There were indications that the Publisher of ThisDay Newspaper, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, has returned the sum of N350m to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Read More…
The Senate Committee on Niger Delta on Wednesday summoned the Accountant-General of the Federation to appear before it over the non-remittances of some Federal Government agencies’ contributions to the Niger Delta Development Commission. Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why Nigeria refused to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union, African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP). Read More…
Ahead of the state and national assembly re-run elections scheduled to hold on March 19, Senator Magnus Abe (All Progressives Congress) has appealed to candidates of other political parties to dissuade their supporters from engaging in violence. Read More…
The former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Dr. Temitope Aluko, has declared that he is not aware of any warrant of arrest issued against him by an Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court or any court for alleged perjury. Read More…
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase has said that stun guns will soon be introduced as part of efforts to reduce casualties associated with misuse of firearms by police officers. Read More…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) said on Thursday in Abuja that the Federal Government had yet to make a final pronouncement on the status of Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta. Read More…
A Coalition of Human Rights and Pro-Democracy Based Civil Society Organizations has said the federal government of Nigeria must report the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations (UN) for Read More…
Secretary Board of Trustees (BoT) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin, has said members of the board will not allow personal ambition to destroy the good name of the party because of the ongoing chairmanship crisis rocking the party. Read More…
The minister of state for solid minerals, Abubakar Bawa Bwari, has said that more than 7 foreign firms are jostling for the completion of the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited. Read More…
YOUTH leaders in the Niger Delta region have described as untrue allegations that a former militant leader in the region, Chief Ateke Tom, is harbouring a former ex-militant, Solomon Ndigbara, and has refused to release him (Ndigbara) to security agencies. Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said his predecessor; former President Goodluck Jonathan made a mark that no leader in Nigeria has ever made, by conceding victory to him after the 2015 Presidential election. Read More…
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, denied any information of the rehabilitation and modernisation of the N1tn railway contract awarded between 2010 and 2015.
The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Udom Emmanuel of the Peoples Democratic Party as governor of the oil-rich Akwa Ibom State. Read More…
In this week’s backlash and lashback, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Senator Dino Melaye engage themselves over corruption allegation levelled against the National Assembly by the former Nigerian leader. Read More…
A Chief Magistrate’s court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, has granted a motion for an order that the Commissioner of Police in the state should arrest and prosecute a Read More…
In comparing the agitations being made by the Ondo state people for one of theirs to head the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, with the substantive appointment of Madam Ibim Semenitari as Managing Director, I came across a vital cliché. Read More…
Former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori has completed his prison terms in the United Kingdom. But he is yet to be a free man, as he was immediately re-arrested. Read More…
Crew members as well as passengers aboard a chartered Bristow helicopter which crashed Wednesday while flying from Port Harcourt to Lagos survived the accident, the Accident Investigations Bureau has said. Read More…
The Presidency, Tuesday night, reacted to reports by an online newspaper that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government is proposing to spend N3.87 billion on capital projects at the State House Medical Centre, Aso Rock, Abuja. Read More…
Minister of Transport, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has stated that he suffered a lot in the hands of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) as the Rivers State governor, saying “I suffered a lot about corruption without any proof against me.” Read More…
The recent trip by key members of the federal cabinet to China to re-open discussions with the Asian country’s Exim Bank was not without drama, Read More…
The International Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has issued world-wide red alert on former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. Read More…