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The anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday handed over a property forfeited by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, to the Lagos State government for use as an isolation center for Coronavirus patients. The property comprising six flats of three bedrooms and a boys’ quarter was forfeited by Allison-Madueke following […]

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) yesterday distributed a total of N606.196 billion as April allocation to the federal, state and local governments, representing a N174.73 billion shortfall when compared to the N780.926 billion distributed in the preceding month of March. The distribution was conducted via a virtual conference, chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry […]

The Sokoto zonal office of the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC),  yesterday, arraigned the duo of Meng Wei Kun and Xui Kuoi, both Chinese, before Justice Mohammed Sa’idu Sifawa of the State High Court, Sokoto on a two-count charge of conspiracy and offering N100 million bribe to a public servant. The […]

On the same day, 288 new Covid-19 cases were confirmed nationwide, taking the tally to 5445, with 171 deaths and 1320 discharged, the federal government pleaded with Coronavirus survivors to stop giving details of the drugs used for their treatment to discourage self-medication.  The Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, Boss Mustapha, made the plea […]

The controversy over which administration opened a secret account and stashed a jaw-dropping N4.3 billion, intensified yesterday with the Ondo State House of Assembly vowing to unravel the mystery behind what it described as malfeasance of public funds and gross abuse of office. Amid accusations, counter-accusations and finger pointing, the Ondo lawmakers are seeking among […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the coronavirus (COVID-19) “may never go away.” It, therefore, warned against any attempt to predict how long it would keep circulating and called for a “massive effort” to counter it. The dire warning came as Nigeria’s coronavirus infection cases rose above the 5,000 mark on Thursday with 193 […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday renewed his commitment to deploy resources to deal decisively with the security challenges bedeviling the country. Buhari spoke at an extraordinary meeting of the National Security Council which held yesterday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The highest security body in the country is chaired by the President and sits once every […]

There was mouth-gaping surprise in Ondo State as N4.3 billion was secretly stashed in a bank account for the past 10 years without following a due process as the Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu-led government clears air on the fund.   Immediately the money was discovered by the state Accountant-General and the Commissioner for Finance, the state […]

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has warned promoters of Oduduwa Republic to leave the lands and territories belonging to the fourth-largest ethnic group in Nigeria out of the agitation. In a statement by the chairman of IYC Transition Implementation Committee, Kennedy Olorogun, the tribe clarified that it had not been and would not be part […]

The federal government has directed stranded Nigerians in Thailand to pay the sum of N297,600 ($765) for their quarantine, isolation, and accommodation centers or hotels before their departure and arrival in Nigeria. The federal government, through the Nigerian Embassy in Thailand stated this in a memo dated May 14, 2020, which was sent to the […]

The newly appointed Chief of Staff to the President (CoS), Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, yesterday declared he was picked for the job because President Muhammadu Buhari needs his competence and loyalty to succeed. Asked what Nigerians should expect from him as Chief of Staff, Gambari told reporters at the Presidential Villa in Abuja: “We have not […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that despite Nigeria’s earnest search for a cure for COVID-19, it is yet to receive any pharmaceutical or herbal drugs for analysis of their efficacy as a prelude to their approval for treatment of the disease.   The virus, however, infected 184 […]