Isaiah Yesufu, a Director of Certification, Compliance and Monitoring at the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), on Monday, testified against former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Mr Sirika and his brother, Ahmad, and two companies with abuse of office and contract fraud. The contract was for the construction…
General Motors Co. is increasing production of full-size pickup trucks at its assembly plant near Fort Wayne, Indiana, and hiring hundreds of temporary employees, according to a company source. The automaker declined to specify how much production it’s adding of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500, or exactly how many temporary workers it’s…
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country today. 1. Reject $1.08bn World Bank loan, probe missing N233bn in NBET, others, SERAP tells Tinubu Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to reject the recently approved $1.08bn World Bank loan and instead direct the Attorney General of the…
The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Comrade Julius Abure, has strongly asserted that there is no vacuum in the leadership of the party, dismissing any claims to the contrary as invalid. On Monday, April 7, at the ongoing National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the party’s National Secretariat in Utako, Abuja, Abure…
Nigeria has recorded 1,858 suspected cases of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM), with 156 deaths across 23 states since the outset of the 2023/2024 epidemic season. This was revealed in the latest situation report released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The report covers epidemiological week 40 of 2024 to week 12 of…
