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A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has ordered that the forfeiture of the sum of $9,772,00 and  £74,000 recovered from a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC,  Mr. Andrew Yakubu to the Federal Government. Justice Zainab Abubakar gave the order following an ex parte application by the EFCC’s counsel, […]Read More

A witness in the case of alleged N8 billion CBN  currency scam on Tuesday said that there was a syndicate at the Ibadan branch of  the apex bank behind the fraud. Mr Edwin Ennah, a retired Head of Currency Processing and Disposal Unit, said that he discovered that some people were replacing cut newspapers and […]

The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris has noted that the quality of  leadership provided by President  Muhammadu Buhari, which he described as  rare courage and political will is a major reason for the successes so far achieved by the Treasury Single Account policy implementation. The AGF made this disclosure  during his welcome Address […]

The Presidency has alerted Nigerians on the possible return of President Muhammadu Buhari from London any moment from today as he is no longer “enjoying his stay’’ outside the country. President Buhari, who proceeded on vacation to UK on 19th January for a routine medical check had indicated in a letter to the Senate, transmitted […]

The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has struck out a motion of stay of execution, filed by the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, to stall the payment of N2.5bn to 110 workers, whose appointments were terminated. Justice Rakiya Haastrup, in her ruling, maintained that the motion was “not competent, lacking in merit and therefore refused, and struck […]

February 14; St. Valentine’s Day – is a day unlike any other. Love will be celebrated across the globe in all its forms – filial, erotic, plutonic and even agape. But as Nigerians celebrate the day specially set aside for lovers to exchange avowals with each other, some very unedifying developments raise fundamental questions about […]

President Of the United States of America, Donald Trump has invited President Muhammadu Buhari to Washington at a mutually convenient date. Trump handed out the invitation to on Monday during a telephone conversation at the request of the American President. The conversation was cordial and President Buhari who is currently in London congratulated Trump on […]

President Donald Trump has said that the US will assist Nigeria with military weapons in the fight against terrorism. The US president made this known in a phone   conversation with President Buhari on Monday. A statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), said, “President Muhammadu Buhari this afternoon from […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has urged States in the Southwest to adopt a common strategy to curb the menace of herdsmen so as to prevent people of the region from being consumed by hunger, asking; “how do we continue to encourage our people to embrace farming when their investments are being lost daily?” […]

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on Sunday said Arik Air would require over N10 billion to fix the root cause of its problems before it could resume full and uninterrupted flight operations to its regular routes across the country and beyond AMCON made the disclosure in a statement signed by its Spokesman, Mr […]

On Tuesdya, February 7, 2017, at the popular city of Onitsha, two soldiers, Corporal Bature Samuel and Corporal Abdulazeez Usman, like demons on a mission, went berserk and grievously brutalized a physically-challenged man, Mr Chijioke Uraku, for wearing a military camouflague. Although the military authorities have pleaded with Nigerians and the international community to treat […]

Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group is set to launch in Sokoto, Sokoto state it’s multi-million naira 25, 000 hectares of rice Outgrower scheme with a prospect of hundreds of thousand of employment opportunities for the rural communities inhabitants. President of the Group, Aliko Dangote disclosed at the weekend that the Company will on […]