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•Summons Finance Commissioner, three others •Govt blocks anti-graft agency from grilling officials •Eight top lawyers implicated, SSG signs undertaking to produce suspects The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has…

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Saturday’s senatorial by-election in Katsina, Ahmad Babba-Kaita, is the winner, released results show. The Independent National Electoral Commission is soon to formally declare the…

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has berated gospel preachers for “failing to preach against corruption”. Speaking at the 30th National Biennial Conference of the Students Christian Movement of Nigeria holding in Enugu, Osinbajo noted…

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) seems to be in a difficult political situation with the presence of heavyweight presidential aspirants who all hope to dislodge the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019. The defection…

The Kwara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Dr Bukola Saraki to resign his appointment as the Senate President. The call was made in a statement by the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the party, Mr Bashir…

Kabir Babba-Kaita, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina north senatorial district, secured just one vote at Sakin Yara “A”, Kofar Baru 3 in Daura local government area of Katsina in the ongoing bye-election.…

The bye-election to fill the vacant seat in the Lokoja-Kogi Federal Constituency which started on a peaceful note on Saturday was later marred by violence, vote buying and intimidation in Lokoja. A News Agency of Nigeria…

Another suspected ballot box snatcher has been beaten to death in another polling unit in the traditional area of Lokoja metropolis. It was gathered that the suspect was the son of a House of Representatives aspirant who declared…

Some female voters at a polling unit in Bauchi State caused a stir when each of them kissed ballot papers and shouted “Sai Baba” before casting their vote. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the drama, involving four women,…

The Chairman of Bi-Courtney Construction Company, Dr. Wale Babalakin, on Tuesday,  alleged that the interference of the Goodluck Jonathan administration in the  Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project was responsible for the delay in its…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday injected $327,440,499.50 into the interbank market through Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS). This was in addition to the sale of CNY 69,707,333.39 in the spot and short-tenored…

A woman reportedly slept with her son from her first marriage in order to raise children for her husband from her second marriage. The 47-year-old woman identified as Mrs. Veronica Iorshe, from Howe, Ugee Council Ward slept with her son…

If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence, said Charles Bukowski, German-born U.S. writer. Battered by fate and torn by pain, former DSS boss, Mamman Daura, probably knows who his friends are even as you read.…

House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, is biding his time to switch  from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) because his future party does not currently enjoy a comfortable majority in the…

A Nigerian, Abdullah Usmani, who had not walked for the last 10 years due to a severe knee problem complicated by an incurable genetic blood disorder, has been given a new lease of life by doctors at Aakash Healthcare in Delhi. The…

The Presidency has reacted to allegations by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, that the Federal Government was planning to implicate them over the recent invasion of the National Assembly by men of the…

The anti-corruption war being waged by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration got a big boost on Tuesday after the removal from office of the former Director General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Daura. Already,…

The oil refinery being built in Lagos by Dangote Group is unlikely to start production until 2022, two years later than the target date. Reuters quoted sources with direct knowledge of the matter as saying this in a report on Friday.…

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has paid $417.46 million to Nigeria Bulk Energy Trading Company (NBET) to develop the electricity market. Titilope Olubiyi, NSIA communications adviser, said this followed the…

Primate Elijah Ayodele of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Lagos, has predicted how the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP can emerge as the winner of the 2019 election. Speaking at the launch of his yearly book, titled ‘Warning To The…

Blue light from digital devices and the sun transforms vital molecules in the eye’s retina into cell killers. A study published in Scientific Reports shows how the effects of blue light lead to age-related macular degeneration, a…

Tam David-West, former minister of petroleum resources and an ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, says the president’s mistakes are haunting his government. In an interview with The Guardian, he said Buhari made a mistake in the…

Theirs is a classic instance of the instability of human relationship. They start out as dotting fathers and submissive sons only to end up as foes with rivalry as fierce as that of the biblical David and his rebellious son, Absalom.…

WHATEVER doubt was left about the defection of former Akwa Ibom State governor, Senator Godswill Akpabio, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was erased on Tuesday with the announcement of his…