Tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on imports of steel and aluminium have taken effect, sparking an immediate response from the European Union which said it will impose counter tariffs on billions of euros of US goods. The tariffs mean that US businesses wanting to bring steel and aluminium into the country will have to pay a 25% tax on them. Trump hopes the tariffs will boost US steel and aluminium production. The EU announced retaliatory tariffs on Wednesday in response on goods worth €26bn (£22bn). They will be partially introduced 1 April and fully in place on 13...
PBAT Inaugurate National youth conference planning committee
“I am with you!” This was my message today to the heart of our nation – our Youth, as I inaugurated the National Youth Conference planning committee. “To our Nigerian Youth: You hold the advancement of this economy in your hands. You represent over 60% of our population. I will continue to help navigate, push and lift the heavy weights so I can clear the path for you to have a great future. “You are the hope of this country, everything hangs in your future, every decision that I have taken is about you, when we removed the subsidy, we...
Photo News: United State First Lady Melania Trump And Agent DJ Daniel
Thirteen-year-old DJ Daniel is back home in Houston after receiving a once-in-a-lifetime honor in Washington, D.C. — becoming an honorary Secret Service agent. DJ, battled brain and spine cancer, was recently invited by President Donald Trump to attend his joint address to Congress. Picture credit: @WhiteHouse
Yahaya Bello: Alleged N80.2bn Fraud
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Ilorin Federal High Court Sentences Two Chinese To Prison For Illegal Mining.
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Ilorin on Friday, March 7, 2025 convicted and sentenced two Chinese, Yang Chao and Wu Shan Chuan to prison for illegal mining of solid minerals in Kwara State. They were convicted along with their company, Crius Chemical Nigeria Limited. They were prosecuted on a one-count charge, bordering on dealing with illegal solid minerals mining. The charge reads: “That you, Yang Chao, Wu Shan Chuan, and Crius Chemical Nigeria Limited, sometime in March 2024, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court, engaged in dealing with minerals without lawful authority, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 134(b) of the...
U.S. Mission Nigeria Reaffirms Robust Relationship With EFCC
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Richard M. Mills Jr. has reaffirmed that the robust working relationship between the United States government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, would continue in order to achieve significant success in the fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. He stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 when he led a delegation of the US Mission in Nigeria on a familiarization visit to the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede at the Commission’s corporate headquarters. “I’m very grateful for the relationship we have...
EFCC Exposes 58 Ponzi Schemes Operators Posturing As Investment Entities, Warn Nigerians Against Falling Victim
The Economy and Financial Crime Commission in a press statement has alerts the Public on 58 Illegal Ponzi Scheme Operators posturing as investing entities and defrauding unaware Nigerians of their hard-earned money. The commission in the Tuesday statement revealed that the companies are neither registered with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, nor the Security Exchange Commission, SEC and thus explaining that many of the companies have been charged to court “with five of them convicted, another five pleaded guilty but awaiting review of facts while the rest are pending arraignment.” Please, find below the names of the illegally operating...