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The Nigeria Army has revealed that 126 suspected Boko Haram terrorists were arrested at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Damboa, Borno. Spokesman on the operation, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Wednesday made the disclosure while fielding questions from newsmen in Maiduguri. He said the suspects were flushed out during mop up operations conducted after […]

After over five months of tacky prevarication, the National Assembly last Thursday passed the 2017 Appropriation Bill, increasing the overall budgetary expenditure as presented last December by the president from N7.298 trillion to N7.441 trillion. It is a telling sign of the times that the debt service provision is the third largest component of the […]

The Chief of Army staff, Gen. Tukur Buratai, Tuesday, warned politicians to stop covertly inviting the military to takeover government in Nigeria. His warning follows attempts by some eminent Nigerians to lure the military to intervene and seize power to ensure that power remains in the North, in the event of the demise of the […]

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Seriake Dickson has expressed regrets over  the six-year administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, saying it was a wasted opportunity for the Ijaws. Dickson also criticised ministers and other presidential aides from Bayelsa who served with former president Jonathan for pursuing  selfish interests, instead of attracting development to their […]

A group, Partner for Electoral Reform (PER), has dismissed suggestions that Ibrahim Magu, is using strings of money discoveries as bait to compell the government to keep him at the helms of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) affairs.  The group made the submission on Tuesday through its chairman, Chairman of the organisation, Mr Ezenwa […]

The trial of the former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) on alleged corruption charges was aborted by the refusal of the Federal Government to produce him in Court for trial. The trial slated before the FCT High Court Abuja could not go on after the judge and Senior Lawyers had waited for over […]

Two developments that happened in Nigeria this past week, serve as pointers that the amber lights of corruption are still aglow even in the face of the onslaught against corruption by the present regime. The marriage of former Head of State [he prefers to be addressed as President] Ibrahim Babangida’s daughter and the launching of […]

“If anything happens to Buhari the north will insist on being in power till 2027…..those who see Buhari as their representative and are not being treated justly are going to claim their own rights and the only way you are going to resolve the issue is that after Buhari’s administration, you have it zoned to […]

The Chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari has landed hot soup for his alleged role prior to the departure of the president to the United Kingdom for medical treatment, last week, it has been gathered. It was gathered that on Sunday night, that the aide might be probed for the latest action […]

The 2012 verdict of a Lagos  Federal High Court, ordering the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to disclose the total value of cash and assets recovered from the former Managing Director of the defunct Oceanic Bank of Nigeria, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru was on Monday upheld by the Appeal Court.  In 2012, the high court had […]

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has advocated the need to prioritize deterrence rather than punishment in other to permanently win the ongoing war against corruption. Saraki gave the charge in his speech at the Public Presentation and Book-Signing ceremony of Senator Dino Melaye’s book titled: “Antidotes For Corruption – The Nigerian Story”, held in […]

The Staff and members of the United Kingdom Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) led by Major General Lawrence Craig have paid a visit to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin at the Defence Headquarters Abuja. The visit was part of the Royal Defence College Geo-Strategic Study Tour to understudy the […]