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The anti-graft agency, the Economic and Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday arraigned former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, on fresh charges of money laundering. The EFCC is prosecuting Adoke and another suspect, Aliyu Abubakar on a 7-count criminal charge bordering on bribery and money laundering in the region of […]

At least 30 people were killed and dozens of women and children abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in a night attack on Auno village on the Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway in war-ravaged, restive Borno state. The jihadists stormed in on trucks mounted with heavy weapons, killing, burning and looting. They aimed at travelers who had stopped […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has canvassed that funds being mobilized by members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to combat terrorism should be used strictly to support peace and internal security arrangements within the continent and not to subsidize the mandate of the United Nations Security Council. Buhari’s angst came amid growing calls […]

Some Uber drivers on Monday marched on the office of the Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Services (VIS), protesting the recent clampdown on their operations on Lagos roads. The drivers are miffed that Uber and Taxify authorities have remained indifferent in the face of the intensified harassment and disruption of their activities by Lagos VIS officials, […]

No doubt, the tragedy of fake news has become a global epidemic that threatens mankind in the face of globalization. The worry about the deadly effects of fake news has become a global concern as mankind struggles to battle an ennui that derives its lifeblood from feeding false narratives and disinformation to people for ulterior […]

President Muhammadu Buhari was expected to arrive the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, late Friday evening, ahead of the 33rd Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), billed from February 9-10, 2020. While in Addis Ababa, the President will participate in this year’s summit held under the AU Theme of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says the Nigerian Constitution barred him from interfering in the dispute between Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje and the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Emir of Ningi, Alhaji Yunusa Danyaya, had on Thursday pleaded with Buhari to save the traditional institution in the North […]

The Supreme Court on Friday declined a request by family members of the late military Head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, to unfreeze accounts belonging to them in foreign countries. The accounts which are in banks in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jersey, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg were frozen in 1999 following a directive by the Nigerian […]

Less than a week after US President Donald J Trump slammed an immigrant visa ban on Nigeria, the Federal Government has slashed its visa application charges for citizens of the United States from $180 to $160. The old amount comprised $160 as visa fee and $20 as “processing and expedient fees”. According to the Comptroller-General […]

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Uche Orji, yesterday disclosed that the fresh $308 million forfeited assets to Nigeria would be received in April.Both men made the declaration in separate interviews monitored by www.www.aso.rocks search […]

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone A, has seized about 147 sacks of pangolin scales weighing 9,504.1kg worth N10.26 billion. The Pangolins or scaly anteaters are mammals of the order Pholidota, with the demand for pangolin scales and meat driving pangolins toward extinction. Pangolin scales, like rhino horn, have no proven medicinal value, yet they […]