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After over five months of tortuous delay, President Muhammadu Buhari finally inaugurated the Federal Executive Council. The unduly long nomination and screening process was unnecessarily politicized, but the expectation of Nigerians is understandably high. Before last Wednesday’s cabinet inauguration, Buhari had been described as clueless, having only integrity without grit; some even said he was […]

The immediate past Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Lamorde has travelled abroad for medical treatment. The revelation was made by Larmorde’s attorney, Festus Keyamo at a meeting with members of the Senate Committee on Ethics on Tuesday. Lamorde was scheduled to appear before the Senate committee over allegations of mismanagement […]

President Mohammadu Buhari, Tuesday received interim report of the 13 man committee set up by the Office of  the National Security Adviser to audit the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence sector from 2007 to date. A statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on media, said that […]

In a spirited effort to end the noticeable fuel queues in major cities across the country, the Honorable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu on Tuesday gave the marching orders to the Department of Petroleum Resources to ensure strict compliance by visiting of adequate sanctions on defaulting fuel stations across the country. […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress is outraged by the continuing incidences of fuel scarcity resulting in skyrocketing prices and long queues spreading to different parts of the country. We note that this is happening despite assurances from government and its agencies that there is enough fuel being distributed around the country and that citizens need not […]

Madam Ogere Siasia, Coach Samson Siasia’s aged mother has been kidnapped. The mother of the Dream Team VI Coach was abducted by heavily armed gunmen who stormed her house in Odoni village, Saghama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Monday, according to sources close to the coach. The abductors were said to have laid […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has dismissed as a contrived distraction the alleged fraud in the Treasury Single Account (TSA) and the rumoured diversion of the TSA funds to bankroll elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States. In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, the Minister said if those behind the […]

The Save Nigeria Group (SNG) has warned that it will mobilise Nigerians for a torrential protest march, if President Muhammadu Buhari does not remove the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Justice Danladi Umar, within the next 72 hours. The group issued the warning at a press conference it held in Abuja on […]

Notwithstanding the amount of publication to convince lawmakers of the importance of social media presence, no single one of the 109 Senators attended the online  training organised on Monday by the office of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. None of the lawmakers’ aides also attended. The workshop was organised for the senators and their aides and […]

First term lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly are to be given a car each by the state government which has secured the approval of N352,973,986 from the state House of Assembly for the purpose. The approval for the amount was unanimously passed with a voice vote after the Speaker of the House, […]

Troops of 7 Division Garrison Nigerian Army in the Operation Lafiya Dole, have arrested a Boko Haram terror kingpin named John Trankil. Trankil, one of those declared wanted by the Army, was nabbed at Kasuwar Shanu in Maiduguri metropolis. According to Colonel Tukur Ismail Gusau, Media Coordinator of Operation Lafiya Dole, the suspect confessed that […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said he will not attend the meeting called by the Federal Government with State governors on the Treasury Single Account (TSA), pointing out categorically that the State Government was not interested in the TSA policy, which he said was a fraud against Nigeria and its people. Governor Fayose […]