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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has made five new political appointments as part of his effort to position his government to ensure equitable distribution of dividends of democracy in the state. A statement released on Monday in Lokoja, the state capital, by the Secretary to Kogi State Government, Dr. Ayoade Folashade said the Governor […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered how N3.145b was paid into the accounts of six chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and Goodluck Support Group (GSG) by the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) in the build-up to the 2015 presidential election. The beneficiaries include a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode; a […]

Electric power generation in Nigeria on Monday hit 4,068 mega watts. Though it is one of the highest peaks ever generated in the country, it is still very low when compared to the country’s electricity requirement. The new peak is expected to provide some respite for consumers from several days of darkness, but the tripping […]

Former Nigeria coach, Sunday Oliseh has withdrawn a law suit he filed against the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), saying it is in the interest of the country. Oliseh made the announcement on Tuesday via YouTube. “I have instructed my lawyers to withdraw the law suit against the NFF,” he said. “After speaking with well-meaning Nigerians, […]

  In the wake of the Lekki Gardens building collapse, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday fired the General Manager of the Building Control Agency (LASBCA) Engr. Adeigbe Olushola. The Governor also approved the dismissal of the Head of Inspection and Quality Control in the agency, Adeoye Thomas Adeyemi, the Zonal District Officer […]

Top officials of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) may be in for serious trouble as the Auditor-General of the Federation, Samuel Ukura, said on Monday that his office had discovered fraud at the petroleum agency totalling N3.2 trillion. This discovery may have confirmed the allegation by Governor Adams Oshiomhole that several billions of dollars, […]

Embattled senior lawyer, Rickey Tarfa, continued with the battle of his life against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday with an affidavit he had earlier filed urging the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere, to quash the charge against him before the court. The EFCC filed a counter-affidavit last week stating the real […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will Tuesday arraign Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, a former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOS) before Justice O. O Goodluck of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja on fresh two counts of corruption and obtaining by false pretence. The fresh charge followed the completion of […]

  President Muhammadu Buhari has unreservedly condemned Sunday’s terrorist attack on the Grand Bassam Resort in Cote D’Ivoire.  In a telephone call to President Alassane Ouattara after the attack, President Buhari conveyed the sympathy of the Federal Government and people of Nigeria  to the people of Cote D’Ivoire as they mourn their compatriots and foreign visitors […]Read More

To you, my fellow compatriots, I say, “Do not turn away your attention from this epistle of mine; I address you plainly.” Do you know that we, the people determine what manner of nation we want built? Let us reason together. Every time you cast a vote, you launch into the unknown like the fisherman […]

The Federal Government has warned that it will deal ruthlessly with those engaged in pipeline vandalism and the sabotage of power infrastructure that have combined to drastically reduce power generation/transmission as well as fuel supplies in recent times, thus inflicting untold hardship on Nigerians. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of […]

There is today in Nigeria an entire generation of Nigerian-passport wielding men and women who do not actually know, to borrow Achebe’s words that indeed “there was once a country”. These children born in a season of austerity, and raised during the years that the locusts ate, have become angry citizens. They are angry because […]