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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) has frozen 15 accounts of some individuals and companies for the alleged diversion of N19billion from the London-Paris loan refund. Besides, about $183,000 (N71, 370,000) of  the loan refund has been traced to a jeweller’s account in Dubai. The anti-graft agency is probing a former  Heritage Bank Executive […]Read More

Nigeria’s telecommunications networks lost 1,275,573 internet users in February, the Nigerian  Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed.  South African Telco, MTN lost   714,700 subscribers out of the total, making it the highest loser. The NCC made the disclosure in its internet subscribers’ data for February. The publication indicated that internet users on both Global System […]Read More

The management of Addax Petroleum Nigeria Ltd., Saturday, confirmed that Geneva Prosecutor’s Office was conducting a criminal investigation into allegations focusing primarily on the company’s business in Nigeria. The company’s Communications Officer, Mr Michael Owhoko, confirmed the development in a statement in Lagos that the Chief Executive Office of its Geneva Office, Zhang Yi and […]

I learnt an enduring lesson on the day General Sani Abacha died. It was June 8, 1998, and death had laid its icy hands on the maximum ruler, and the scepter had fallen from the grip of the king. I was deputy editor of National Concord, the newspaper owned by Basorun M.K. O Abiola, the […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has promised that the Federal Government will take urgent measures to include Abia in the amnesty programme designed for for oil-producing areas. Osinbajo made the promise on Friday in Umuahia during a town hall meeting with representatives of different groups from the oil-producing commumites in the state, comprising traditional rulers, women […]

The Department Of State Security has revealed to the Attorney General of the Federation what it told the Senate that made it refuse to confirm Magu as chairman of EFCC twice. The DSS made the revelation in a letter whose copy was obtained by www.www.aso.rocks search engine on Friday. The letter signed by Folasade Bello […]

The General Court Martial (GCM), of the Nigerian Army on Friday passed a verdict demoting a captain, Mathew Aroye, to 2nd lieutenant after finding him guilty of gross indiscipline. The President of the GCM, Olusegun Adeniyi, a brigadier general, gave the verdict during its sitting in Maiduguri. Mr. Adeniyi said: “Captain Aroye, having found you […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is set to recover over $184 million in product under-deliveries recorded against three oil companies in the course of reconciliation of transactions executed during the defunct crude for product swap regime. Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, told journalists in Abuja that the exercise is a […]

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) has said his office does not have the authority to award contracts.  The office of the SGF made the announcement on Friday. In a statement signed by the Press Director, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Bolaji Adebiyi, the SGF said the general […]

Troops of 103 Battalion, 7 Division, Nigerian Army  of Operation LAFIYA DOLE along with some Civilian JTF today, conducted clearance operation at Gombole, Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. During the operation, the troops neutralized a number of Boko Haram terrorists hiding in the area. They also discovered and destroyed an Improvised Explosive Devices […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed appreciation  to the British Government “for the very effective materials and logistical support to Nigeria” in the fight against Boko Haram. According to the President, in spite of “isolated attacks against soft targets,” the British assistance helped in flushing “Boko Haram out of their hide-out base and severely degraded their […]Read More

Sometime in 2010, Nichi Vendola cried out loud to report a group of unruly teeangers who were consistently coming to harass him in his house in Bari. The youngsters would sometimes ring his bell or buzz at his front door and then belted out some homophobic chants before disappearing into the thin air. Nichi, who […]