and strategic partners at the maiden edition of the NSIA Oncology Summit in Lagos. The move, according to a statement from NSIA on Wednesday is to drive collaborations amongst partners and improve overall patient outcomes in cancer-care. Participants at Summit...

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Wednesday, described the purported request of the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, to meet President Bola Tinubu as inappropriate and condemnable. Frank said the meeting billed to take place at the...

Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar has stated that the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has adopted measures aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change, which have significantly exacerbated the various security challenges in the country. Air Marshal Abubakar stated this on Tuesday while delivering...