Money laundering: British’s FCA fines GTB £7.6m
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a British financial watchdog, has fined a subsidiary of Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank £7.6 million ($9.3 million) over
Banking & Finance
Economy
Foreign News
Economy
Industry
National
FG sets aside N3.25bn for 3 industrial parks
The Federal Government has earmarked N3.25 billion for the first phase of three industrial parks being planned across the country. Chief Executive Officer
General
Politics
INEC may postpone election due to insecurity – Yakubu
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, says the commission may cancel or postpone the coming elections if the current insecurity across the country
Law / Crime
Stealing: Judge orders labourer to clean police station
A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered a 28-year-old labourer, Mohammed Musa, to sweep the community police station for
Foreign News
Libya plans to beef up security in Tripoli
Libya’s Interior Ministry has launched the first phase of a state plan to beef up the security in the capital Tripoli amid the
Foreign News
Japanese destroyer runs aground, leaks oil in waters
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (MSDF) destroyer ran aground in waters off the western prefecture of Yamaguchi, local media cited the Japan Coast
Foreign News
U.S. donates $9m of military equipment to Somali
Somali officials declared that Al-Shabaab jihadists seek negotiations amid mass offensives against them by the government. According to the country’s Deputy Defence Minister,
Politics
Tinubu promises to banish hunger if he wins
The Presidential candidate of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has promised that his administration would banish hunger if elected as president in next month’s
National
Religious Corner
NAHCON officials arrive in S/Arabia, signs MoU on 2023 Hajj
A delegation of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria NAHCON has arrived in Saudi Arabia for pre-agreement documentation for the 2023 hajj. The
Law / Crime
Security
Gunmen abduct passengers at train station in Edo – Police
Unknown number of gunmen, on Saturday morning, attacked the Igueben Train Station in Edo State, kidnapping many passengers. The NewsZenith gathered that the