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The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday signed the amended bill establishing the State University (LASU). The addition to the bill includes that the Vice Chancellor and other principal officers would now have a single term of five years, Professors in the institution would now retire at 70 instead of the usual 65 years […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has restated that his administration will look inwards, enforce regulations to stop financial leakages and adopt global best practices in generating more revenue to mitigate the effect of dwindling oil prices on the Nigerian economy. He gave the reassurance on Tuesday in Abuja while receiving the Managing Director of the International Monetary […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has  said that an inter-ministerial committee will soon be established to speed up  the re-organisation and reformation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Speaking at a meeting with the Chief Executive Officer of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Jin-Yong Cai, at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday, Buhari said that the reformation […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent petitions to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) requesting them “to use your good offices to investigate the degree of complicity of Nigerian banks including the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and financial institutions […]

Since the inauguration of the current government, it has become clear that Nigeria has been under siege for decades, vacillating from one corrupt government to the other with leaders who either lack patriotic commitment for the collective interests of the country or came into office with a deliberate intention to heartlessly destroy the country. It […]

The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Metuh was said to have been picked up in his Abuja home on Tuesday morning by four armed officials of the agency who came in a White unmarked Toyota Hiace bus.  […]

The account of an organisation, Destra Investment Limited, allegedly linked to the spokesman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh  may be frozen when the ongoing $2.1 billion arms  probe gets to a “convenient bend,” Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is suggesting. It was revealed that detectives of the anti-graft agency probing the $2.1 […]

Embattled Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has taken the last chance in his struggle to retain his acclaimed mandate from the 2015 general election after he was sacked by the Appeal Court sitting in Imo State. Ikpeazu on Monday headed to the Supreme Court while still protesting that he is yet to see the […]

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde is visiting Nigeria for a four-day official. In the course of the visit, the IMF representative will meet President Muhammadu Buhari To discuss how the relationship between the organisation and Nigeria could be strengthened. The meeting is also expected to address ways of overcoming Nigeria’s […]

If there is anybody I can vouch for in Buhari’s Cabinet, it is Senator Udoma Udo Udoma. I have known him, and his best friend Keem Bello Osagie, for 30 years. All three of us are graduates of Oxford University, England, although I was there before him and Keem. Udoma is as sharp as a […]

The Nigerian military will not tolerate any form of corruption, the Defence Headquarters has warned, pointing out that  corruption has done far more damage to the country than any other thing. The Acting Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar made the comment on Monday, telling  journalists that the military was fully in support of […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday signed the N662.588bn Y2016 Appropriation Law with a promise that the budget would be faithfully implemented in line with the determination of his administration to make Lagos work for all, irrespective of age, gender, tribe or status. The Governor who spoke at a brief ceremony held at […]