By Aluta News Aug 26, 2021 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged the media to support the war against corruption for the development of the country. The Zonal Commander of EFCC for Kogi, Kwara and Ekiti States, Mr Usman Muktar, made the call on Thursday during a “MediaContinue Reading

By Aluta News Aug 26, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Simon Harry as the new Statistician-General of the Federation to head the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This is according to a statement from Mr Yunusa Abdullahi, Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the MinisterContinue Reading

By Aluta News Aug 26, 2021 Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), grew by 5.01 per cent (Year-on-Year) in real terms in the Second Quarter of 2021 (Q2, 2021), marking three consecutive quarters of growth since the recession in 2020 The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this on Thursday inContinue Reading

By Aluta News Aug 26, 2021 A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that eight men be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly kidnapping Benue Commissioner’s wife. The police charged Samuel Ogbodo, Chidi Anekwe, Monday Anyigor, John Igwe, John Nwoke, Mathias Odoh, Matthew Eze and Iorhemen Yagba  with criminal conspiracy, armed robberyContinue Reading

By Prince Chibuike Echem August 26, 2021 VALUES ARE EVERYTHING Any society that is not morally sound is bound to witness all sorts of social menace. Moral values are found in our religion, culture and traditions yet our youth, for one reason or the other are not that religious. They considerContinue Reading

By Aluta News Aug 26, 2021 To curb the spread of misinformation, journalists should self-regulate their use of social media, rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana said in Lagos on Thursday. Such self-regulation, he said, would also stave off a likely shutdown of the social media by government. Delivering the keynoteContinue Reading

By Aluta News Aug 26, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari, who doubles as Minister of Petroleum Resources, has announced a Profit after Tax of N287 billion by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in 2020. The president made the declaration in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,Continue Reading