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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has grilled the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (NIPC) Mrs. Yewande Sadiku for about nine hours.   She was interrogated for alleged abuse of office, bordering largely on suspicious award of contracts running into several millions of Naira and a posse of unearned frivolous allowances, a ...

Details have emerged on how popular rapper, Olanrewaju Fasasi, aka, Sound Sultan died on Sunday.   The family of the 44-year-old ‘Jagbajantis’ crooner confirmed his death in a statement.   He is regarded as one of the pioneers of hip-hop music in Nigeria.   According to the family, Sound Sultan died of Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma.   Checks by this newspaper ...

The wife of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has been abducted by the gunmen who attacked his house in the early hours of Thursday.   This is according to the leader of the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye.   He said this in a statement personally signed by him ...

The Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Tuesday, said the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has been arrested. He said Kanu will soon be brought before the Federal High Court where he jumped bail. Malami stated this at a press briefing at the Ministry of Justice in Abuja on Tuesday. He stated that Nnamdi Kanu was ...

The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to July 26, 2021.   The Director, Public Affairs Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde; and the Head, Corporate Communications, Nigeria Identity Management Commission, Kayode Adegoke, disclosed this in a joint statement on Monday titled ‘FG approves July 26 as NIN-SIM verification deadline as enrolment systems increase ...

These are not the best of times for famous billionaire and chairman of Doyin Group of Companies, Prince Samuel Adedoyin, as one of his grandsons, Subomi Olabayo, on Tuesday, committed suicide.   The 28-year-old Subomi is the son of Lola Olabayo, a daughter of Prince Adedoyin and Managing Director of Royals Fast Food, Ilorin.   According to First Weekly, the ...

The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has confirmed the burial programme of its late founder, Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as T. B. Joshua.   The cleric died last week in Lagos shortly after concluding a programme at his church.   The church statement on Monday read, “We know you are aware that our father in the Lord, Prophet ...

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has clarified that all existing tinted vehicle glass permits, duly issued by the Nigeria Police Force, remain valid.   A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, on Wednesday said the clarification was necessitated by public enquiries following the Monday announcement by the IGP of the suspension of issuance of ...

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria has suspended its strike on Wednesday.   The union is set to commence work on Monday. This was disclosed in a communique issued by the union after its emergency National Executive Council meeting held on Wednesday.   The communique was signed by the Deputy President, Emmanuel Abioye; and the General Secretary, Isaiah Adetola.   ...

Details have emerged on how Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as T.B. Joshua, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), died on Saturday. According to The Nation, the cleric was conducting a church service when he suddenly felt uncomfortable. The popular prophet, sources said, passed away around 2am, hours after he walked to his apartment midway into ...