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A coalition of 25 pressure groups under the aegis of United Middle Belt Professionals (UMBP) on Tuesday in Jos revealed how politicians in Benue State have allegedly been conniving with Local Government officials to steal salaries of dead pensioners. The organisation also claimed that its independent investigation has showed that 75 percent of civil servants […]

President Muhamadu Buhari Tuesday in Niamey, Niger, urged ECOWAS member countries to tread carefully in pushing for a single currency in the sub-region by 2020, drawing attention to the challenges faced by the European Union in realising the same goal. In his speech at the 4th Meeting of the Presidential Task Force on the ECOWAS […]

“I hear say our Sai Baba don return from Turkey” “Did you hope that he would stay there permanently? He went for the D-8 meeting, and he is bound to return.” “D-8 meeting. I have been thinking about it. We are supposed to be a secular country but internationally, we have continued to engage with […]

Irked by the current controversy over the recall of run-away civil servant, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, the Senate has raised a committee to investigate the case just as EFCC sealed his $2 million mansion. The Senate on Tuesday made the resolution after a prolonged deliberation. The committee to carry out the investigation is comprised of the […]

A former Governor of Jigawa state Sule Lamido, has written a letter to members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to express his interest on the party’s presidential ticket in the 2019 general elections. Lamido, in the letter dated Oct. 22 and made available to newsmen on Monday, shared some of his thoughts and concerns […]

Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF) has debunked some media reports alleging that her office approved the re-instatement of Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina and posted him to the Ministry of Interior. It would be recalled that the Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, in a statement issued by his Press […]

No doubt, the recent appointment of Justice Ayo Salami by the National Judicial Council (NJC) as the Chairman of the panel to monitor cases of corruption against judges is a refreshing vindication of the upright judge and the sanitization tendency he brought on the Nigerian bench. Justice Salami is well known as that singular judge […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate disengagement from service of Mr Abdullahi Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms. In a memo to the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, the President equally demanded a full report of the circumstances of Maina’s recall and posting to the […]

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted a request by Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, for a temporary forfeiture of all funds held in bank accounts not linked to BVNs. Also to be forfeited are funds in accounts whose ownership could not be identified. The latter are accounts […]

The Nigerian Law School on Saturday released the summary of the final examination results conducted in August. Mr Chinedu Ukekwe, Head of Information and Protocol of the Nigerian Law School, said 1,272 candidates failed out of a total of 5, 891 that participated in the examinations. According to him, 29 students made First Class, 211 […]

Mr. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Friday, said, Nigerians did not protest when the incumbent administration increased the pump price of petrol to N145 per litre because of the trust they have in President Muhammadu Buhari. Adesina said this on his Twitter handle, @femadesina, while responding to a statement […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is moving to take over assets belonging to Ariwabai Aruera Reachout Foundation owned by wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. EFCC filed a motion to the effect before the Federal High Court in Abuja. In an ex-parte motion filed by the EFCC lawyer, Mr. Benjamin Manji, the […]