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Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, wife of the late Biafra warlord, Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, is not taking it lightly with Ms Kemi Olunloyo, a social media activist and daughter of a former politician in the western part of Nigeria. Bianca on Wednesday took Kemi to the cleaners calling her mental health should be checked. Kemi’s sin was […]

The Senate on Wednesday asked its Joint Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream and Downstream), Finance and Appropriation to immediately commence the investigation of joint venture cash calls by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation.  The Senate gave the directive after expressing concern over an allegation that the NNPC had been violating rules governing its joint venture cash […]

‎Former Presidential Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, has urged the executive and legislative arms of government to avoid politicking with the Calabar-Lagos rail project, noting that President Muhammadu Buhari should be encouraged to develop the Niger Delta region. Ita-Giwa, in a statement released on Wednesday, noted that the controversy over the project […]

The Federal Government will require a total sum of $16bn (N3.15tn) in the next five years to address the challenges of infrastructure in the transport sector. The Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Aminu Dikko, gave the figure on Wednesday in Abuja during a capacity building programme for officials in the Ministry of Transport. Giving […]

    Just a day before the world marks the second year anniversary of the abduction of 276 girls kidnapped from the Chibok Secondary School in Borno State on 14th April 2014, global news channel, CNN has published a video showing the girls alive. The video is said to have been recorded by terrorist group, […]

Experts have expressed fear about the new agreement signed by Nigeria to include China’s currency, Yuan in its foreign reserves. While they envisage many opportunities as result of the agreement, they hold several reservations. One reason for this is because China is investing in US treasury and are the largest purchaser of US treasury. They […]

The leadership of the Senate has placed a ‘shut up’ order on its members in apparent move to douse the outrage sparked by the exclusion of the N60 billion Lagos-Calabar Rail Line Project from the N6.06 trillion 2016 budget. A reliable source said that the senators were warned during a close door meeting to desist […]

An employee of Access Bank Plc, Olubunmi Ojoko, on Wednesday, narrated how a former Head of Service, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, used the Federal Government’s N190m which he allegedly kept in a secret account in his capacity as the then Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Financial Action Task Force. Ojoko was testifying as the second […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Beijing warned vandals and saboteurs blowing up oil and gas installations in Nigeria to desist immediately or face the same drastic action being taken against Boko Haram by the Armed Forces. Speaking at a meeting with members of the Nigerian Community in China, Buhari also reaffirmed his total commitment to […]

Twenty police officers of various ranks have been sanctioned for misconduct between November 2015 and March this year. CSP Abayomi Shogunle, the officer in charge of the police Complaint Response Unit (CRU) disclosed this in an interview. In Abuja on Wednesday. Shogunle explained that the sanction followed complaints received from members of the public during […]

‎The Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Gana, on Wednesday said the Corps would partner with the Ministry of Civil Defence, Russia, on capacity building. This is contained in a statement signed by Emmanuel Okeh, the Corps’ Spokesperson and made available to huhu source in Abuja. According to the statement, […]

The House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, over his role in the festering Kogi State House of Assembly crisis. At its resumed session in Abuja after the Easter break, the House raised doubts over Malami’s understanding of law and particularly the 1999 Constitution. […]