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Mr Jalal Arabi, the Permanent Secretary, State House, says the State House Medical Centre (SHMC), which currently offers free medical services to patients will be re-positioned to offer qualitative and efficient services. Arabi disclosed this in a statement by Mr Attah Esa, the Deputy Director, Information in the State House, Abuja on Wednesday. The Permanent […]

A Biafra-like agitation for independence has been unfolding in neighbouring Republic of Cameroon since November 2016.  The people of Northern and Southern Cameroons under the  umbrella of the Southern Cameroons Ambazonia Consortium United Front (SCACUF) finally decided to affirm the independence of the English-speaking sections of Cameroon from the Republic.  Like the Indigenous People of […]

…Minister writes presidency, accuses NNPC boss of insubordination The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, has accused the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Maikanti Baru of insubordination, while he called for the cancellation of the recent appointments in the NNPC.  In a letter purportedly written by […]

Embattled former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to order the Federal Government to facilitate her return to Nigeria to face trial. Diezani on Tuesday asked for an opportunity to defend allegations against her in a charge filed against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dele Belgore […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it was left in shock and disbelief at the Independence Day speech of President Muhammadu Buhari, describing it as “empty tirade”. The party made the position known in a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Prince Dayo Adyeye on Tuesday.  According to Adeyeye, although the […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 secured the conviction and sentencing of Prof. Benjamin Adefemi Ogunbodede, a former Director-General, Institute of Agriculture Research and Training, IART, Ibadan, Oyo State before Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State.. Ogunbodede was prosecuted alongside the trio […]

For Dino Melaye, that rambunctious and swash buckling senator from Kogi State, the cloud still looks ominous. For someone that relishes hugging the limelight, what he is passing through presently bodes a fatal dent on that raunchy life. Melaye is besieged. He is beleaguered. He is battered. He is storm-tossed. Dino Melaye is distressed. He […]

The former first lady, Patience Jonathan has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to call to order, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. The former president’s wife said she believes that she is being targeted for the role she played in the 2015 election. Chief press secretary to the former first lady, Belema Meshack-Hart said […]Read More

A former Chairman of the Governing Council of Kwara State Polytechnic, Dr. Saadu Ayinla Alanamu, has been arraigned in court for allegedly collecting N5million bribe from a contractor. The arraignment comes barely two months after Alanamu was dropped as a nominee into the board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The […]

The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has warned that  President Muhammadu Buhari to implement Vice President Yemi Osinbajo- led committee’s report on alleged corruption in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the North East would result in a serious collateral damage for All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 general elections and beyond. Sani, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday marked the military ceremonies of the National Independence Day in Maiduguri, Borno State, the epicenter of the Book Haram terrorism and insurgency to honor the courage and sacrifices of the Armed Forces. The ceremony which was marked with a display of military hardware and a show of air power by […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the late Military Administrator of Kaduna State and Chairman of Freedom Radio Kano, retired Air Vice Marshal Mukhtari Mohammed, as “one of the finest, most principled, patriotic and loyal military officers he had ever known and respected. “AVM Mohammed was so passionately committed to his principles and beliefs that he […]