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*Case Of Mistaken Payment Of N1.5bn Into Account *EFCC Recovers N.8bn A customer of a first generation bank, identified as Kingsley Eghosa, has stirred consternation after he opted in court to go to jail for one year rather than give up the sum of ₦272,252,193.59 part of N1.5billion mistakenly paid into his account. The court had ordered him to, among others, refund the ₦272,252,193.59 and go to jail. Instead of notifying the bank and returning the N1.5billion, he reportedly diverted the money for personal use between June and November 2025. Subsequently, he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes…

*Reminds Him That 'Kanawa' Are Politically Sophisticated Expressing disappointment, the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) has spoken of "anger" in Kano State over the resignation of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, who was in 2023 elected on the party's platform, from NNPP. It is believed he could move over to the All Progressives Congress (APC) with the rumours stronger in the wake of his recent closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja. While the APC is the major opposition party in the vote-rich North-West state, it is the party that controls power at the federal level. President Tinubu is rumoured…

Amid unease among many Nigerians over Federal Government's roll-out of a new tax regime, Office of the Tax Ombud has assured Nigerian taxpayers of improved protection and fair treatment as it implements guidelines designed to safeguard taxpayer rights, strengthen trust, and enhance voluntary tax compliance. The assurance followed a meeting held recently in Abuja in the office of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Office of the Tax Ombud, Dr. John Nwabueze, with a delegation of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, led by its Chairman, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele. Also at the meeting was Executive Secretary,…

*'FCTA Has Litany Of Sins' *Wike, FCTA Yet To Respond By Felix Durumbah, Abuja More trouble is coming the way of Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, over the ongoing indefinite strike embarked upon by the 40,000-strong workforce of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), as Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has today thrown its hat in the ring -in the workers' corner. The staff members have been on strike since Monday to press home their demands for better conditions of service, with the Wike-led Administration claiming,in a statement,that it had implemented, or is in the process of implementing,…