Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday, screened an 82-year-old non-career ambassadorial nominee, Justice Sylvanus Nsofor (retd.), who refused to recite the National Anthem when he was asked to do so. The refusal by the nominee to recite the anthem had shocked members of the committee. The nominee was asked series […]
Rotimi Amaechi and Goodluck Jonathan Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied claims by Transport Minister, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, that an alleged $49 billion got missing from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC’s, account and same not paid into the federation account led the recession in the country today. Jonathan in a statement by one of […]
The suspect • Court sentences pilgrim to 10 years with hard labour The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lokoja, Kogi State, yesterday paraded a police inspector, Abali Zagi, with the Nigeria Police Force headquarters’ welfare bus loaded with 818.2kg of Cannabis Sativa. The NDLEA Commander, Muhammad Idris Bello, while parading the suspects, indicated […]
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered 17 exotic vehicles in a warehouse allegedly belonging to a former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko. The EFCC said in a Facebook post that the vehicles were recovered on Nnamdi Azikwe Street, Kaduna. According to the commission, the vehicles include […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday presided over a meeting of the Presidential Task Force on Rice and Wheat as part of the Federal Government’s efforts aimed at enhancing food security. Those who attended the meeting included four state governors — Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi); Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano); Badaru Abubakar […]
The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian High Commission and consulate in Pretoria and Johannesburg to investigate the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, explained that the findings of the probe would be on his table this week. This was occasioned by the killing […]
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Former Chief of Air Staff, Mohammed Dikko Umar We await result of EFCC probe, say governors The first prosecution witness in the on-going trial of former Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Dikko, yesterday told the court that the alleged N558.200 million given […]
-Vanguard NAN- A Federal High Court in Lagos today heard how Winners Chapel, a church owned by Pastor David Oyedepo got N35million out of the N19.7billion stolen from the accounts of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The money was paid to the church on the instruction of Major-General Emmanuel Atewe, a former […]
By Kingsley Omonobi **I survived on Cashew fruit for 4 days-Mike Ejiofor. Abuja -Former Director of the Department of state Security (DSS), Chief Mike Ejiofor who was kidnapped four days ago between Okene and Obajana in Kogi state by persons he described as Fulani gunmen, said on Wednesday that the gunmen threatened to waste his […]
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