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In furtherance of the anti graft war, President Mohammadu Buhari , Friday, ordered the EFCC to probe former Chief of Defence Staff, Chiefs of Air Staff, and thirty six others over corruption in military procurements. A statement issued by Garba Shehu, SSA to the President on Media & Publicity, said the probe was necessitated by the recommendation of […]

Embattled spokesman for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh has been ordered to be remanded in prison. Metuh who appeared before a federal High Court in Abuja on Friday to enter a ‘not guilty plea’ to a seven-count charge of corruption and money laundering was ordered by the court to be detained in the Kuje prison, […]

The duo of President Muhammadu Buhari and Senate President Bukola Saraki received serious criticisms from Nigerians on Thursday following an update on alleged missing soft and hard copies of Nigeria’s 2016 budget from the Senate. The Senate had on Wednesday finally confirmed that the document was missing while the House of Representatives said it had […]

A seven count charge of criminal breach of trust, corruption and money laundering has been preferred  against the National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, Mr Olisa Metuh, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has revealed.  According to the charge papers, Metuh transferred the sum of $1 million dollars through his agent, Nneka […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an investigation into the abduction of the 219 girls from Government Secondary in Chibok, Borno State. The panel to investigate the incident which happened on 14th April 2014 is soon to be named by the National Security Adviser, NSA, General Babagana Munguno. The investigation will seek to, among other things, […]

The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Solomon Arase, has ordered that all police officers bearing firearms in the performance of official duties be subjected to psychological test and evaluation. The order is coming in response to the recent extra-judicial killings by some policemen in some parts of the country. This exercise, according to Arase, is to […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  has instituted a forty count charge against Chief Government Ekpemupolo  aka Tompolo and Nine others. According to the court document dated 12th January, Tompolo will be docked alongside nine others accused persons including: Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi, former DG, NIMASSA, Global West Vessel Specialist Ltd, Odimiri Electrical Ltd, Kime […]

A Lagos High Court has summoned former Niger Delta militant leader Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo to appear before it on Thursday, 14th January 2016. According to the court document dated 12th January, Tompolo will be docked alongside nine others accused persons including: Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi, Global West Vessel Specialist Ltd, Odimiri Electrical Ltd, […]

The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital‎ Territory (FCT), Justice Ishaq Bello, has warned magistrates in the FCT to stop granting remand orders to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Chief Judge issued the warning during his visit to the Keffi Medium prison in Keffi, Nasarawa State, on Tuesday. The directive is coming […]

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday announced the flagging off of 114 roads to be constructed in the 57 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the State, just as it assured that more roads will be accommodated in the next phase of the project. Two roads will be constructed in […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appealed to the police to provide more security for vulnerable places across the country in order to prevent attacks on such places by Boko Haram insurgents. The Minister made the appeal when he paid a courtesy visit to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, […]

US-trained legal practitioner and former Secretary to Delta State Government, Obaisi Ovie Omo-Agege‎ of the Labour Party (LP) was on Tuesday issued a Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to represent Delta Central in the Senate. He however demanded that the judiciary and lawmakers in the country should work in concert […]