During a three-day incident, a customer of an old generation bank had their account compromised. Suspected hackers then moved N523,337,100 unlawfully from the account to 18 different accounts in the same bank. The Police Special Fraud Unit’s spokeswoman, SP Eyitayo Johnson, said in a statement that the suspects thereafter transferred the money from the 18 … Read more
The National Industrial Court’s decision mandating that academics return to work right away will be appealed, according to the Academic Staff Union of Universities. In order to file an appeal, the union said that it has started assembling its legal team under the supervision of renowned human rights attorney and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi … Read more
Minister of Defence Mohammed Badaru and Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar are in Turkey to expedite the delivery of T-129 ATAK helicopters to the Nigerian Air Force. The Federal Government bought six T-129 ATAK helicopters from the Turkish Aerospace Industry, two of which will be delivered to NAF in the coming weeks. … Read more
Three senators from Delta and one member of the House of Representatives have had their victory upheld by the Court of Appeal. The senators are Francis Waive of the Udu/Ughelli North/South federal constituency, and Prince Ned Nwoko, Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, and Ede Dafinone, respectively, of the Delta North, South, and Central senatorial districts. Justice Olubunmi Oyewole … Read more
The National Food Reserve will be supplied with grain from around 875,000 tonnes if the federal government follows through on its plan to cultivate approximately 70,000 hectares of land throughout wheat-producing states. According to the Honorable Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, this is being done in an effort to improve huge … Read more
Ogun State Police Command officers have arrested Stephen Jack, 84, after he was accused of defiling an eight-year-old girl (name withheld). The state’s public relations officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a statement that came out on Saturday in Abeokuta. Oyeyemi said that the old man who lives in the Okun Owa neighborhood of … Read more
In an effort to improve educational institutions around the world, President Muhammadu Buhari has called for partnerships that will work together to develop a framework of concepts. On Monday, Buhari said while making a statement on behalf of Nigeria at the Transforming Education Summit (leaders’ roundtable), which was held in conjunction with the 77th session … Read more
At least 13 worshippers were massacred by bandits on Friday during a raid on a mosque in the Ruwan Jema town of Zamfara State’s Bukkuyum Local Government Area. Only three weeks had passed since 44 worshipers were kidnapped from a mosque in the Zugu hamlet in the same local government region. After receiving a ransom … Read more
The 11th Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force was Mustafa Adebayo Balogun. He enlisted in the police in May 1973, and in March 2002, he was appointed IGP. Young Balogun was born in Ila-Orangun, Osun State, southwest Nigeria, on August 25, 1947. In 1972, he graduated from the University of Lagos with a B.A. … Read more
The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has approved a 114 percent increase in the salary of elected officials, including the President, Vice President, Governors, MPs, and judicial and public officeholders. The RMAFC is in charge of establishing appropriate compensation for individuals holding political positions, such as the President, Vice President, Governors, Deputy Governors, … Read more