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The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Wednesday, continued to tighten the noose on former President Jonathan. www.www.aso.rocks search engine gathered that Col. Ojogbane Adegbe, Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to former President Goodluck Jonathan has been arrested in Lagos. www.www.aso.rocks search engine understands that Col. Adegbe, who is  a person of interest in  the $2.1bn shady arm deal […]Read More

Mahmud Mohammed, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) has described as inconsiderate and ignorant of judiciary operations, those criticizing judicial officers as corrupt. Mohammed made the assertion on Wednesday, while speaking at a special valedictory session held in his honour in Abuja. The CJN is retiring from the judiciary after 38 years of service. He […]

What would have been a nasty altercation was prevented by the timely intervention of soldiers nearby the Maska Road, off Ali Akilu Road  branch of the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) in Kaduna on Wednesday. A source at the scene explained that trouble began when the FCMB staff abandoned customers who were on queue to […]

Muhammadu Buhari presented the proposed 2016 budget on December 22, 2016, naming it “the budget of change”, but Nigerians have now re-christened the document “budget of corruption”. While some of the public concerns about suspicious and fraudulent allocations are valid, the presidency has said that the president is open to correction, admitting that the budget […]

The Permanent Secretary, State House, Alhaji Jalal Arabi has defended the 2016 State House budget proposal of N18.1 billion before the National Assembly.  Defending the budget before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-governmental Affairs, and members of the House of Representatives Committee on Special Duties in Abuja on Tuesday, Arabi that N3.2 billion […]

Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwukah on Tuesday ordered reporters out of the venue of the inauguration of committee on recruitment of 500,000 teachers.  Anwukah sent the journalists out after they asked for the names of the Chairman and Secretary of the newly inaugurated committee. The committee was being set up as a […]

Stiffer security measures have been installed at the Presidential Villa, Abuja in order to forestall terror attacks. As part of such measures, Chief Security Officer (CSO) to President Muhammadu Buhari, B Abubakar, directed all tinted cars and other vehicles to be thoroughly searched.   The circular dated 26th January, 2016 with Reference number C-in-C/CSO/LTU/558 was titled; […]

Members of the Senate have held a meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The meeting was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Senators were le by Ali Ndume, the senate leader. Others who attended the meeting, held o Tuesday include Senator Dino Melaye and Senator Monsurat Sumonu. Asked what the meeting was about, Ndume […]

Simon Achuba, a former Deputy Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly,  has been sworn in as the Deputy Governor of the state. Achuba was sworn in on Tuesday  after the state House of Assembly approved his nomination for the position. Following James Faleke’s refusal to join Governor Yahaya Bello’s administration, the recently sworn in […]

The Department of State Security on Tuesday evening announced that it had arrested a final year student of a university in Minna, Niger State, for allegedly helping ISIS with recruitment of Nigerians.Some others were arrested with him, according to the statement signed by Tony Okpuiyo. Read the full statement below: In line with the Service […]

In a move yet to be explained by operatives of the Directorate of State Security (DSS), the Maitama residence of Bayelsa’s first class monarch and close ally of former President Goodluck, King A.J Turner has been raided. During the raid carried out on Monday, several documents, including insignificant amount of dollars, pound sterling, naira and […]

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have summoned the State Commissioner for Transportation, a Special Adviser and the General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority to appear before it next Tuesday to give clarifications on the persistent incidents of boat mishaps in the state. Those summoned include the State Commissioner for Transport, Hon. Dayo […]