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The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has revealed that miners and operators in the sector are owing the Federal Government more than N2 trillion. Alake also stressed that the current administration of President Bola Tinubu is determined to halt the activities of illegal miners across the country. The minister also described the activities of illegal miners as a huge crime against Nigeria and Nigerians, which he said, was unacceptable. Alake who made this known during a meeting with Licensed Minerals Holders, Laterite/Sand Operators Dealers in Kaduna State, on Thursday, February 1, said, “Miners and Operators owed the federal…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, November 11, arrested 14 suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds during the gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State. According to the EFCC, some were also apprehended at various polling units in Imo and Kogi States. The Commission disclosed this in a post shared on its Facebook page on the same Saturday. It read, “Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 14 (Fourteen) suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds in Bayelsa State and at various polling units in Imo and Kogi States. “They were arrested on Saturday,…

Security operatives have arrested the council chairman of Igalamela Local Government Area of Kogi State, James Onoja, for possession of ammunition and lots of cash. The money and the ammunition were packed in several ‘Ghana-must-go’ bags. His arrests was made on Saturday, November 11, during the governorship election in the state. The money and ammunition were allegedly meant for use during the election. A video shows the suspects sitting on the floor near an army checkpoint. In the video, both the council chairman and his gang were seen expressing regrets and pleading for forgiveness. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO,…

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, on Monday, November 13, announced that it had abandoned the Paper and Pencil Test, PPT, model and has adopted the Computer-Based Test, CBT, mode for the conduct of the Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the acting head of the Public Affairs Unit of WAEC, Moyosola Adesina, and released on the same Monday. According to the statement, the innovation would kick off with the conduct of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for private candidates in February 2024. “In line with global best practices, the…

British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak on Monday, November 13, sacked UK’s Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, as he reshuffles his top team ahead of a general election expected by 2024. Sunak had come under growing pressure to sack Braverman after critics accused her of heightening tensions during weeks of contentious pro-Palestinian demonstrations and counter-protests in Britain. It was not immediately clear who will replace Braverman, who was appointed to the post when Sunak became prime minister in October 2022. Following her dismissal, Braverman said, “It has been the greatest privilege of my life to serve as home secretary.” “I will have…

Argentine superstar, Lionel Messi has been handed Inter Miami’s Most Valuable Player, MVP, award for the 2023 season. The US Major League Soccer, MLS, club confirmed this on their official website on Sunday, November 12. Messi only joined the club in June 2023 after his contract with French side, Paris Saint-Germain, PSG, expired. The 36-year-old has contributed 11 goals and eight assists in his first 14 matches for the club, as he inspired them to their first trophy in the form of the inaugural Leagues Cup. Messi was however not able to lift them to the MLS playoffs. The world…

A man identified as Oluwaseun Akinnubi has impregnated his landlord’s wife commonly referred to as Mama Precious, at Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Akinnubi, a pastor and also a founder of a church in the community, was said to be taking shelter with the landlord identified as Tubosun, as he had no shelter. It was gathered that after living together with the landlord for a while, the pastor hypnotised him and impregnated his wife, a mother of four in the same house. A complaint lodged by the landlord himself has made the pastor to be arrested…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Cuba to represent President Bola Tinubu at the G77+China Leaders’ Summit scheduled to hold between September 15 to 17, 2023⁣.⁣This was revealed in a statement signed at around midnight between Tuesday, September 12 and Wednesday, September 13, 2023, by the State House Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola. The statement read, “Shettima will be joining other world leaders, including the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres at the Summit to deliberate on development issues facing members mostly from the global south.” Shettima is accompanied on the trip by the…

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Kano-Jigawa Area Command has said it generated N28.8 billion as revenue between January to August, 2023. Outgoing Area Comptroller of the Command, Sambo Dangaladima, disclosed this while handing over to Dauda Ibrahim Chana, the new Area Comptroller in Kano on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. According to Dangaladima, about N5.1 billion was collected in August 2023 alone due to aggressive and strict compliance adopted by the area command. The outgoing Area Comptroller explained that the command had put in place sensitive security measures that would ensure goods coming into its areas of jurisdiction paid duties. In…

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has promised to sanction aberrant International Money Transfer Operators, IMTOs, engaging in foreign exchange arbitrage. CBN disclosed this in a circular with reference number, TED/FEM/PUB/FPC/001/009, and titled, ‘Rate quote and other market conduct by International Money Transfer Operators.’ The circular was released on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, and signed by the apex bank’s Director of Trade and Exchange Department, Dr. W.J. Kanya. CBN recalled it had recently issued IMTOs a guideline in a circular referenced TED/FEM/PUB/FPC/001/006, stating that the circular itemize terms and conditions, including payment mode, pricing, and rate quote, that must be…