The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, has denied reports that she steered contracts worth $50m to her brother in 2004. An online news portal had published a Wikileaks report that ‘Okonjo-Iweala ferried $50m jobs to brother.’ Okonjo-Iweala has however, described the story as a “tales by moonlight” account. […]
The Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke, was said to have led a delegation to the Island last month to negotiate the release of the funds, which were the proceeds of corrupt vehicle deals between Abacha and Raj Arjandas Bhojwani, an Indian businessman. According to the Jersey Evening Post, the cash was confiscated […]
Even before the suicide bombing of the United Nations office in Abuja on August 26 that left 23 people dead, the fundamentalist Boko Haram sect, the al-Qaeda and the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat had planned a similar attack on the United States Consulate in Lagos. The plan to attack the US consulate […]
For many years now, there have increasing cases of Nigerians’ illegal migration to Europe via the desert as victims of human trafficking and sex slavery. Despite the fact that only a few of the thousands that embark on the journey come back to tell their stories, the misinformation and the desperation for economic empowerment which […]
A 21-year-old man from Oko-Amakom in Oshimili South local government area of Delta State was allegedly shot dead yesterday by an armed soldier following a hot argument that ensued over masquerade dance. Trouble reportedly started when some soldiers attached to an oil prospecting company in the area ran into a group of masquerade dancers. The […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has expressed worry over what he described as lack of discipline among federal civil servants. He hinted at the possibility of initiating surprise visits to ministries, as a way of whipping the workers back to line for the smooth operation of government business. The president spoke, on Friday, in Abuja, while swearing in two […]
Two houses belonging to two-time governor of defunct Midwest Region and later Bendel State, Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia, on Friday, demolished by the Edo State Task Force Committee on Illegal Structures. The buildings, located at Number 129, Siluko Road in Benin City, the state capital, were demolished for purportedly blocking the right of way of the […]
Former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, is still keen on contesting the 2015 presidential election, sources have said. General Babangida lost out to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2011 race when he joined the search for a common Northern candidate under the aegis of the Northern Political Leaders Forum(NPLF) headed by former Minister of Finance, Alhaji […]
There were fears, on Friday, that some members of the regime of embattled Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi may have crossed over to some parts of Northern Nigeria. According to Hamada Radio International report, monitored in Kaduna, they were among hundreds fleeing Libya as fighters of the Transition National Council (TNC) closed in on one of Gaddafi’s strongholds, […]
•For Kogi primary, sale of form begins Monday Governors of Ada-mawa, Bayelsa, Cross River and Sokoto states hitherto beli-eved to be standing as candidates of their party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the rescheduled gubernatorial elections in their states have more hurdles to cross after all. It emerged yesterday that they are to face PDP […]
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