Author: Amina Mohammed

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wishes to react to media reports linking its investigations of Ms. Aisha Achimugu with political undercurrents involving former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. We wish to state unequivocally that the investigations of Achimugu have no correlation of any kind with the two political actors. She is being investigated for alleged criminal conspiracy and money laundering and has since been declared Wanted by the Commission. The EFCC commenced investigation of Achimugu in 2022 and though she approached the court to obtain an injunction restraining the Commission from arresting, investigating,…

US President Donald Trump and Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney are due to speak Friday, a White House official said, amid soaring tensions over tariffs and Trump’s drive to annex his country’s northern neighbour. “A call is scheduled this morning,” the White House official told AFP on condition of anonymity. Carney had said on Thursday that he would speak to Trump in the “next day or two.” The call is set to come a day after Carney declared that the era of deep economic, security and military ties between Canada and the United States “is over.” Carney replaced Justin Trudeau…

The Rivers State Government has approved the payment of March salaries for all civil servants, public servants, pensioners, and suspended political appointees. This directive was issued by the state’s Administrator, Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, through a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Ibibia Worika. According to the statement, the Accountant-General has been instructed to ensure that the salaries are remitted without delay. The approval comes amid growing concerns from labour unions, particularly the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which had recently threatened industrial action over salary delays. READ ALSO: Rivers: Presidency Labels Obasanjo As Grandfather Of Hypocrisy…

Barely three weeks after the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the North-West zone of the party said El-Rufai is not their member. The North West Assistant Secretary, Idris Inuwa, who asserted in a statement in Kaduna, said the ward and state chapter of SDP has no membership record of El-Rufai. “It has come to our notice that certain individuals, including Nasir El-Rufai, are being rumoured to have joined the SDP.  However, neither the chairman of Kaduna North Local Government in Kaduna State nor…

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has expressed confidence that Kano State remains a stronghold for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections. He attributed this to the strategic influence of Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, APC National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje, and Special adviser the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado. Speaking during a visit to the Special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on National Assembly (Senate Matters), Senator Lado in his office at the National Assembly, Senator Akpabio commended him for ensuring seamless and confidential communication between the Executive and the Senate, describing…

Real Madrid’s legendary coach Carlo Ancelotti will go on trial next week for allegedly failing to declare income to Spain’s tax office, the Madrid court which will hear the case said Friday. Prosecutors are seeking a jail term of four years and nine months for the 65-year-old Italian, accusing him of having cost Spain’s treasury more than one million euros ($1.1 million) in undeclared earnings from image rights in 2014 and 2015. The trial will begin on Wednesday and it is expected to last two days, a spokesman for the court said. Ancelotti, who as a coach has won a…

Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has called on media practitioners to stop criminalising migration popularly known as ‘Japa’. Dabiri-Erewa, made the call in her address at the sixth International Conference on Development and Communication in Africa held in Keffi local government area of Nasarawa state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the conference organised by the Institute of Strategic and Development Communication (ISDEVCOM), Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK) is “Japa: Communicating migration, diaspora and Africa’s development”. Dabiri-Erewa represented by Mr Sule Bassi, Secretary of NIDCOM, rather urged…

A new Nigerian crude grade, Obodo, is set to enter the market in April. Obodo is a medium sweet crude with an API gravity of 27.65° and a sulfur content of 0.05%. It is expected to be priced similarly to Nigeria’s medium sweet Bonga grade, although production details remain unclear. The crude will be produced by Nigerian independent company, Continental Oil & Gas, from the onshore oil block OML 150 in the Niger Delta, with the state-owned NNPC handling its marketing. Continental Oil holds a stake in OML 150 under a production-sharing contract. This addition increases Nigeria’s growing supply of…

The China General Chamber of Commerce in Nigeria has refuted claims that a Chinese company was responsible for the shooting of an immigration officer in Minna, Niger State. The chamber, citing a police report, clarified that the shooting, which occurred on February 21, 2025, was the result of a police operation gone wrong. In a statement on Thursday night by its Director General, Dr. Cui Guangzhen, the chamber expressed concern over the allegations made by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who had condemned the shooting and linked it to a Chinese company. It said, “Our attention has been drawn…

In a bid to protect national security and economic sovereignty, the Senate has directed the Bureau of Public Procurement to immediately halt the planned sale of Lafarge Cement Plc to a Chinese company. It also mandated its Committees on Capital Market, Trade and Investment and Securities and Exchange Commission to ensure compliance with the directive. The company is located in Ewekoro Local Government Area in Ogun State. It explained that this is to ensure that the divestment process prioritises national security and economic sovereignty. Raising the motion during plenary on Thursday, Sen. Shuaib Afolabi Salisu representing Ogun Central noted Lafarge…