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Oil magnate tied in media reports to former petroleum minister is now wanted by Nigerian authorities.Five offshore companies used to buy property, take out loans and register aircraft, according to files Even after a string of serious allegations in the press, Mossack Fonseca helped process a $30 million loan for client In September 2015, Beyoncé […]

Elizabeth Ativie, the first female to emerge Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, has been asked to step down by the parties Leadership to pave way for a lawmaker from Edo Central senatorial district to emerge speaker. Party sources say this was to balance power equation in the state. Ativie was made Speaker […]

‎President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to criticisms that he has no economic team. He said the reasons is that that such people frequently make government policy to suit their own narrow interests. Buhari  noted this in  an interview he granted a magazine, on Sunday were he stated that during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, […]

Nigerian Twin brothers, Peter Okoye and Paul Okoye, P-Square, are back together has a team. In a message posted on Instagram on Monday morning Peter Okoye, said they have tried the “lonely road and it was not the same.” It read: “My dear fans, P-Square is back. Ours is a journey that started from our mother’s womb. It […]Read More

The Niger Delta Avengers on Monday claimed responsibility for the attack on a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation gas pipeline  at Nsit-Ibom council area of Akwa Ibom State. This was communicated in a statement sent by the spokesperson for the group, Mudoch Agbinibo, who revealed that the  facility was blown up at about 11:30pm on Sunday […]

The Governor of Ekiti State  Mr Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday threw a challenge to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to make public the statement it has squeezed from the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, in its ongoing probe of money meant for the purchase of arms and the funding of […]

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Sunday confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim that the Federal Government was actually in talks with Niger Delta militants through the oil companies and law enforcement agents. Spokesperson of the group, Jomo Gbomo, in a press statement, said: “The Movement for the Emancipation of the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep shock and horror at the shootings which recently rocked Munich, Germany. On behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Buhari sends his most sincere condolences to the families and friends of victims of the barbaric act. The President says it is quite unfortunate and inconceivable that the forces […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that N12.6 billion has been allocated for vaccination of Nigerians in the 2016. He also restated that the country is determined to totally eradicate all vaccine preventable diseases from the country like it has been done with wild polio virus. The president gave the assurance on Saturday to commemorate the […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed that foreign currency realised from inward money remittances should be sold to licensed Bureau De Change (BDC) operators. CBN gave the directive via a circular with reference number, “TED/FEM/ FPC/GEN/01/004, dated 22nd July 2016 and posted on its Website. The circular, which was signed by the Acting […]

The Federal Government says it has commenced collation of data towards addressing infrastructure imbalance in all the zones of the country, with a view to stemming the tide of restiveness, corruption and poverty. It also said that the Federal Character Commission (FCC) is looking into data banks and soliciting information from appropriate quarters in a […]

It seems like the anti-waste war led by President Muhammadu Buhari is going to be under intense test soon as some people in his inner circle are violating his rules.  On Tuesday, a well-known close ally of the president, the Comptroller General of Customs, Hamid Ali, was spotted flying first class on British Airways flight […]