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BREAKING: Senate panel asks NDDC to refund ‘unjustifiable funds’ paid to staff
The Senate ad hoc committee investigating the misappropriation of funds in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)has asked that the Interim Management Committee (IMC) refund all “unjustifiable funds” paid to staff of the…
BREAKING: I didn’t say Lawmakers got 60 percent of NDDC contracts – Akpabio
The Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has denied accusing members of the National Assembly of collecting 60 percent of the contracts at the Niger…
BREAKING: Reps move to sue Akpabio for perjury
The House of Representatives has initiated moves to sue Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio for perjury. Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila said at…
Akpabio knows fate today over contract allegation
The House of Representatives will decide today on allegation by Niger Delta Minister Senator Godwill Akpabio that National Assembly members were the biggest beneficiaries of contracts…
NDDC contracts were like winning lottery… N700m project could be executed with N10m – Cairo…
Cairo Ojougboh, executive director of projects at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), says in the past, getting a contract at the agency is like…
Italian prosecutors ask court to jail Dan Etete for 10 years over Malabu oil deal
Italian prosecutors are seeking a 10-year jail sentence for Dan Etete, former petroleum minister, over alleged fraud in the ”OPL 245/Malabu oil” deal. The prosecutors had…
Where is Hushpuppi? Criminal lawyer Gal Pissetzky clears air
Hushpuppi’s lawyer has revealed what really happened and cleared the air on if the suspected Nigerian fraudster has been released from prison. Information shared on the U.S Federal Bureau of Prisons website, had indicated that Hushpuppi…
Fani-Kayode to lose honorary title in Zamfara
Former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode may lose the traditional title ”Sadaukin Shinkafi” conferred on him by Emir of Shinkafi, Alhaji Muhammad Makwashe of Zamfara state. The Emir has gotten a…
I saw Isa Funtua’s death coming, Buratai should beware — Primate Ayodele
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has been credited with foreseeing the death of eminent businessman and newspaper publisher, Ismaila Isa Funtua. The…
Osun monarch tackles Senate over Buratai, others
The Olowu of Kuta in Ayedire Local Government area of Osun State, Oba Adekunle Oyelude Makama, has asked the Senate to be more creative in finding solutions to the problems of insecurity, insurgency and banditry in the…
NPO renames NIJ House as Ismaila Isa Funtua House
The Nigerian Press Organisation, grouping Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria ( NPAN) , Nigerian Guild of Editors ( NGE) and The Nigerian Union of Journalists ( NUJ), has…
COVID-19: Sultan asks Muslim faithful not to congregate on Eid grounds for prayers
Sa’ad Abubakar, sultan of Sokoto, has asked district heads and religious leaders to lead Eid prayers in Juma’at mosques instead of Eid grounds. The spiritual head of Muslims in the…
Reps demand evidence of $11b withdrawal from ECA
THE House of Representatives has requested documentary evidence of over $11 billion withdrawn from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) between 2005 and 2007 during former President…
Tenants now to pay six per cent stamp duty, says FIRS
THE Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has directed landlords and property agents to charge six percent Stamp Duty on all tenancy and lease agreements. The landlords/…
Magu to open defence before Salami panel today
AFTER waiting for a copy of the allegations against him, the Presidential Investigation Committee on the activities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday agreed…
Ex-Nigerian President, Obasanjo, Allegedly Flogs Relative’s Wife With Horse Whip Over N160m ‘Theft’…
Residents of Olaogun in Ifo Ibogun area of Ogun State were shocked on Tuesday when a former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, stormed the area with a truckload of armed security operatives and allegedly physically assaulted…
UAE orders Nigerians with expired visas to leave Aug 17
The United Arab Emirates has ordered Nigerian citizens living in the country whose visas had expired to leave before August 17, 2020 or face the wrath of the law. The Embassy of Nigeria, Abu Dhabi, UAE, has, therefore, advised…
BREAKING: Gov. Fayemi tests positive for COVID-19
Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The governor, who announced this via his verified twitter handle said he has gone into isolation. He tweeted; “I…
Birds, flowers listed on annual report, scholarships sections of NDDC website
Blank pages, pictures of hydrangeas and penguin, dummy text — these are what you will find on the website of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The NDDC has been in the news…
“I sold recovered vehicles to Presidential Villa, FIRS, others” – Magu
The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has explained how he sold some of the recovered vehicles from looters to the Presidential Villa, ministries, and other agencies of…
Ekiti, Ogun, two others get new police commissioners
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate posting of new police commissioners to Ekiti, Ogun, Cross River and Bayelsa states. A statement issued by…
My last encounter with Funtua before demise – Tinubu
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has revealed his last encounter with Ismail Funtua before his death on Monday. Tinubu, in a condolence…
How suspended NSITF management misappropriated N48bn – Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Tuesday, alleged that the suspended management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), misappropriated N48…