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Following Tuesday’s signing bilateral agreements between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Nigeria’s political elites who hitherto have used the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a “safe haven” for looted funds are now scampering to move their loots. Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Tuesday in Abu Dhabi signed six agreements to enhance […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah as the new Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). He now replaces Mrs Roli Bode-George, wife of Chief Bode George who had headed the agency in acting capacity since the retirement of Mallam Ahmadu Giade. Abdallah’s appointment was backdated to 11th January […]

The Federal Government has appealed to the media to join hands with it in sensitizing Nigerians to the damage that corruption has done to the nation, warning that unless Nigeria kills corruption, the vice is capable of killing the country.   The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the appeal on Monday […]

President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Abu Dhabi that Nigeria has made very significant progress towards ending the Boko Haram insurgency since his assumption of office on May 29 last year. Speaking at a meeting with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki Moon on the sidelines of the World Future Energy Summit, […]

If further proof was ever required that the change-promising APC government of President Buhari does not understand let alone start work on its much vaunted change agenda, one needs look no further than the 2016 Appropriation Bill before the National Assembly. Reports that the 2016 budget went missing, compounded accusations that the Presidency submitted two […]

The Senate on Saturday evening responded to the statement by the former interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande in which he described the claim that the 2016 budget was missing from the upper legislative chamber as an indication of the indiscipline that produced its leadership. The Senate said it […]

One of the things I have had to do in recent times was to renew my driver’s licence. This took me to the headquarters of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Abuja. The procedure requires the applicant’s presence: forms to be filled, fees to be paid, fingerprinting to be done, and so, that was […]

Lassa Fever is gradually becoming an epidemic in Nigeria spreading to various states of the federation including Lagos. As a result of the discovery of a case in Lagos State on Friday, the state government has shut down the popular Ahmmadiyyah Hospital in the Ojokoro area of the state. A patient, 25-year old undergraduate of […]

Luke 6:8 says, “And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.” When the purpose of a thing is not known, abuse or abnormal use is inevitable. The steward received commendation from his master, who was […]

In furtherance of the anti graft war, President Mohammadu Buhari , Friday, ordered the EFCC to probe former Chief of Defence Staff, Chiefs of Air Staff, and thirty six others over corruption in military procurements. A statement issued by Garba Shehu, SSA to the President on Media & Publicity, said the probe was necessitated by the recommendation of […]

Embattled spokesman for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh has been ordered to be remanded in prison. Metuh who appeared before a federal High Court in Abuja on Friday to enter a ‘not guilty plea’ to a seven-count charge of corruption and money laundering was ordered by the court to be detained in the Kuje prison, […]

January 15 every year is Nigeria’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day: wreaths are laid, statements are made, soldiers, government officials and the Nigerian Legion attend parades, pigeons symbolizing peace are released, a dinner is organized for widows of fallen soldiers and there is so much talk about death and dying for one’s country all in honour […]