Lagos Government Demolishes Popular Market

Many traders at the popular Sandgrous Market in Lagos State could not hold back their tears on Friday as officials of the state government led a demolition squad to the…

IG Begins Move To Check Human Rights Abuses In SARS

Troubled by the human rights abuses for which the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) — one of the 14 units of the Nigeria Police Force — has become known across Nigeria,…

Nigeria To Start Producing Military Hardware, Says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said Nigeria could no longer depend on foreign countries for all its military needs. He therefore asked that the Federal Ministry of Defence should plan…

EFCC Probe: Civil Society Accuses Osinbajo, APC Governors Of Shielding Aregbesola

The Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEO) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, over his alleged interference in the salary…

$2.1m seized cash: Ex-NHIS boss appears in EFCC

…insists ‘I am not on the run’ Former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Olufemi Thomas has voluntarily submitted himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes…

I need prayers, not congratulatory messages – NNPC (Gmd)

The new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has asked his friends and well-wishers to stop congratulating him in media adverts. Kachikwu…

Bayelsa Guber Election: Patience Jonathan backs Sylva

As Bayelsans prepare to elect a new governor on December 5 this year, there are indications that the wife of the former president, Dame Patience Jonathan is backing the governorship ambition of…

Probe Tinubu, Amaechi, PDP Tells EFCC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to probe the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu and former governor of…

Kaduna State Adopts Treasury Single Account

…Asks Banks To Close Government Accounts The Kaduna State Government on Thursday announced its decision to commence implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) framework by 1st September 2015. The…

CBN bans Foreign Currency Cash Deposits

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has banned the deposit of foreign currency in all banks in Nigeria. The ban was ordered on Wednesday, and becomes effective with immediate effect.…