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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said it visited Dangote Group Headquarters with a search warrant for some vital documents on forex allocations to the company from 2014 to 2023 during the tenure of former Governor of Cental Bank of Nigeria ( CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele. It said it decided to search the […]

Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has broken his silence over the resignation of Edison Ehie as both the factional speaker and member of the state House of Assembly. Ehie, who loyally identified with Fubara during the crisis, decided to quit his position as a member representing Ahoada-East Constituency II in a letter dated December 29, […]

Insists N’Assembly will pass 2023 appropriations bill on Dec. 30   The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has revealed that the federal government will, from next year, go after economic saboteurs who made lives difficult and unbearable for Nigerians.   Bamidele, also Chairman of the Southern Senators Forum in the ninth National Assembly, […]

In this three-month long investigation, Daily Trust on Sunday went undercover to expose a shadow economy of illegal kidney trade in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. One million naira is the ‘official’ price for a kidney in the black-market. This investigation uncovered a cell of kidney agents that have been planted in satellite communities to target […]

In conformity with Sections 71(1), 72, and 73 of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act (2010), President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of qualified Nigerians to serve on the Governing Council and Management team of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB):   (1) Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri — Chairman / […]

President Bola Tinubu has advised governors elected on the platform of the governing All Progressives’ Congress (APC) to always put the interest of the people first and work for the good of their states.   Speaking when he received the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, the returning Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, and […]

  National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole suddenly left the country early morning yesterday in the midst of the furore caused by his interrogation by the Department of State Services (DSS) on Sunday and Monday, Daily Trust learnt from top party sources last night. Daily Trust also learnt that […]

Remarks at a Press Conference by Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, CON Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party on The Supreme Court Judgment of 26th October, 2023  On the 2023 Nigeria Presidential ElectionHeld in Abuja, FCT, on [Monday 6th November, 2023Protocols,   1.Fellow countrymen and women. Gentlemen of the Media, Good day and welcome to this […]

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has apologised to the people of the state for what he called ‘regrettable anxiety’, following the political crisis that rocked the state earlier this week. Governor Fubara also thanked President Bola Tinubu, Rivers Elders and his brother governors for their intervention. In a statement that he signed, titled “Peace Is […]

Two years after Abdullahi Ganduje, then governor of Kano State and current national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), brokered truce between the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote and Chairman of BUA Group, Abdussamad Rabiu, the duo has renewed their rivalry.   Elder Statesman and business mogul, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, reportedly played […]