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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency on Tuesday said the country’s airspace was not shut to international airlines. It said the clarification was necessary as a result of insinuations in certain quarters that Nigerian Airports…

The Senior Special Assistant to the President, Malam Garba Shehu, has advised the publisher of SahareReporters, Omoyele Sowore, to desist from attacking late Isma’ila Isa Funtua over his…

The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to give legal backing to the establishment of the Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State. The passage of the bill followed a clause-by-clause consideration of…

The Lagos State COVID-19 Enforcement Taskforce said it was attacked at the weekend with guns at a hotel in Ipaja area of Lagos when it went to enforce COVID-19 compliance. The…

The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday said 10 inter-state luxurious buses were impounded and 150 passengers arrested in the State for violating restriction of movement during curfew period.…

Former Nigeria’s President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has recounted how late Ismaila Isa-Funtua fought the late despotic leader, Gen. Sani Abacha with his newspaper. Obasanjo, who reacted to the…

Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the House of Representatives, says the panel probing the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) can re-invite Kemebradikumo Pondei, acting managing…

In the five years of Muhammadu Buhari’s presidency so far, a name that kept ringing as a top confidant of the president was Ismaila Isa Funtua. The government, it was…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed charges against the duo of John Demide and Sarah Ajibola for allegedly rigging the 2018 general elections of the Nigerian Bar Association conducted electronically. The…

                The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika has given the indication that international flights from Nigeria might resume in September 2020. On March 23rd 2020, Nigeria shut down its airspace as part of measures to…

A Nigerian woman identified as, Nkechi Mercy Ikogwe, was arraigned before a Rivers state High court, for allegedly defrauding people of N179 million. Nkechi Mercy Ikogwe was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has extended the closure of the Nigerian airports for international flights till October 2020. The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority…

The Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi has gone into self-isolation for COVID-19. This followed his meeting with the foreign affairs minister,  Geoffrey Onyeama, who…

The Buhari presidency promptly Tuesday replied the Nigerian Senate over its resolution asking the Service Chiefs to step aside over the deteriorating insecurity in Nigeria. The…

The Federal Government on Tuesday announced the partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State for scheduled rehabilitation work that will last from July, 2020 to January, 2021.…