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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission yesterday arrested a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. They whisked him away from his Maitama residence in Abuja after laying siege to it for over seven hours. The operatives broke into Okorocha’s sitting room after firing gunshots and tear gas canisters to disperse protesters who […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained why it stormed the residence of a former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday. According to the agency, Senator Okorocha has refused to honour  invitations after jumping administrative bail. Reacting to EFCC’s presence at his residence on Tuesday, Senator Okorocha has accused the […]

Peter Okoye of the P-Square singing group has endorsed former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi to become the next President of Nigeria. Taking to his Twitter page on Monday, Peter Okoye who is also known as Mr. P described Obi as a disciplined and principled man that can save Nigeria. The singer who pointed out that he […]

The Federal Government has slammed a new tax on phone calls in the nation to fund free healthcare for the Vulnerable Group in Nigeria. This is despite recent moves by telecommunication companies to increase the price of their services as a result of an unfavourable operating climate. The telecom tax in the equivalent of a […]

The Nigerian naira, on Friday, weakened to N607 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market amid increased demand. The figure represents a drop of N7 or 1.2 percent from the N600 it traded earlier this week. Currency traders known as Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs), who spoke to TheCable in Lagos, quoted […]

Eighty-three million Nigerians are set to be covered as President Muhammadu Buhari signed the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022 into law.  This is according to a statement released by presidential aide Garba Shehu on Thursday. He said the bill repeals “the National Health Insurance Scheme Act, Cap N42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday left Abuja for United Arab Emirates. A presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement, said Buhari would meet the new UAE president, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to convey his condolences on the death of the former president and ruler of Abu Dhabi, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He said Buhari […]

No fewer than 7,256 trained nurses in Nigeria relocated to the United Kingdom between March 2021 and March 2022, The Punch has learnt. The figure is contained in information obtained from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of the United Kingdom on Thursday. Nigeria has continued to witness an increase in the rate of health workers migrating from […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says 28 presidential hopefuls purchased its nomination and expression of interest forms. In April, the ruling party fixed N30 million as the cost of its expression of interest form for the presidency, while N70 million was fixed for the nomination form. The cost of the APC presidential form sparked varied reactions […]

No fewer than 727 medical doctors trained in Nigeria relocated to the United Kingdom between December 2021 and May 2022, The Punch reports. The figure was contained in data obtained by our correspondent from the website of the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom on the number of foreign doctors working in the UK. The data […]

Presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that he won the 2019 Presidential election but was robbed of the mandate by the All Progressive Congress (APC).  He alleged that the APC denied him.the mandate given to him by voters in 2019 using […]

A man has drowned while recreating the ‘king of the world’ pose from the Titanic with his girlfriend on a Turkish pier after the couple slipped and plunged into the sea. Furkan Ciftci and his girlfriend Mine Dinar, both 23, had stood at the edge of the Izmit Marina Pier in the north-western Turkish province […]

A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi has pledged to turn Nigeria from a consuming nation to a producing economy if he is elected the president of the country in the 2023 presidential election. Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State, made the pledge when he met with […]

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has re-echoed his support for Senate President Ahmed Lawan’s presidential ambition, noting that he is ready to be a “sweeper” at the Presidential Villa if the dream becomes a reality.  The Senate Chief Whip said this on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “With Ahmed Lawan, I am ready to be the sweeper […]