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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the redeployment of 37 Police Commissioners to State Commands and the Federal Capital Territory. The redeployment was made known by the commission, in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement signed  by spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, the posting was  in line with Section 215 of the 1999 Constitution, […]

·Terminates Offshore Processing Agreements, Invites Companies for fresh Bid    ·Begins Process for engagement of new off-takers for 2015/16 crude oil term contracts The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Wednesday announced new measures aimed at cost reduction and strengthening of operational efficiency across its value chain.   The NNPC in a release stated that […]

. . . Reiterates Need For POCA, NFIC Laws Following the N1 trillion Naira recovered loot allegedly diverted by the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other unresolved cases of corruption hanging around the neck of the anti-graft Agency, a Civil Society Organisation, Media Initiative against Injustice, Violence and Corruption (MIIVOC) […]

FBN Capital Limited has announced the successful conclusion of the Series 1 Bond Issuance offer for the Cross River State Government, under its N40 billion bond issuance program.  The 7-year tenured Bonds with maturity due in 2022 were issued via a Book Building process by FBN Capital Limited, following its appointment as the Lead Issuing […]

It seems President Muhammadu Buhari is hell-bent on wrestling Nigeria from her enemies for the sake of the common man or simply said for the good of the majority. Nigeria is a country for which I always lack an apt descriptive narrative. But one thing I know is that our nation, Nigeria is a cesspool […]

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State is the current poster child of erring governors; governors who have not been able to pay workers’ salaries for a long spell.  In Aregbesola case, the man has not bothered to pay his State’s workers or retirees’ pension since sometime last year.  The governor has received a lot of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari said the current situation in which Nigeria is forced to spend billions of Naira annually on subsidies for petroleum products is a result of the shoddiness of the past administrations. Buhari made the assertion on Tuesday at a meeting with the Chairman and members of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission […]

Senate President Bukola Saraki late Tuesday denied any personal involvement in the alleged probe of embattled chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde. The Senate had been divided over the invitation of Lamorde following allegations of fraud relating to a whooping N1 trillion. The allegations, in the form of a petition, […]

Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Dr. John Atte, on Tuesday redeployed five Customs Comptrollers, saying this was part of the new resolve to tighten border security and pursue vigorously the achievements of the 2015 revenue target. A very terse statement from the service listed the affected officers and their new areas of posting […]

The decision by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Security Agency (NSA), to register and capture the biometric data of all mobile phone subscribers, ostensibly to curb crimes committed through mobile phones and other cyber outlets in the country is an action that was long overdue. The activities of scammers and incidence of […]

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has explained that the Petroleum Industry Bill which has been pending before the National Assembly in the last seven years requires extensive engagements with all stakeholders to iron out all grey areas. Dr. Kachikwu who chaired a special session on the proposed […]

A young female suicide bomber on Tuesday killed herself and seven others including a pregnant woman at the Damaturu Motor Park, Yobe State. The incident which has been condemned by the State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, also resulted in injury to many others at the park. The veiled bomber had disguised as a passenger, and detonated […]