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President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in New Delhi, India reaffirmed his Administration’s resolute commitment  to curbing corruption, plugging all loopholes in public sector accounting and deploying available resources for the good of all Nigerians. Addressing members of the Nigerian community in India, Buhari declared that the recovery of stolen funds and  prosecution of persons who have […]

The Nigerian Army has announced the killing of 30 Boko Haram members and the rescue of 338 victims abducted by the sect. The Army said this feat was recorded by troops of 28 Task Force Brigade Nigerian Army deployed at Bitta and Pridang and who carried out a successful raid on suspected Boko Haram terrorists […]

The World Bank has ranked Nigeria 169 out of 189 countries in its latest report on the ease of doing business globally.  The report is an improvement over previous rankings.  The information was revealed to newsman in a statement by the Head of Communications, World Bank Nigeria, Mr Obadiah Tohomdet, on Tuesday in Abuja. According […]

…As NNPC Moves to eliminate Hawking of Nigerian Crude  The new wave of openness and transparency pervading the operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) received fresh impetus on Tuesday with the public harvesting of 278 bids submitted by indigenous and foreign firms seeking to secure contract for the sale and purchase of the […]

The Lagos State Government has appealed the judgement of a State  High Court which on 23rd October 2015 declared that the appointment of Caretaker Committees to manage the affairs of Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas was illegal. The court had given the state government 30 days to conduct elections into the 20 […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a congratulatory message to Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi on his emergence as the 51st Ooni of Ife and successor to the late Oba Okunade Sijuwade. He urged the Ooni-designate  to commit himself to carrying all his subjects along to a new era of peace, stability and progress in Ife, Yorubaland […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called an emergency meeting of its national caucus to discuss issues relating to the recent judgements of Election Petition Tribunals which have affected the party. A statement by Chief Olisa Metuh, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, on Monday said the meeting would hold on 29th October 29 in Abuja. […]

The former Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Chris Omeben, who investigated the murder of prominent Nigerian journalist Dele Giwa, has finally revealed that the major suspect in the saga was Kayode Soyinka, the man who sat with the late Giwa shortly before he was killed. He also said powerful forces frustrated his attempt to successfully execute […]

…Stanbic IBTC Dismisses Claim For alleged accounting irregularities and improper disclosures in Stanbic IBTC’s 2013 and 2014 financial statements, the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) has suspended the Chairman of the bank, Mr. Peterside Atedo; Managing Director, Mrs. Sola David-Borha and KPMG’s duo of Arthur Oginga and Dr. Daru Owei. The suspension was revealed […]

In a manner that was sufficiently self-indicting and far from being evocative of any painstaking commitment to screening the cabinet nominees, the Senate on Thursday finally screened former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi along with four others. But in continuation of the cat-and-mouse game that has marred the process; the nominees were not confirmed before […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday sent a congratulatory message to Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi on his appointment as the new Ooni of Ife. The appointment of 40-year old Ogunwusi was announced in a short statement by the Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, in the early hours of Monday.   Ambode, in […]

The Delta State Governorship Election petition sitting in Asaba, the state capital, on Monday upheld the election of Dr.Ifeanyi Okowa, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate.More to come.