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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned five management staff of the Sokoto State Primary Staff Pension Board at the state High Court for alleged diversion of N553, 985,644. The fund was meant for the payment of retired teachers’ gratuities and pension. Those arraigned by the commission were the Board’s Secretary, Abubakar Aliyu; the Director of Finance and...

Meanwhile, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, said yesterday that President Buhari was misled by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, regarding gazetted grazing routes in the southern part of Nigeria. In response to southern governors’ ban of open grazing, which Malami had vehemently kicked against, President Buhari, during an interview on ARISE TV last week, revealed that he had...

The Director, Department of Animal Husbandry Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Winnie Lai- Solarin, has said there are Nigeria has 415 grazing reserves in 21 states, 141 gazetted. However, of these 415 grazing reserves, only two are in the South— one each in Ogun and Oyo; 141 are gazetted, and this 141 that are gazetted are about...

An Ikeja High Court has sentenced a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche, to 12 years imprisonment and former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the bank, Ugo Anyanwu, to 10 years, for stealing and conspiracy to steal N27billion. But Justice Lateefat Okunnu, before whom the defendants were tried, discharged and acquitted Atuche’s wife Elizabeth. In sentencing...

The Nigerian Navy has agreed to establish its Desert Warfare Institute in Kano. The agreement came after a request tabled before the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to ensure the presence and visibility of Nigerian Navy in the state. This was disclosed by Real Admiral COR Ezekobe, Chief of Policy and Plans,...

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said on Wednesday the Federal Government has paid $150 million out of the $2 billion loan taken from China for railway projects in the country. He said the $150 million represents 7.5 percent of the entire loan. The minister disclosed when he featured in a Channels Television’s programme, ‘Politics Today. Amaechi said contrary to claims by the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has landed in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Thursday morning. Buhari is in the state to commission some projects executed by the Governor Babagana Zulum administration. The presidential jet landed at the Nigerian Air Force wing of the Maiduguri International Airport at 9:30am. The president was received by Prof Zulum, members of national and state houses of...

Barely three days after President Muhammadu Buhari announced that his administration has lifted 10 million people out of poverty, the World Bank said the rising prices of goods have pushed seven million people into poverty. The declarations by the president and the World Bank came at a time the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said inflations dropped by 0.19 percent...

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, said on Tuesday the bank is ready to assist its Gambian counterpart to print the country’s currency. Emefiele disclosed this when the Governor of Central Bank of Gambia, Mr. Buah Saidy, led the bank’s delegation on a two-day visit to the country. The CBN governor was responding to a request by his Gambian...

Parents of the abducted pupils of Tanko Salihu Islamiyya School, Tegina, in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, have resorted to begging in churches and mosques in the community to raise the ransom demanded by their children kidnappers. Bandits had on May 30 abducted 150 children from the school. They, however, released 11 children 24 hours later. A member of the community,...