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The Nigerian government on Wednesday ordered the suspension of 12 directors of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, just as Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting chairman of the commission, has been released from detention 10 days after he was arrested.   Notice for the suspension of the directors was issued to EFCC acting chairman, Mohammed […]

A former executive director of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency was on Wednesday jailed seven years in Lagos for corruption.   Captain Ezekiel Agaba was found guilty of N1.5b fraud by a Federal High Court in Nigeria’s commercial capital.   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission brought the case against Agaba.   Delivering […]

Barely a year after she was decorated as Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile, has died.   She died on Tuesday from head injuries she sustained from a road traffic accident at Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base Kaduna in northern Nigeria.   Tolupe was decorated by President Muhammdu Buhari on 15 October 2019 […]

Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Tuesday began investigations into the reported resignation of 365 soldiers from the country’s Army.   The House mandated its Committee on the Army to investigate the who are the soldiers serving in the country’s North-East, where they are battling the Boko Haram insurgents.   The House noted that such a […]

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday sent a special envoy to President Donald Trump America as part of Nigeria’s diplomatic efforts to garner that country’s support for the re-election of Akinwumi Adesina as the President of the African Development Bank, (AfDB).   Mustapha Chike-Obi, Buhari’s envoy, was armed with a special message woo the US […]

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered the country’s lenders to debit the accounts of all debtors directly. The CBN gave the directive in a series of guidelines it released Monday and said the operation would commence from August 1, 2020. The guidelines on Global Standing Instruction (GSI), the regulator said, are expected […]

…as PDP demand he resigns Joy Nunieh, former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, has exposed the escapades of Godswill Akpabio, the minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, at the commission, which is under his the supervision of his ministry.   Speaking to journalists on Monday in a video that has gone viral, […]

…as Minister expects  move to generate 10,000 jobs    The Nigeria government on Sunday handed over the National Arts Theatre to the Bankers’ Committee for rehabilitation and development into a creative industries center, a move that the government expects to generate 10,000 jobs during and after the renovation.   Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji […]

Despite the public embarrassment the ongoing probe of Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has caused the government and the nation, the presidency yesterday engaged the global anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI) in a shouting match after TI berated President Muhammadu Buhari for keeping Magu in office for […]

In yet another conspiracy theory peddled by a Nigerian man of god on the raging Covid-19 pandemic, the senior pastor of Household of God Church, Reverend Christopher Okotie has launched a rambling tirade against US billionaire and Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, accusing him of leading a global conspiracy to destabilize the world economy. He quoted […]

Dr Ayuba Musa, the landlord of the property housing the company, GLAM’D Africa, has dismissed Mr Jackson Ude’s claims concerning the ownership of the house. Musa’s reaction was sequel to a social media post by Ude, a New York based blogger, that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s daughter, Kiki, owns the property which houses her company, […]

Former Imo State governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has sounded the alarm that his successor, Senator Hope Uzodinma is waging a campaign of personal vendetta against him and his family. Okorocha’s media aide, Sam Onwuemeodo, in a statement said, Uzodinma’s ongoing probe of the Okorocha administration was targeted at humiliating him.   Onwuemeodo discounted media reports […]