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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Monday expressed support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption agenda by recommending jail for anyone guilty of such offence. The monarch expressed belief that all those found guilty should not only have their entire assets seized and forfeited to government but also face jail sentences.   He expressed […]

Brigandage, irresponsible, disgraceful and lawless are words that best describe the havoc wreaked by soldiers in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, allegedly protesting the killing of their colleague by suspected cultists last Friday. The soldiers, said to belong to the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineering (NASME), unleashed terror on residents at the North Bank […]

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Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi has voluntarily resigned from government service. President Muhammadu Buhari accepted his resignation on Monday. The retirement will commence on Tuesday. Dikko’s resignation had been conveyed to the president earlier in a letter dated 3rd August. Buhari’s approval of Dikko’s request was dated 14th August in an […]Read More

Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect terrorising the north-eastern part of Nigeria has declared that he is not dead. Shekau made the declaration in an audio recording released on Sunday attributed to him by security experts.   Contrary to the claims by Chadian leader Idriss Deby who said the terror lord had been […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as spine-chilling and mind-boggling the massive looting of the nation’s treasury by public officials, saying nothing but the total recovery of the funds will be acceptable to all patriotic Nigerians. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party […]

It is tough to manage an economy even in times of boom so it is definitely tougher to do so in times of economic woes. Various governments around the world employ different monetary and fiscal policy measures in order to pilot their economies in the right direction and prevent a crash. What makes the job […]

Deputy Governor of Borno State, Zannah Umar Mustard is dead. Mustapha died in Yola, Adamawa State allegedly of heart attack while he was in the state to represent his governor at an official engagement. He was said to have died in his sleep at an official lodge in Yola and was discovered dead at about 8am […]

… APC Faking Metuh’s Suspension, Says PDP Olisa Metuh, the national publicity secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been suspended by the Anambra state chapter of the party,  over claims of financial misappropriation. The suspension was announced in a statement released and signed by the state party Publicity Secretary Kenneth Arinze on Friday. Metuh’s […]

The Adamawa Government on Friday announced that it had budgeted the sum of N200 million to pay prayer warriors who would take a divine angle in seeking an end to insurgency in the state. The prayer warriors are expected to pray against the Boko Haram and all other forms of insecurity in the state.   […]

… Restructuring is mere hypocrisy with Komolafe still in service – sources Following the ongoing restructuring and reactions trailing it at the the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the corporation has decried attempts by a section of the media to politicise the recent appointments and retirements in the Corporation by imputing ethnic coloration to the […]

Distinguished Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, I wish to bring to your attention the unfortunate and unlawful activities of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company ‎(BEDC) which have led to perpetual blackout and paralysed economic activities in the entire Ondo South senatorial district of Ondo State.    My heart bleeds as I make this passionate […]