Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday invaded the residence of the embattled former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, his media aide said.
Former senior special assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on public affairs, Doyin Okupe, has recounted how he begged and postrated before former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Read More…
The two major unions in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector on Friday endorsed the price modulation mechanism adopted by the Federal Government to arrive at the new N145 per litre pump price for premium motor spirit, popularly known as petrol. Read More…
Another explosion rocked Chevron Nigeria Limited’s facility in the oil rich Niger Delta on Friday. Read More…
A former presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, has prostrated repeatedly before former President Olusegun Obasanjo, begging the former head of state to forgive him over insults he hurled at him while he (Okupe) served as spokesperson for ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Read More…
A group under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, known as the Concerned PDP Stakeholders, has charge Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose to bring to an abrupt end his attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari’s policies. Read More…
Two persons were burnt to death while another person was seriously injured in a fuel tanker accident that occurred on the Benin-Ore Expressway at Ofosu town in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State on Thursday afternoon. Read More…
Senate President Bukola Saraki and the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) have resolved their differences over the appointment of the Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), as the erstwhile Clerk of the House of Representatives, Mohammed Sani-Omolori assumed office on Thursday. Read More…
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Rivers State chapter, has condemned the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government, stating that it was ill-timed. Read More…
Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Sen. Dino Melaye has urged the National Chairman of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Odigie Oyegun, to ask President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal government to reverse the recently announced increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol. Read More…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, on Thursday sentenced a former accountant of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Babatunde Abisuga, to six months imprisonment for offences bordering stealing N109m pension fund. Read More…
Human and legal rights activist, Mr Femi Falana, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to cancel the new N145 per litre pump price of petrol and save the people from further pains. Read More…
Tinubu backs Buhari over new petrol price
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has thrown his weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari over the new pump price for premium motor spirit (PMS). Read More…
Tompolo behind Niger Delta Avengers – Ex-militant leader
In what appears a fresh insight into the renewed attacks on oil pipelines in the Niger Delta, a former militant, General Africa Ukparasia, on Thursday accused former militant leader Government Ekpemupolo otherwise known as Tompolo of being the brain behind the recent vandalism of oil installations in the Niger Delta.
The Rivers State Government has said that the recent comment by British Prime Minister, David Cameron on Nigeria as being “fantastically corrupt” was in an apparent reference to the Minister of
Transportation and former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi’s “corrupt” legacy in Rivers State. Read More…
Labour leaders on Wednesday vehemently rejected the Federal Government’s removal of subsidy on petrol, saying that it would bring hardship on Nigerians. Read More…
GOVERNOR Seriake Dickson has condemned the killing of soldiers and naval personnel in Bayelsa communities. Read More…
Report reaching our news desk from Makurdi, the Benue State capital, has it that there is an ongoing protest against the immediate past Governor of the state, Gabriel Suswam. Read More…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a ‘doctor’, identified only as Abiodun, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 26-year-old ulcer patient in the Ipaja Ayobo area of the state. Read More…
The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has condemned what it described as “the unabated killing of sung and unsung nationals of Ogoni ethnic nationality” in Rivers State by unknown assailants. Read More…
Alleged wife-killer, Lekan Shonde, has commenced a hunger strike while at the homicide section of the Lagos State Police Command, Panti, Yaba, where he is being detained, Lagos Metro has reliably gathered. Read More…
Suspected vandals on Tuesday night invaded Ubima community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, the home of the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and carted away four transformers that provide electricity to the area. Read More…
Bola Obasanjo, wife of Nigeria’s former president, says her husband does not joke with money. Read More…
Prominent activist and lawyer, Ledum Mitee, has tackled President Muhammadu Buhari, over the Federal Government’s anti-corruption drive, saying suspects are being convicted before they are charged to court. Read More…