The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr, Ola Olukoyede has disclosed that many public officers are now perfecting the antics of anticipatory declaration of assets to justify their intended stealing of public funds and other acts of corruption. He stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 delivering a goodwill message at the launch of the Virtual Tool on the Code of Conduct for Public Officers organized by the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB in collaboration with the Technical Unit on Good Governance and Anti-corruption Reforms, TUGAR. Explaining how anticipatory asset declaration is done,…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Ms. Rinsola Abiola as Director-General of the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre (CLTC). Ms. Abiola, an expert in strategic communication and government relations, previously served as Senior Special Assistant to the President. In addition, President Tinubu appointed Nasir Bala Aminu Ja’oji as Senior Special Assistant on Citizenship and Leadership. Mr. Ja’oji, who had served as Special Adviser on Mobilisation to the Governor of Kano State and a member of the Governing Council of Coordinated Arewa Youth Groups, is an advocate of women and youth empowerment and development. Also, the President has reappointed Dr Muheeba…
***Nominees list out on August 24 The All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) has once again raised the bar for music excellence, receiving an all-time high of 10,717 entries for the 2025 edition of Africa’s Global Music Awards. This development represents a substantial increase from the last edition’s 9,076 entries, with the surge in entries showing AFRIMA’s position as the continent’s most prestigious platform for developing, celebrating and promoting African music globally. The entry window, which opened on May 27 and closed on August 8, 23:59 GMT, welcomed songs, albums, and music videos from every corner of the continent and beyond.…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Nigeria’s Senior Men’s Basketball Team, D’Tigers, departed the country for Angola ahead of the 31st edition of the FIBA AfroBasket Championship, scheduled to hold from 12–24 August 2025. Speaking before the team’s departure, the Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Hon. Bukola Olopade, charged the players to give their all for the champion’s medal. “I urge you to go all out for the championship and bring the trophy home. Use the last four qualifying matches which were all victories, as your morale booster. No tension; relax, play your game, and make Nigeria…
Providus Bank and Polaris Bank have been announced as additional sponsors of the QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit. They join First Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria LNG (NLNG) and Shell in supporting the landmark event. Mighty Media Plus Network Limited, publishers of the online newspaper QEDNG, confirmed the development in a statement on Friday. The company described the sponsorship as a strong show of belief in Nigeria’s creative sector. Speaking on the addition of the two banks, Olumide Iyanda, chief executive officer of Mighty Media Plus Network Limited and convener of the summit, said Providus Bank has consistently demonstrated its commitment to…
Sponsors of the Women National Basketball League, Zenith Bank Plc, on Tuesday at a reception held at their Abuja head office in Maitama, rolled out the drums for the victorious D’Tigress of Nigeria after the team secured a record-breaking 5th back-to-back AfroBasket title. The bank rewarded the team with N200m. Each of the players will receive N10m which will be paid into their Zenith Bank accounts while the technical crew and others will share the remaining. D’Tigress, after beating Mali 78-64 in the final played in Abidjan on Sunday arrived the country on Monday afternoon and were hosted by President,…
By Tony Obiechina Abuja Abuba 98 Class of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria has urged the federal and state governments to take decisive measures to address insecurity in the country, ensuring the safety and protection of all citizens.They made the call following the gruesome murder of a classmate, Mohammed Sani Sulaiman, affectionately called MSS by kidnappers on Monday along the Funtua-Gusau road. MSS, who was recently appointed Regional Manager Northwest in Union Bank Plc, covering branches in the Northwestern Region of the bank, was kidnapped and killed while on an assignment to the bank branches under his coverage. While MSS’ death…
Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda may not roll easily off the tongue or be instantly recognisable to many Nigerians. Its provenance is the Ngas ethnic stock, also known as Angas, in Plateau State, which produced the late Joseph Gomwalk, the first military governor of the defunct Benue-Plateau State. Yilwatda hails from Dungung, Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau. Although Yilwatda, the newly-elected National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), cannot be described as a political veteran, his journey in public service began in earnest when he was appointed Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Benue State in 2017, a position he held…
The founder of Human Capital Africa, Dr Oby Ezekwesili has emphasized need for a fresh constitution that will help address all the imbalances and the inequalities and appealed to the media to be in forefront at the vanguard of the demand. Ezekwesili made the call on Thursday while speaking on the topic “Reworking Nigeria’s Federalism: Perspectives on Restructuring and Fiscal Federalism” at the 7th Penpushing Media anniversary and annual lecture held in Abeokuta. She pointed out that a new constitution is a matter of life and death, stressing that having it in place defined the current constitution in Nigeria, and…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Air Vice Marshal Saddiq Ismaila Kaita (Rtd.) as the new Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Bayero University, Kano. AVM Kaita replaces Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, who also serves as the Federal Housing Authority’s (FHA) chairman. The President made the change to enable Dr. Gawuna to concentrate on his position at the FHA, Presidential Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement on Friday. Before retiring from the Nigerian Air Force, AVM Saddiq Ismaila Kaita was Director of Strategy at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) and Chief of Defence Transformation…