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The leadership of the Senate has placed a ‘shut up’ order on its members in apparent move to douse the outrage sparked by the exclusion of the N60 billion Lagos-Calabar Rail Line Project from the N6.06 trillion 2016 budget. A reliable source said that the senators were warned during a close door meeting to desist […]

An employee of Access Bank Plc, Olubunmi Ojoko, on Wednesday, narrated how a former Head of Service, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, used the Federal Government’s N190m which he allegedly kept in a secret account in his capacity as the then Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Financial Action Task Force. Ojoko was testifying as the second […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Beijing warned vandals and saboteurs blowing up oil and gas installations in Nigeria to desist immediately or face the same drastic action being taken against Boko Haram by the Armed Forces. Speaking at a meeting with members of the Nigerian Community in China, Buhari also reaffirmed his total commitment to […]

Twenty police officers of various ranks have been sanctioned for misconduct between November 2015 and March this year. CSP Abayomi Shogunle, the officer in charge of the police Complaint Response Unit (CRU) disclosed this in an interview. In Abuja on Wednesday. Shogunle explained that the sanction followed complaints received from members of the public during […]

‎The Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Gana, on Wednesday said the Corps would partner with the Ministry of Civil Defence, Russia, on capacity building. This is contained in a statement signed by Emmanuel Okeh, the Corps’ Spokesperson and made available to huhu source in Abuja. According to the statement, […]

The House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, over his role in the festering Kogi State House of Assembly crisis. At its resumed session in Abuja after the Easter break, the House raised doubts over Malami’s understanding of law and particularly the 1999 Constitution. […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has promised to investigate Nigerians named in the Panama Papers. The Director of Information at the EFCC, Mr. Osita Nwaja, gave the assurance while addressing protesters who stormed the Abuja head office of the anti-graft agency to demand the probe of all Nigerians accused of operating offshore accounts in […]

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Ndowa Lale, has said that the protest carried out by the students of his institution, which led to the death of a student was a ploy to remove him from his current position. Lale made the claim on Tuesday when the Acting Commissioner of Police […]

Former co-accused to Farouk Lawan, the ex-Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, ‎Boniface Emenalo has said he accepted the $100,000 offered members of the committee by businessman, Femi Otedola with the intention of exposing Otedola’s plot to influence the outcome of their investigation. Emenalo, who the prosecution later substituted as its witness, […]

Oil reached a 2016 high, hitting 43 dollars a barrel on Tuesday, supported by hopes that upcoming meeting of oil producers will agree on steps to tackle a supply glut. The rise was also supported by weak U.S. dollar and further signs of strong demand in China. Many members of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut 16 herbal medicine facilities and seized products over illegal operations in Onitsha, Anambra. The seizure was effected during a raid of illegal products facilities in Onitsha and neighbouring communities — Nkpor and Ogidi — by officials of the agency on Tuesday. Dr […]

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode says the new Mile 12 Market will be ready in six months time. The governor said this on a tour of Imota and Agbowa area of Lagos. Speaking at the site of the proposed Mile 12 Market in Imota, Ambode told traditional rulers and stakeholders in the area that Mile […]