Buhari: I Was Removed in 1985 For Ignoring IMF, World Bank Advice

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday recalled reasons for his removal as military Head of State in 1985. According to him, his refusal to adhere to an...

EFCC Denies Ibrahim Magu’s Removal as Chairman

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has debunked rumours that its Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, has been removed from office. A national newspaper, the...

Nigerian Govt Begins Payment of N30,000 Monthly Stipends to N-Power Beneficiaries

The Federal Government has commenced the payment of N30, 000 monthly stipends for beneficiaries of the N-Power scheme, the job creation programme of the Buhari presidency,...

NNPC Didn’t Remit $4.7bn, N318bn to Federation Account – NEITI

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiary, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, did not remit a total of $4.7bn and N318.2bn to the Federation Account...

EFCC Arrests Perm Sec Who Spent N1.5bn on Jonathan’s Campaign

A former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Power, Godknows Igali, is in the soup after operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission discovered...

Rivers Speaker Dabotorudima Succeeded by His Predecessor, Ikuinyi-Owaji

In a dramatic twist to the dance of the bizarre that politics has become in Rivers State, the former Speaker of the Rivers State House of...

Drama as Abia Teachers Can’t Cash Cheques Issued By Govt for July Salary

Abia government says it has commenced the payment of July salary to primary school teachers in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN...

BREAKING:Rivers Assembly Speaker Resigns

For the second time in one year, the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly has resigned from office. The erstwhile incumbent, Adams Dabotorudima, resigned...

Contempt: Magistrate Compels CP to Produce Oluwo in Court

By Abdulrafiu Agboola, Osogbo Magistrate Olusola Aluko has given the last order to the Commissioner of Police, Mr Olafimihan Adeoye, to produce the Oluwo of Iwo,...

Fire Destroys Akure Market

Properties worth several millions of naira were destroyed by fire outbreak at the Odo Petu Central market in Akure, in the early hours of Thursday, December...

Kwara Gov Proposes N135bn Budget for 2017

Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed has presented the 2017 budget estimate of N135,064,529,461 to the State legislature for consideration and approval. The budget christened “Budget...

Sacked Ekiti LG Chairmen reject Fayose N35 million offer

The 16 former Ekiti Local Government chairmen sacked by former Gov. Kayode Fayemi have rejected the N35 million offered by Gov. Ayodele Fayose out of the...

2016 Calabar Carnival in Pictures

Nigeria’s Perm Sec Appropriated 40 SUVs, Others to Himself While Leaving Office

The Federal Government says it has recovered 40 brand new SUVs and other vehicles from a former Permanent Secretary who single-handedly appropriated the vehicles to himself...

Again, Court Orders Arrest of Oluwo on Threat to Arrest Magistrate Traditionally

For allegedly threatening to issue traditional warrant of arrest against Magistrate Olusola Aluko of an Osogbo magistrate court, the court has ordered the arrest of Oluwo...