NCC Reacts To Alleged N17b Deficit In 2021 Budget

NCC Reacts To Alleged N17b Deficit In 2021 Budget

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denied incurring a deficit of N17 billion by allegedly spending N35.2 billion on personnel costs and consultancy fees.  In a statement on Tuesday, NCC’s Director, Public Affairs, Dr Reuben Muoka, explained that the commission...
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Delta Raises Alarm Over Alleged Security Breach

Delta Raises Alarm Over Alleged Security Breach

Delta State Government on Friday alleged that certain individuals were planning to disrupt Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, raised the alarm on Friday at a press...
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Reps probe 115 MDAs Over Alleged N600b Extra-Budgetary Expenditures

Reps probe 115 MDAs Over Alleged N600b Extra-Budgetary Expenditures

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) has commenced a probe of how 115 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of Government incurred over N600billion  extra-budgetary expenditures on Salary and wages.  The Chairman of the commi...
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Woman Docked For Allegedly Stealing 99 iPhones

Woman Docked For Allegedly Stealing 99 iPhones

A 60- year-old woman, Adenike Okunbanjo, was on Monday docked in an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing 99 pieces of iPhones worth N14.85 million.  The defendant, a businesswoman who resides at 1, Alade St., Temidire, Ibafo, Ogun State...
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Police Arraign Housewife, Lover Over Alleged Adultery 

Police Arraign Housewife, Lover Over Alleged Adultery 

The Police Command in Benue State, on Thursday, arraigned Terver Ukyagh, 35, and a housewife, Sewuese Peter, 35, before a Makurdi Upper Area Court over alleged criminal conspiracy, adultery and intimidation.  The Prosecutor, Insp Veronica Shaagee, told th...
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Court Remands School Driver For Allegedly Defiling Three-Year-Old Pupil

Court Remands School Driver For Allegedly Defiling Three-Year-Old Pupil

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday, ordered that a 37-year-old primary school driver, Kingsley Okwumbu, be remanded for allegedly defiling a three-year-old pupil of the school.  The police charged Okwumbu, who resides in Ikeja area of Lagos...
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NLNG Refutes Report On Alleged Illegal Shipment Of Oil, Demands Apology 

NLNG Refutes Report On Alleged Illegal Shipment Of Oil, Demands Apology 

The management of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has described as false and malicious report of alleged illegal shipment of over $1billion oil to the United States and South American Countries.  According to NLNG, the report published Febr...
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Gombe IRS Seals Access Bank Over Alleged N118m Tax Default

Gombe IRS Seals Access Bank Over Alleged N118m Tax Default

The Gombe State Internal Revenue Service Board has sealed two branches of Access Bank in the state capital over alleged N118 million unpaid taxes between 2008 – 2019.  Speaking to Journalists on Monday in Gombe, the Chairman of the Board,...
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FAAN Tackles Customs Over Alleged Security Breach At Lagos Airport

FAAN Tackles Customs Over Alleged Security Breach At Lagos Airport

By ebosele@hotmail.com —   The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), on Monday, accused some personnel of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) of allegedly disrupting security procedure at the Lagos Airport.   According to FAAN, some...
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EFCC Detains Lucky Igbinedion Over Alleged N1.6b Fraud

EFCC Detains Lucky Igbinedion Over Alleged N1.6b Fraud

The former governor of Edo State, Mr Lucky Igbinedion, is currently being grilled by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) over what a source described as alleged criminal diversion of public funds to the tune of N1.6bn. ...
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Customs Investigate Alleged Shooting Of Katsina Commissioner’s Motorcade

Customs Investigate Alleged Shooting Of Katsina Commissioner’s Motorcade

The Nigeria Customs Service has set up a committee to investigate the alleged shooting of a motorcade of a Katsina State commissioner by its operatives.  The motorcade of Katsina State’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Umar...
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FRSC Yet To Remit N5.1b To Federation Account, FRC Alleges

FRSC Yet To Remit N5.1b To Federation Account, FRC Alleges

The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has alleged that the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is yet to remit N5.1 billion into the Federation Account from 2016 to 2019  FRC made the allegation on Wednesday in Abuja at the ongoing public...
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Woman Docked Over Alleged N4m Theft From Stanbic IBTC Bank

Woman Docked Over Alleged N4m Theft From Stanbic IBTC Bank

The Police in Osun State on Friday, arraigned one Sarah Peter, 28, before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for alleged N4 million theft from Stanbic bank.  The Prosecutor, Insp Elijah Adesina, told the court that the defendant committed the offence so...
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Lagos PDP Decries Alleged Destruction Of Party’s Posters

Lagos PDP Decries Alleged Destruction Of Party’s Posters

The Lagos State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has decried alleged destruction of party’s campaign banners and posters by supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). PDP Chairman, Adedeji Doherty, raised this concern in a sta...
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