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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as spine-chilling and mind-boggling the massive looting of the nation’s treasury by public officials, saying nothing but the total recovery of the funds will be acceptable to all patriotic Nigerians. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party […]

Deputy Governor of Borno State, Zannah Umar Mustard is dead. Mustapha died in Yola, Adamawa State allegedly of heart attack while he was in the state to represent his governor at an official engagement. He was said to have died in his sleep at an official lodge in Yola and was discovered dead at about 8am […]

… APC Faking Metuh’s Suspension, Says PDP Olisa Metuh, the national publicity secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been suspended by the Anambra state chapter of the party,  over claims of financial misappropriation. The suspension was announced in a statement released and signed by the state party Publicity Secretary Kenneth Arinze on Friday. Metuh’s […]

The Adamawa Government on Friday announced that it had budgeted the sum of N200 million to pay prayer warriors who would take a divine angle in seeking an end to insurgency in the state. The prayer warriors are expected to pray against the Boko Haram and all other forms of insecurity in the state.   […]

… Restructuring is mere hypocrisy with Komolafe still in service – sources Following the ongoing restructuring and reactions trailing it at the the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the corporation has decried attempts by a section of the media to politicise the recent appointments and retirements in the Corporation by imputing ethnic coloration to the […]

Distinguished Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, I wish to bring to your attention the unfortunate and unlawful activities of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company ‎(BEDC) which have led to perpetual blackout and paralysed economic activities in the entire Ondo South senatorial district of Ondo State.    My heart bleeds as I make this passionate […]

Former Lagos Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has taken his time to defend allegations of corruption and immorality levelled against him by some civil society groups and politicians maintaining that he had since moved on. He likened his accusers and critics to pigs which would excitedly remain soiled even when those they seem to harm remain […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to do more to publicise its inventions for the benefit of Nigerians. Speaking in Abuja after NASENI presented its recent works to the President and his delegation, Buhari observed that unless the agency’s inventions are adopted and further developed by […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Alhaji Sanusi Ado Bayero.   The president announced the termination of appointment on Thursday through his Special Adviser Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. The termination of Bayero’s appointment is with immediate effect. “He (Bayero) is to hand over […]

Nigerian central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele says he’s on a mission to transform the economy. That’s not what investors are seeking. While the collapse of oil revenue in Africa’s biggest crude producer has limited the bank’s ability to prop up the currency, Emefiele, 54, has resisted pressure to devalue the naira. Instead, he has imposed […]

The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC), an anti-corruption coalition in Nigeria, has sent a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) demanding that the anti-graft agency should look into the questionable expenditures of the immediate past administration in Lagos, led by Babatunde Fashola.   According to the petition dated 10th August and […]

Rescue workers at the site of the crashed helicopter in Lagos on Wednesday recovered the occupants of the ill-fated chopper with four dead. Six others sustained serious injuries and are now receiving treatment at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, located in Ikeja, Lagos after their transfer from the Gbagada General Hospital.   The Bristol […]