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A militant group, the Niger Delta Peoples Professional Volunteer Force (NDPPVF), has threaten to blow up the headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) should EFCC arrests Mrs. Patience Jonathan. The militant group warned in a statement by it’s spokesman Parkinson George-Amabo,  that if the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) […]

The Federal Government is demanding$635 million from two multinational oil companies, Agip and Total, for undeclared crude oil shipped out of the country between 2011 and 2014. Two cases have been filed at the Federal High court in Lagos by senior lawyer and Senior advocate of Nigeria, Professor Fabian Ajogwu, who had handled several cases […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in New York said that the anti-corruption campaign of his administration and the economic programme of diversification will significantly address the lack of job opportunities and deprivation that make Nigerian youths vulnerable to recruitment by human traffickers. The President said this at the meeting on Modern Slavery hosted by the Prime […]

President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has said that what Nigerians are concerned with at the moment, is not who brought the economic woes in the country, but how to get out of it. He stated this on Tuesday as he presided over the first Senate plenary, after its long annual recess. He said as he […]

Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony Elumelu, yesterday, while receiving the ‘Person of the Year’ award at the Africa Investor CEO Institutional Investment Summit hosted alongside the UN General Assembly in New York, extolled stakeholders in the public and private sectors committed to improving access to power in Africa. He first acknowledged the staff and […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday assured Barack Obama, the American President Nigeria is making steady progress towards resolving the problem in the Niger Delta region which has led to economic sabotage on a grand scale. During a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 71st edition of the UN General Assembly, holding in New York, President Buhari disclosed: […]

Malam Adamu Adamu the Minister of  Education has on Tuesday warned principals of Unity Colleges to adhere strictly to the directive on collection of only authorised school fees. The Deputy Director Press, of the ministry, Mr Ben Goong stated this in a publication, issued in Abuja on Wednesday. The minister said that any principal who […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to reduce the number of jets in the presidential fleet from 10 to at most three because it has shown that the country can save about $1.8 billion annually, from the running and maintenance costs of the fleet, if reduced. The 2016 budget has N1.56 billion appropriated for only […]

First Law Associates, solicitors to former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Ibifaka Goodluck Jonathan, has given the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) 14 days with effect from 18th September to lift the embargo on her accounts and tender a public apology to her. In an open letter to EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Magu, the Senior Partner in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in New York said that the anti-corruption campaign of his administration and the economic programme of diversification will significantly address the lack of job opportunities and deprivation that make Nigerian youths vulnerable to recruitment by human traffickers. The President said this at the meeting on Modern Slavery hosted by the Prime […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described President Mohammadu Buhari as the major problem of Nigeria that Nigerians must solve, saying that; “Our President, through his actions and inactions is destroying everything that makes Nigeria a country and well-meaning Nigerians must stand-up to be counted in the crusade to save the country from going […]

…All 5 A’ Court justices drawn from APC-controlled states Ahead of the forthcoming Appeal Court judgment in Abuja on the Bayelsa State governorship election, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva who is challenging the re-election of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, has continued celebration. A civil society organisation, Movement for the Independence […]