The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has urged anti-corruption agencies across the continent on illicit asset recovery as there is still much more, domestically and internationally, to be traced and recovered. The Director of the Centre, Idayat Hassan who noted this at the just concluded inter-agency Task Team (IATT) African Anti-corruption Day 2023 in Abuja, with the support of Read More
LeBron James returned from injury after a 13-game absence but could not prevent the Los Angeles Lakers from falling to a 118-108 defeat by the Chicago Bulls. James, 38, scored 19 points off the bench and afterwards revealed he was recovering from a torn tendon in his right foot.Zach LaVine hit 32 points to lead the Bulls to a seventh Read More
Osun state House of Assembly and the consultant handling the Ilesa water project, Mrs. Tawa Williams, Thursday, bickered over claim by the government that $106 million was mishandled in the project. The state’s Asset Recovery Committee had accused the consultant of mishandling $106 million of the project and went away with a N70 million bulletproof jeep. In her reaction on Read More
Inline with its mandate of rebuilding the North East sub-region and bringing succour to the victims of insurgency,the North Eat development commission (NEDC ) has flagged up more roads and educational projects in Adamawa state geared towards fast- tracking the rebuilding of the North East. The projects which includes a Ground breaking ceremony for the construction of 32 km Garkida-Dabna Read More
Environmental Rights Organisation, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), has lamented the failure of the just concluded COP27 in Egypt to call for the phasing out of all fossil fuels, recovery of damaged environment, saying hope were shattered by the usual lack of seriousness in the discussions. HOMEF Director, Nnimmo Bassey, in a statement in Abuja, recently said, the outcome of COP27 Read More
The House of Representatives Committee on Ecology has vowed to recover all ecological funds not utilised, and held by federal government ministries, departments and agencies, (MDAs). The committee specifically said that the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has queries to answer with regards to the ecological fund received and so far expended. Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Ibrahim Isiaka, Read More
On October 4, 2021, one of the fastest growing financial service providers in Nigeria, Titan Trust Bank Limited, celebrated two years of its existence. Established with a mission to take advantage of the identified gaps in the banking sector and address the unmet needs of the retail mass market, SMEs and corporates, Titan Trust Bank, has continued to provide seamless Read More
N’Golo Kante will miss Chelsea’s Champions League trip to Serie A giants Juventus on Wednesday night after testing positive for coronavirus. The 30-year-old has been an integral figure at Stamford Bridge since his arrival from Leicester City in July 2016, winning the Premier League, Champions League, Europa League and the FA Cup during his five-year spell with the Blues. Kante Read More
The African Peace Brand at an elaborate event in Abuja slated for November 11, 2021 will hold this year edition of its Awards ceremony. For this event, 33 eminent personalities, among which are 21Nigerians have been nominated for different categories of awards. Among those listed in the Special Award category include the President of Ghana, HE Nana Addo Dankwa- Akufo Read More
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has so far recovered about to One trillion Naira worth of stolen funds and assets since assuming office in 2015. The APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign (LAC), a voluntary think-tank group of the governing party, in a statement released Thursday in Abuja, said all final forfeitures are being deployed for use in the government’s special Read More
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Tuesday, disclosed that it has restored the national grid, which collapsed on Monday. Blueprint gathered that the collapse caused an initial loss of 402 megawatts (MW) from the grid network and subsequently a total of 3,560MW from the grid was finally collapsed. Though some parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) did not experience Read More
The Ogun State Police operatives, in continuation of its bush combing operations in search of kidnappers terrorising parts of the state, weekend, engaged suspected kidnappers in gun battle at Bere forest in Onigaari, along Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The command’s Spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement made available to Blueprint Sunday, stated that the operations is as a result of information received by Read More
The National Assembly NASS has expressed worries over the state of the Nigerian aviation industry and lamented that the federal government has not done enough to support both agencies and companies in the sector in their recovery efforts following the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry. The legislative arm said they are poised to accelerate measures that Read More
Analysts are of the opinion that, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’ Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is likely to retain the policy parameters as the committee begins its meeting today. According to them, since the second quarter of 2021 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) performance numbers are yet to be released, the committee members may not have much to work with. Read More
A think-tank group of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) under the aiges of APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign (APC-LAC) said that President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has deployed several policies in waging war against corruption in the country. The group said contrary to the assumptions that the administration’s anti-corruption strategy is limited to arrests and prosecutions of offenders, it has Read More
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has raked in over N650 billion in June 2021, the highest revenue realized in a single month since the COVID-19 pandemic started and the assumption of office of the current management. Executive Chairman, Mr Muhammad Nami, disclosed this in a statement made available to the media in Abuja. Mr. Nami stated that “this feat Read More
The Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service personnel of the Naval Base Lake Chad (NBLC) in conjunction with personnel of 403 Special Force Amphibious Brigade and Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) have conducted a clearance and recovery operation at Baga, Borno state. A statement by Director Information Nigerian Navy, Commodore Sulieman Dahun on Tuesday said, the operation was led by the Read More
Vetiva Research has predicted that the Nigerian economy will rebound by 3.1 per cent in 2021. In its second half of 2021 macroeconomic outlook for the Nigerian economy, titled, “On the cusp of recovery,” the Lagos-based firm appraised developments on the global, continental and domestic scenes. On the global scene, the analysts reviewed the COVID-19 virus and vaccine developments, the Read More
The leadership of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) has condemned the strongest of terms the barricade and taking over of the residence of Senator Andy Uba by some staffers of the Heritage Bank in the early hours of Monday, June 21, 2021. The bank staffers were said to have taken over Uba’s residence with the reasons that the former Senator Read More
The Federal Fire Service (FFS) has described as unfortunate the recent decontamination exercise at the School of Health Science and Technology, Ijero Ekiti where such affected the health of the students leading to hospitalization. The Service in a statement Friday in Abuja by its Public Relations Officer SF Ugo Huan, sympathised with the two students of the institution who were Read More
Prosecutor for the disbanded Okoi Obono-Obla’s Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Mr Tosin Ojaomo has disclosed that the panel prior to its doslution, uncovered an account with about $60 billion, belonging to Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), domiciled in Texas, U.S. He made the disclosure Wednesday while making submissions before the House of Representatives’ Read More
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) retained its benchmark interest rate for a fourth straight meeting, prioritizing the recovery of the economy from last year’s recession over fighting inflation that’s near a four-year high. Blueprint Newspaper had earlier predicted that, the slow down in inflation rate in April may give the doves a weapon Read More
Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, has disclosed that the £4.2 million Ibori loot recently received from the United Kingdom has been paid to Delta state government.Idris, stated this while making a presentation before an adhoc committee of the House of Representatives investigating the status and utilisation of recovered assets, on Tuesday.“I know there was a time when Read More
Five notorious armed robbers who murdered Sergeant Joseph Nwaka, attached to the Department of Operations and collected his arms have been arrested. According to a statement issued by the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro Saturday, the Crime Prevention and Control strategies adopted by the Imo State Police Command under him to rid Imo state of activities of the Read More
Oil rose to $68 a barrel and hit its highest in a month on Tuesday, supported by disruption to Libyan exports and expectations of a drop in U.S. crude inventories, though rising coronavirus cases in Asia limited gains, Reuters reports. Libya declared force majeure on exports from the port of Hariga and said it could extend the measure to other Read More
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