By Miriam Humbe The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) will on Tuesday, 4th February 2025 present the 2025 Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP) to the public. The theme this year is ‘The Role of Early Warnings towards a Climate Resilient Aviation Industry for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development’. NiMet predicts and publishes the expected annual pattern of climatic variables such as rainfall and temperature in Nigeria in the first quarter of each year. This is in pursuance of its mandate of advising the Government and the public on all aspects of weather, climate, and water-related matters. The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of…
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By Miriam Humbe The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of one Lukumanu Sani Waziri, an accountant at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto, for corruption and abuse of office. Demola Bakare, ICPC’s Director, Public Enlightenment and Education/Spokesperson disclosed this in a statement signed on Sunday. Waziri was found guilty of diverting public funds amounting to over Sixty-million naira through unauthorized access to the Government Integrated Financial Information System (GIFMIS). ICPC had in 2021, in a charge number: FHC/ICPC/122021 arraigned Waziri and two others before Honourable Justice M. Abdulgafar of the Federal…
By Miriam Humbe The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed has sent condolences to the families of the victims of the fuel tanker fire which occurred at the Dikko junction in Niger state on Saturday, 18 January, 2025. The FRSC Corps Marshal urged tanker operators to always adhere strictly to safety standards and observe due protocols in transloading fuel products. Olusegun Ogungbemide, the Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer at the FRSC National Headquarters, Abuja disclosed this in a statement signed on Sunday. The Corps Marshal described the human losses to the inferno as…
BY PROF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, CON, OFR, LL.D 1. INTRODUCTION My chambers makes this intervention in the public domain as Solicitors to Diezani Alison-Madueke (DAM),the former Honourable Minister of Petroleum Resources (HMPR). As her Solicitors, we are fully versed in and conversant with her present ordeal and the entire facts sorrounding her matters both here in Nigeria and abroad. So, we write from the vantage position of one that is aware of the cocktail of lies that have been spurned around her cases in the last ten years. Many of the narratives are outrightly false; some others sheer outlandish speculations;…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, expresses grief on the loss of one of its officers, Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE11 Aminu Sahabi Salisu who was killed in cold blood while on a legitimate duty on January 17, 2025 by a suspected internet fraudster, Joshua Chukwubueze Ikechukwu. Additionally, the Commission views with great concern the irresponsible, callous, inhuman and outrageous narratives being circulated on social media on the whys and wherefores of the fatal accident. It is heinous to reduce the death of a gallant officer who was carrying out patriotic and official duties to social media razzmatazz.…
***As IGP Directs Commissioners To Strengthen Motor Traffick Duvisions For Efficiency By Miriam Humbe The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has extended heartfelt condolences to the government and the good people of Niger State following the tragic tanker explosion that occurred yesterday, January 18, 2025, at Dikko Junction, Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, Niger State. ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) disclosed this in a statement signed on Sunday. This horrific incident occurred when a truck loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) lost control and eventually caught fire, resulting in the loss of over 73 lives and numerous…
By Miriam Humbe The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has swiftly deployed an emergency rescue team to Dikko Junction along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway in Niger State, following a tragic tanker fire explosion. The incident occurred in the morning hours of Saturday along Dikko-Maje Road opposite Baddegi Station. According to reports, the explosion occurred after the crashing of a tanker loaded with PMS and an attempt was made to transfer its contents to another. In the process, the spilled PMS came in contact with the generator being used to power the transfer, triggering the inferno that have claimed over 70 lives,…
By Miriam Humbe The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), has proposed a total of N64,888,000,000.00 (Sixty-Four Billion, Eight Hundred and Eighty-Eight Million Naira) only, for the 2025 budget appropriation, comprising N4.9 billion for Personnel Costs, N33.468 billion for overhead costs, and N26.487 billion for capital costs. Maryam M. Sanusi (Mrs.), FERMA’s Director of Information and Public Relations disclosed this in a statement. The budget prioritizes major trunk ‘A’ roads within the Six Geopolitical Zones, aligning with Mr. President’s development and economic recovery objectives of the Renewed Hope Agenda. The amount is lesser than the N77 billion Naira proposed for the…
By Miriam Humbe Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede has said that public sector corruption was the greatest problem of the country with procurement and contract fraud accounting for 90 percent of Nigeria’s corruption and fraud issues. He said this on Friday, January 17, 2025 in a meeting with a delegation of the management team of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) led by its newly-appointed Director General, Dr. Adebowale Adedokun at the corporate headquarters of the EFCC. “In the EFCC, we handle both private and public sector fraud. “And when it comes to…
By Miriam Humbe The International Criminal Police Organization, INTERPOL, through its Maritime Security Unit has sought collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement. The collaboration is part of concerted efforts to combat transnational fraud and to check fraudulent malpractices in the maritime sector. The call was made in Lagos on Friday, January 17, 2025 when Mr. Ademola Olude, Criminal Intelligence Officer from the Maritime Security Unit of INTERPOL, led a delegation including four members from Ghana on a courtesy visit to the acting Zonal Director,…
By Miriam Humbe Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday January 16, 2025 arrested 25 suspected internet fraudsters in a cybercrime training centre in Benin City, Edo state. Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement signed on Friday. The suspects’ arrest at their hideout was triggered by credible intelligence that indicated the apartment being used as a yahoo academy or training school for internet-related fraud and other fraudulent activities. Items recovered from the suspects include six exotic cars, laptops and phones. The suspects are to…
By Miriam Humbe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA have resolved to foster collaboration in the areas of project monitoring and asset tracking by exploring opportunities of satellite technology. Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity disclosed this in a statement. The proposal was made in Abuja on Friday, January 17, 2025 when the Director General/ Chief Executive Officer of NASRDA, Dr. Mathew Olumide Adepoju paid a courtesy visit to the Commission`s headquarters. Adepoju spoke extensively on diverse technological innovations that his agency can offer the Commission to…