-Punch Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday and Tuesday arrested key leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in the North-East states of Borno, Adamawa, Yobe and Gombe. The arrests, it was learnt, were part of investigations into the $115m (N23bn) allegedly disbursed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. […]
No Change: Buhari flies to London for ear-infection treatment President Muhammadu Buhari advertisement Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday begin a 10-day vacation to attend to an ear infection that has forced him to shelve some local and foreign trips lately. According to a statement on Sunday […]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said the Federal Government refrained from publishing names of those it recovered looted funds from in order not to jeopardise further investigations. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the Vice-President spoke during a meeting […]
In an interview on “Bloomberg Surveillance,” former President Goodluck Jonathan admitted that he is being investigated for corruption. Former President Goodluck JonathanThe Trent Nigeria Mr. Jonathan revealed this while discussing the state of the Nigerian economy and the impact corruption has had on it. “Corruption has been routine since the collapse of the First Republic,” […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Friday Olokor, Ade Adesomoju and Femi Asu Some legal practitioners and economists have expressed support for the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to unveil the names of looters and the amount of looted assets so far recovered. The President, had, in an interview in London, while attending the anti-corruption summit organised by British […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday admitted that some fraudsters had been demanding for money from the Federal Government for the purpose of negotiating the release of the over 200 girls abducted from their school in Chibok, Borno State, in April 2014. He however promised not to fall for the antics of the […]
Immigration boss orders arrest of ex-govs, ministers, others over illegal passports — 1st June 2016 From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja One week after his appointment, the new Controller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede has read the riot act to his men. He directed officers across the nation to arrest all former governors, ministers […]
State of the nation: Atiku opens up — 1st June 2016 From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar bemoaned the state of the nation and declared that the leadership has not learnt lessons from past mistakes. He said this at a book launch, We are all Biafrans , held at the Shehu […]
Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 247 captives from the men of the Boko Haram Sect in Borno State. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement on Wednesday that captives were rescued by the troops of the 81 Battalion, the 251 Task Force Battalion, […]
It is exactly one year since Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Ahead of the official commemoration of his ascension to power, Buhari spoke with some journalists on the issues that have dominated his reign. Excerpts: Looking at the last one year, how would you assess what has […]
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