A newly released report by the socio-economic platform Tracka, owned by BudGIT, has revealed that only 16.1% of projects undertaken by the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs between September 2023 and September 2024 were completed. This completion rate is the lowest among the ministries studied in the report. Additionally, the ministry has…
The trial of Chukwunyere Nwabuoku, the former acting Accountant-General of the Federation, began on Friday, January 31, with witnesses detailing how funds were allegedly siphoned from the Ministry of Defence into multiple accounts linked to the defendant. Nwabuoku, who previously served as Director of Finance and Accounts at the Federal Ministry of Defence, is…
Jan. 31—A business jet with six people on board — including a pediatric patient — crashed Friday evening near the Roosevelt Mall in Northeast Philadelphia, erupting into a massive fireball, scattering debris throughout the streets, and setting at least one house and multiple cars ablaze. In a briefing Friday night, Mayor Cherelle L. Parker said there was no official number…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the inclusion of the CFA franc on Nigeria’s export proceeds (NXP) form, enabling Nigerian exporters to repatriate proceeds from transactions conducted in the currency. Nonye Ayeni, executive director of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), announced the development on Friday while addressing the media on the…
I’ve been recommending “The Alabama Solution” to everyone I meet since I landed at the Sundance Film Festival last week — but only under my breath. That’s because Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman’s bombshell investigation of the Alabama prison system, which premiered here Tuesday, was screened in advance for press under strict embargo. Understandable, once…
