The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) have forged an to check fraud associated with the procurement of Information Technology products and service among Ministries, Department and Agencies of the Federal Government. The director general of NITDA, Isa Pantami, made this known when he led the management …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday lashed out at the association of newspaper owners in the country, reprimanding them for allegedly deploying their “platform to pursue personal interests.” In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, the anti-graft agency said the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN, wrongly accused it of attempting …
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has set up a high-profile committee to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the recent clash between personnel of the Nigerian Navy and the Nigeria Police in Calabar, Cross River State where lives and properties were lost and destroyed. The committee, made up of officers from the Nigerian Army, Navy, …
THE Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has advised importers to be transparent to improve ease of doing business in Nigeria. Mr Bukar Amajem, the Controller of Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’ of the NCS in Owerri, gave the advice on Tuesday while displaying some seized contrabands before journalists in Owerri. He said that …
The Nigerian Police on Tuesday deployed 600 special squad to Abuja-Kaduna Expressway to check crimes along the road. The Deputy Inspector General of Police,Operation, (DIG) Habila Joshak, made the disclosure while inaugurating members of the special squad in Rijana village, Kachia Local Government of Kaduna State. Mr. Joshak said 500 operatives were deployed, while 100 …
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday raided the Head Office of The Sun Publishing Limited, publishers of The Sun Newspapers. According to a statement by Newspaper, the operatives claimed the raid was on ‘orders from above’. The media firm, which is owned by former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji …
Troops have rescued nine minors at Jarawa village in Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno after they neutralised a large number of suspected Boko Haram terrorists. A statement by Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, the Army Spokesman, on Monday, noted that one notorious terrorist, Abu Nazir, the Amir (Leader) of the Boko Haram in Jarawa, was …
The Otaru of Auchi Kingdom, Alhaji Aliru H. Momoh, Monday revealed that 24 suspected Boko Haram members operating as Fulani herdsmen in the community had been arrested by the Nigerian Army. The monarch told newsmen in his palace at Auchi, headquarters of the Estako-West Local Government Area in Edo State that the commandant of the …
Kano State Police Commissioner, Mr Rabi’u Yusuf, has assured Igbo residents in the state of adequate protection of their lives and property. This was contained in a statement released in Kano on Tuesday by DSP Magaji Majiya, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state. Yusuf gave the assurance on Monday at a meeting with …
