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The King of Ewu Kingdom in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Clement Ikolo, who is one of the eight persons declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters in connection with the killing of 17 military personnel in Okuama community has turned himself in to the Delta State Police Command.The monarch was said to have arrived the state police command headquarters at exactly 6:41pm on Thursday to report himself to Police Commissioner, Olufemi Abaniwonda....

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President Bola Tinubu has appointed Abdullahi Bello as the new Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), pending confirmation by the Senate.In a statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, the President expects that the new CCB chair will lead the Bureau to realise its mandate of maintaining high standards of public morality.By the presidential pronouncement, Bello replaces Aliyu Kankia, who has been the acting Chairman of the Bureau....

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled new minimum capital requirements for banks, pegging the minimum capital base for commercial banks with international authorization at ₦500 billion.A circular signed by the Director, Financial Policy and Regulation Department, Haruna Mustafa, to all commercial, merchant, and non-interest banks and promoters of proposed banks emphasized that all banks are required to meet the minimum capital requirement within 24 months commenci...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned Wednesday’s Labour Party’s national convention held in Anambra.The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, said this in Abuja.Oyekanmi said that the conduct of the convention was not monitored by INEC, declining to state further why it was not monitored.The LP had on Tuesday shifted the convention from Umuahia in Abia to Nnewi, Anambra State....

The Defence Headquarters has declared eight persons wanted over their roles in the recent killing of 17 military personnel in Delta State.The military released the list on Thursday at a briefing in Abuja.Those declared wanted are Prof. Ekpekpo Arthur, Andaowei Dennis Bakriri, Akevwru Daniel Omotegbo (a.k.a Amagben), Akata Malawa David, Sinclear Oliki, Clement Ikolo Ogenerukeywe, Reuben Baru, and Igoli Ebi....

A Federal High Court in Borno has ordered the release of no fewer than 313 suspected terrorists arrested by the military.The court ordered their release for lack of evidence to nail the suspects after investigation.The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Buba Edward, confirmed this during the operational briefing in Abuja.He added that the suspects would be handed over to the Borno State Government for further action....

The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue, Zacch Adedeji, has restated the agency’s commitment not to introduce additional taxes in the country.Adedeji stated this when the Chief Executive Officer of Guinness Nigeria Plc, Adebayo Alli, led the management team of the company on a visit to the Revenue House in Abuja.The FIRS boss, in a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media to the FIRS chairman,  Dare Adekanmbi, was quoted as saying the ...

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, led governors, federal lawmakers, military top brass, dignitaries, grieving families and inconsolable friends of 17 gallant military personnel gruesomely murdered in Delta State to lay wreaths in honour of the slain officers and soldiers.The President was the Special Guest of Honour at the inauspicious occasion at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja.The soldiers were ...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, on Wednesday, regretted that 21 children had been orphaned and 10 women widowed by the recent killing of 17 military personnel in Delta State.He said out of the 10 widows, three of them are four, five, and eight months pregnant.He noted that it was sad that those responsible for their deaths were those they swore to protect.Lagbaja spoke at the burial ceremony for the slain perso...