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The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS who allegedly killed Kolade Johnson, on Sunday has been arrested. Confirming this in a press statement , the Command’s spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana, said the shooting was done by a team of policemen from Anti Cultism unit. Kolade was reportedly shot to death by FSARS operatives during a raid at a […]
Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, former Director of Partnerships and Evaluation, Tony Elumelu Foundation has assumed her new role as the Foundation’s CEO on April 1. [Ifeyinwa becomes the third CEO and the first African to become the Chief Executive Officer of the Tony Elumelu Foundation.] In December 2018, the Foundation, the leading African philanthropy committed to empowering African […]
“Nigerians will no longer accept the brutality being unleashed against them by SARS on an almost daily basis,” said Osai Ojigho, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria. “SARS is a police unit created to protect the people. Instead, it has become a danger to society, torturing its victims with complete impunity while fomenting a toxic climate […]
SEC, 1 L-R, Executive Director, The International Securities Consultancy, Mr Zulf Mir, Acting Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms Mary Uduk and Senior Consultant, The International Securities Consultancy Mr David White during a Meeting between SEC and The International Securities Consultancy in Abuja weekend
As part of UBA’s commitment to support the savings culture in Africa, the bank is rewarding its loyal customers for saving towards their goals. So far, twenty customers have been rewarded with N1.5 million each has since the promo began in September 2018. At the second draw happening in April, 20 lucky savers will […]
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to a lead story of Sunday Punch Newspaper of March 31, 2019, titled: “EFCC raises teams to quiz Amosun, Okocha, Yari as immunity ends”. The newspapers had claimed that ahead of May 29, 2019, handover date to newly elected states helmsmen, the […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has observed that a reasonable number of petitions received by it are on infractions committed in the process of implementing the budgetary provisions and allocations of Capital Development Fund and Personnel Cost. In order to reduce the lapses in the utilisation of funds released to […]
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission, FRC, is to begin, on Monday 1st, April, 2019, its 2018 physical verification of selected federal government capital projects across the six geo-political zones of the country. The projects according to VON , earmarked for the first leg of the verification are in North-East, North-West and North-Central zones of the Country, […]
A total of N619.857 billion has been distributed as Federal Allocation for the month of February 2019 between the Federal, States and Local Government Councils. The communiqué issued by the Technical Sub -Committee of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) at the end of its monthly meeting in March 2019, indicated that the Gross statutory […]
In line with the directives of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai for formations to establish mini Zoos and parks as well as Units to keep and maintain live mascots in order to strengthen regimentation in the Nigerian Army, the Department of Army Standards and Evaluation organizes a one week […]