The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on Thursday, approved the proposal by the Federal Government to settle out of court with a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, who is challenging his premature removal from office in 2019. The three-man appellate court panel, led by Justice Joseph Oyewole, also gave the parties November 19, 2024, to return to the court with their settlement terms for possible adoption as the judgment of the court in the dispute. Onnoghen, the 21st CJN, was removed from office in 2019 by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), which convicted him of failing…
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The National Examination Council (NECO) announced on Thursday that it will be inviting and interrogating the management of 40 secondary schools across 17 states for alleged mass cheating in this year’s Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). NECO Registrar Prof. Dantani Wushishi disclosed this at a press conference in Minna, Niger State capital, where he announced the release of the 2024 SSCE results. Wushishi announced that 8,437 candidates were found to be involved in various forms of malpractice, compared to 12,030 in 2023, showing a reduction of 30.1 per cent. He said all the schools involved in cheating would be invited…
A taxi driver identified as Umo Friday has accused some policemen at the Choba Division in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State of assaulting him after he refused them from extorting N100 from him. Friday, a father of four, told our reporter on Thursday that the police officers attacked him, broke his car’s side mirror and threatened to shoot him along the NTA area of Ozuoba in the Obio/Akpor LGA, just when he was about to close operations on Wednesday. The distraught driver said he had three stranded passengers whom he assisted from the Obiri-Kwere area to Ozuoba when…
The Nigerian rail system generated N1.69bn in revenue from passengers in the second quarter of 2024, reflecting a 53.14 per cent increase compared to the N1.10bn recorded in the same period of 2023. This data was disclosed by the National Bureau of Statistics in its report released on Thursday. According to the report, a total of 689,263 passengers travelled by rail in Q2, representing a growth rate of 45.38 per cent compared to 474,117 passengers in the corresponding quarter of 2023. The volume of goods transported via rail also saw a significant increase, with 143,759 tons moved in Q2 2024,…
The Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, Gombe State, has prohibited its staff members from mining cryptocurrency during work hours. This was contained in a viral circular dated September 18, 2024 signed by the Deputy Director of Administration, Adamu Tela. A copy of the circular was obtained by our correspondent on Friday. Our correspondent reports that cryptocurrency has become a present-day phenomenon among people across the age range. With Not Coin, Dawg, among the list of telegram mining opportunities that fetched Nigerians fortunes. The statement partly read, “I am directed to caution all members of staff to desist from mining and all…
The floods that periodically sweep across the banks of Rivers Benue and Niger down to the Atlantic Ocean in Bayelsa State emanate from the Lagdo Lake in Northern Cameroon. This occurs seasonally, whenever excess water is released from the lake to protect the dam from bursting, inundating, and overwhelming the surrounding towns and villages. The Lagdo Dam was built in 1982 by a Chinese company to provide electricity and potable water and irrigate farmlands in Garoua and the northern provinces of Cameroon. The flood flashes experienced in Nigeria today were expected to happen; hence, in 1982, a feasibility study was…
Former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello reportedly evaded arrest by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday, with the assistance of his successor, Governor Usman Ododo. The EFCC had laid siege to the Kogi State Government Lodge in Abuja in an attempt to apprehend Bello, who is wanted over an alleged N80.2bn fraud case. Despite the operation, Ododo allegedly helped Bello avoid arrest, leveraging the immunity he enjoys as a sitting governor. The incident follows a similar attempt in April, where Ododo reportedly facilitated Bello’s escape from EFCC operatives during another raid in Abuja. On Wednesday, after…
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday, said there was no truth in the allegation linking him to a fresh plot to unseat the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II. The rebuttal comes in the wake of a viral report circulating on social media with a caption that read, “Ganduje leads fresh plot to dethrone Emir Mohammad Sanusi.” Emir Sanusi returned to the throne in May, about four years after he was dethroned during Ganduje’s tenure as Kano State Governor. His dethronement was validated by the court, a judgment many believed was influenced…
The Central Bank of Nigeria is projected to generate approximately N50bn by the end of 2024 from the newly introduced 0.005 per cent cybersecurity levy on electronic transactions, according to economic analysts. The Head of Research, FMDQ Group Plc, Vincent Nwani stated, “The CBN is expected to raise N50bn from the cybersecurity levy by 2024.” The data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System reveals that electronic payments reached a combined total of N987tn between 2022 and 2023. Applying the 0.005 per cent levy to this total results in an estimated revenue of approximately N49.35bn. He added that in 2022, electronic…
I was in my late twenties when I left Nigeria for America. In that season of life, one US dollar sold for 19 Naira. My salary as a reporter with the PUNCH Newspapers was N400 per month. Out of the sum, my mom got a monthly stipend of N50, my fiancée N30, and there was still enough left for me to fool around with the Kegites Club every Friday and binge on fresh palm wine. With N10, I could eat plenty and be satisfied at Fola Votu Restaurant adjacent to the NIJ building in Ogba. My older brother drove a…