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Barely 18 hours after former governor of Akwa Ibom State and current Minority Leader of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, was released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the anti-graft agency has again detained him. Akpabio is facing allegations of corrupt enrichment as governor. He was grilled for hours on Friday after which he […]

Three students of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, who were kidnapped during a Christian fellowship programme on Wednesday have been rescued by men of the Nigerian Police Force, according to the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Emmanuel Ojukwu. Ojukwu, who spoke in Lokoja on Friday while parading 24 suspects, said the students, Ayodele […]

A total of 39 persons were recorded dead in five suicide bomb explosions that rocked Maiduguri, the Borno State capital just between Thursday and Friday, according to statistics gathered by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and released on Friday. NEMA said the incidents also resulted in 49 residents sustaining various degrees of injury. But […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arrested ex-Governor Godswill Akpabio for allegedly misappropriating N101.8billion while he was governor of Akwa-Ibom State and plunging the state into huge indebtedness. Akpabio was taken into custody for interrogation by EFCC operatives at about 5.20 pm. He was accompanied by a few of his aides and […]

Pan-African financial services group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, yesterday, released its 9 months unaudited financial results for 2015 showing a strong 44% rise in profit after tax to N48.6 billion and a 17% rise in gross earnings to N247.2 billion.  The third quarter results also show Net Operating Income (NOI) recorded a strong 21% […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to prosecute the Yobe State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Abu Zarma, who was alleged to have received N15 million bribe to influence the Yobe State Governorship election. The governor said it is only when that is done, that the […]

The Rivers State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted a fresh statement being circulated in the media, allegedly by Mr. Livingstone Wechie, purporting that a court order restraining theSenate from Screening the former State Governor, Rt. Rotimi Amaechi, has been obtained. In a statement issued Thursday by the State’s APC Publicity […]

I have tried delaying the writing of this piece in the honest expectation that someone probably misquoted Chief E.K. Clark, when he reportedly publicly disowned former President Goodluck Jonathan. I had hoped that our dear father, E.K. Clark, would issue a counter statement and say the usual things politicians say: “they quoted me out of […]

Bumbling: Move or act in an awkward or confused manner:. Oxford Dictionary Conniving: Someone conniving is calculating, scheming, and shrewd — in other words, sneaky and up to no good. Oxford It is difficult to tell what is going on in PMB’s head. If he is bumbling, then this is very sad news for Nigeria. […]

The Nigerian Senate has postponed the screening of ministerial nominees till early next week. The postponement was announced via the National Assembly’s twitter handle on Thursday. “There will be no ministerial screening today,” the assembly twitted. “We will continue on Tuesday.” At the end of the second day of the screening and confirmation at the […]

Not many Nigerians were excited by the list of ministerial nominees submitted by President Buhari, especially the first batch. Given the time it took the President  to unveil the nominees  – over four months after his inauguration –  people were expecting to be surprised,  if not wowed, with the list of ‘saints’ the President gave […]

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday continued with the screening of more nominees for President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet with former governors Babatunde Fashola of Lagos, Chris Ngige, a former Senator and Mr. Ibe Kachukwu, who currently heads the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) answering questions from the senators. BABATUNDE FASHOLA Fashola, who was the first to […]