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  Governments and development partners must respond in a more coordinated, targeted, and rapid manner to be effective in limiting impact; An additional 49 million Africans could be pushed into extreme poverty by the pandemic and its aftermath; West and Central Africa stand to be worst hit.   Africa’s economic growth could rebound in 2021, […]

Mohammed Umar, the Head of Operations at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has been appointed the acting chairman of the agency.   Umar’s appointment follows the suspension on Tuesday of Ibrahim Magu, the former acting chair who has been in detention since Monday, being quizzed over allegations of corruption against him.   The new […]

Seven people lost their lives in an explosion that occurred at an oil facility operated by a unit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the organization said in a statement Wednesday.   The incident happened at Gbetiokun, OML 40, operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), on behalf of the NPDC/Elcrest Joint Venture. […]

Domestic flights resumed Wednesday morning at two of Nigeria’s airports- Abuja and Lagos after a shutdown in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. At the local wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, intending passengers could be seen observing social distancing and were given hand sanitizers as they queued to board a flight […]

 The death toll from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Edo State has climbed to 50, with a total of 1,435 people testing positive for the disease, while 840 persons have been discharged from the state isolation facilities.   Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, noted that over 50 percent […]

The Ondo State House of Assembly on Tuesday served an impeachment notice on the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, ending days of speculation.   Relationship between the deputy and his principal, Rotimi Akeredolu, have been soured since Ajayi jumped ship by decamping from the ruling All Progressives Congress the People’s Democratic Congress to contest the governorship […]

Ibrahim Magu, the suspended Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission spent his second night in custody Tuesday while Police combed his Abuja home.   Magu on Monday honoured an invitation by a Presidential panel investing allegations of corruption against him, and has since then been in detention at the Force Criminal Investigation […]

  …rejects request for prolonged adjournment    A Federal High court in Benin has ordered the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the September 19, 2020 gubernatorial election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu to appear in court on Tuesday July 14, 2020, over the alleged N700m money laundering case that was preferred against […]

The Edo State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has condemned in strong terms an online publication, purportedly made by one Suleiman Abdul who claimed to be a teacher in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of the state, aimed at maligning the union and the state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.   In a […]

  Ibrahim Magu, the embattled Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission spent Monday night at a Police cell in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, following allegations of maleficence against him.     This was despite denials on Monday by both the EFCC and the Department of State Security, which was alleged to have arrested the […]

Main opposition People’s Democratic Party has told Ibrahim Magu, the embattled Acting Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, to step aside in order to make possible a credible probe into allegations of corruption levelled against him.   There were reports that Magu had been arrested Monday by the Department of Security Services, but […]

  As details emerged on the events surrounding Ibrahim Magu, the embattled acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the  Department of Security Service (DSS) on Monday barred journalists from having access to Conference Centre of the State House, where he being interrogated by a Presidential probe panel, over alleged corruption.   Journalists […]