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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, resolved to write the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba to probe and prosecute its Resident Electoral Commissioner in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa Ari.   The electoral umpire reached the decision when its National Commissioners met at the commission’s national headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday over Adamawa […]

The United States has charged three Nigerians with money laundering and a fraud scheme with losses of more than $6 million. The Nigerians – 29-year-old Kosi Goodness Simon Ebo, James Junior Aliyu aged 28 and Henry Onyedikachi Echefu, aged 31 – are accused of conspiring to commit wire fraud and money laundering related to a […]

    The Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Office has revealed how the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi was harassed by immigration officers at Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom.  Spokesman for the Campaign Council, Diran Onifade, in a statement on Wednesday said the former Anambra State governor was detained and questioned for a […]

Twenty-two tertiary institutions in Nigeria have received a disbursement of N5.5 billion grant from the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa initiative. In a statement, the Social…   Twenty-two tertiary institutions in Nigeria have received a disbursement of N5.5 billion grant from the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa initiative.   In a statement, the Social Development Specialist of […]

Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has asked the ‘Obidient Family’, which he leads, to see the incessant attacks on them as a huge sacrifice needed to rescue and build a new Nigeria that is possible.   Obi, in a series of tweets, on Easter Monday, said he identified with his supporters who have […]

  The United Kingdom has stopped “active recruitment” of skilled and experienced health and social care personnel from Nigeria and 53 other countries globally, mostly African nations.   In its updated ‘Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England’, the UK placed Nigeria and the other countries on […]

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has ordered the posting and redeployment of 21 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to various Departments, Commands, and Formations. Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi made this known in a statement on Saturday. According to him, the posting is in line with “the IGP’s mandate and strategies to […]

The development took place in Abuja on Thursday during an emergency meeting of the LP National Working Committee (NWC).   Some members of the National Working Committee of the Labour Party (LP) led by the Deputy National Chairman of the party (South) Lamidi Apapa have taken over the affairs of the party following a court […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that Nigeria is more divided than it has ever been after the 2023 general elections, calling for national reconciliation to assuage the aggrieved and the youths for national peace and cohesion.   He made the call at the public presentation of From Elections To Governance & Performance Presentation of […]

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the UK government to show mercy in dealing with former Senate President, Ike Ewkeremadu who is being tried for organ trafficking.   Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice and a doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to the United Kingdom with […]

There are signs that a fresh crisis might be brewing in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State. This is as some members of the State Executive Council have announced the suspension of the State Chairman of the party, Emeka Beke.   The executive members at a media briefing in Port Harcourt also announced […]

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it is not aware of any “missing” N20bn in the company.   The company’s spokesman, Garba Deen Muhammad, in a statement on Monday, said the company knew nothing about the payment of the sum of N20bn to ghost consultants as alleged by an online platform, Sahara […]