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Joseph Oyediran, one of the internet fraudsters wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI as part of an international crackdown on a syndicate of cyber criminals has been arrested by operatives of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Ilorin Zonal Office in Kwara State. This was disclosed by the Zonal Head of the EFCC […]

In its quest to deepen financial inclusion, FirstBank is channelling its resources to reach those at the bottom of the pyramid through its agency banking.   The tie-one bank has over 31,000 agents spread across Nigeria with 9,000 assigned to provide financial services to the highly excluded Northern region.   According to Adesola Adeduntan, the […]

Barely three weeks after he was declared winner of the Feb. 23 presidential election; and even before he was sworn-in into his second mandate; President Muhammadu Buhari undertook a major shake-up replacing eight of the most influential members of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).  The house-cleaning saw the departure of Maikanti Kacalla Baru, who […]

After more than 18 months of unfruitful negotiations with the Nigerian government to reduce its high visa fee, the United States embassy yesterday invoked its reciprocity rule, hiking visa fees for Nigerians; and forcing the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to back down without a whimper. The  Nigerian government announced Wednesday it has reduced the […]

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Nkeonye Maha, on Wednesday declined to entertain an application by convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, challenging an order of the Federal High Court permitting his detention for a period of 45 days by the Department of State Services (DSS).   Justice Maha […]

A Bayelsa State High Court has ordered the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to conduct the forthcoming governorship primary using the direct primary method. The presiding judge, Justice Umukoro, ordered that the enrolled order of the court be served along with hearing notice to the respondents within 48 hours. […]

Italian oil major Eni said Wednesday that its Nigerian subsidiary Agip has found lots of gas and oil in an onshore facility in the Niger delta, raising the potential of increased output in Africa’s leading oil exporter.   The Eni-operated NAOC, which is majority-owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), with minority stakes held […]

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that the agency is collating comprehensive data on the Nigerians indicted in the recently busted money laundering and cybercrime offences investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States. The fraudsters used a variety of cyber fraud […]

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reversed its earlier decision on Wednesday morning as it later cleared Babatunde Irukera to contest the Party’s Kogi governorship primaries. The supporters of Irukera had stormed the headquarters of the ruling party to protest against his disqualification, describing it as injustice.   However, […]

  President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the partial closure of Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic to the massive smuggling activities, especially of rice, taking place on that corridor.   The Nigerian leader gave the reason during an audience granted his Beninois counterpart, Patrice Talon, on the margins of the Seventh Tokyo International Conference for African […]