Author: TheScrutinyNG

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has disclosed that the ministry uncovered 2,400 foreigners with fake National Identity Numbers attempting to acquire Nigerian passports. This was as he also emphasized the critical role of identity management in enhancing national security. Tunji-Ojo stated this during a courtesy visit by the President and Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Forensics and Certified Fraud Investigators of Nigeria, Dr. Illiyasu Gashinbaki, and his team on Wednesday. In a statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Ozoya Imohimi, on Wednesday, Tunji-Ojo highlighted the importance of having a robust identity management system to track…

By Tunde Rahman But for the ministerial presentations on the achievements of the President Bola Tinubu administration in its first year, christened Ministerial Sectoral Update, which began on Tuesday May 21 at the National Press Centre in Abuja, many may not have known or appreciated the quantum of work that has been done by the government within such a short period of one year in office. This piece is not really about the re-engineering work that is being done on the economy, which is now recording a gradual growth. For instance, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, the nation…

In a major crackdown on the illegal drug trade in the Federal Capital Territory, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has seized over N107 million worth of illicit and dangerous drugs from motor parks and markets across Abuja. According to a statement on Thursday via X, the agency’s Investigation & Enforcement/Federal Task Force Directorate, acting on intelligence from the Department of State Services (DSS), conducted raids targeting drug hawkers at Area 1 Motor Park, Dunamis Market Garki, Zuba Market, Nyanya Motor Park, and Asokoro over two days. “During the raid, the team arrested twenty suspects and…

Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has charged the newly sworn in judge of the state High Court, Justice Stephens Dirialakeibama Jumbo to stand on the side of truth and defend the interest of the state. Fubara spoke shortly after Justice Jumbo was inaugurated as judge of the Rivers State High Court at the Executive Council Chambers of Government House in Port Harcourt on Thursday. The governor charged the new judge to abide by his oath office and understood that much was expected of him as he discharged his responsibilities not to the state government alone but to the larger society.…

On Thursday, May 30, Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf visited National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu in Abuja. The governor announced the meeting on his official X page, sharing photos of the engagement. He captioned the images: “I had a fruitful engagement with the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, this afternoon in Abuja. – AKY.” Further details to follow.

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared the seats of the 25 lawmakers, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, vacant pending the determination of a suit before it. The court, however, ordered the Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, to stop parading as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly and bared the 24 lawmakers, who are all Anti-Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of the state, from posing as lawmakers in the state. Hon. Justice Charles Wali gave the order in Suit No PHC/1512/CS/2024, brought by Rt. Hon. Victor…

A four-story building collapsed on Lagos Island on Thursday, trapping an unknown number of people. The incident occurred at Iga Iduganran, near the Oba of Lagos’ palace. The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, has confirmed the development on his X account. According to Omotosho, eight people have been rescued so far “A four-storey building has collapsed at Iga Iduganran, Lagos Island. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency officials have rescued eight people from the rubble. They are battling to retrieve two others from the rubble. The structure had been marked by LASBCA for evacuation,” Omotosho said.…

A Federal High Court on Thursday in Benin, Edo State, adjourned hearing in a suit filed by a governorship aspirant of the Labour Party, Kenneth Imasuangbon, challenging the nomination of Olumide Akpata as the candidate of the party for the Edo governorship election till Friday. The hearing of the pre-election matter slated to commence on Thursday suffered a setback following an oral application for a short adjournment by Akpata’s counsel, Mr. N.E Ogbeide, on the grounds that he was yet to be served with court processes. But counsel for the plaintiff, A. A Malik (SAN), opposed the application, saying that…

The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), a military onslaught against oil thieves in the Niger Delta region, seized 4,124, 970 litres of stolen crude in May. It said the troops also recovered, from oil thieves, 793,796 litres of diesel and 4,480 litres petrol. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj Gen Edward Buba, announced this on Thursday, May 30, during a press briefing in Abuja. He said troops on operations across the country killed 624 terrorists, arrested 1,051 criminals and their logistic suppliers and informants, and rescued 563 kidnap victims in the past month. Gen. Buba…

The Federal Government has disbursed a total sum of N20.11bn to 402,283 beneficiaries of the N50,000 Presidential Conditional Grant Scheme. The beneficiaries selected from the 774 local government areas received a direct payment to their bank accounts via their Bank Verification Number. This information was disclosed in a document exclusively obtained from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment by our correspondent on Wednesday. The scheme domiciled under the Ministry of Trade and Investment commenced on March 9, 2024, with financial grants of N50,000 without repayment obligations to eligible small business owners operating in various sectors such as trading, food…