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The embattled Senior Pastor and founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) Biodun Fatoyinbo, is currently being detained at the Nigerian Police Force Headquarters in Abuja after he surrendered himself for questioning over rape allegations levelled against him by Mrs. Busola Dakolo.   Mrs Dakolo, wife of Nigeria’s inspirational singer Timi Dakolo had accused […]

Nigeria Police authorities may dismiss two of its officers after allegedly working with a suspected kidnap kingpin Hamisu Bala Wadume. A top police source told The Guardian that the Assistant Superintendent of Police, Aondonna Iorbee, and Inspector Aliyu attached to Ibi police division might be dismissed for allegedly colluding with the criminal.   Wadume was […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate termination of appointment of Rev. Tor Ujah, as the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), a statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) announced on Tuesday.   The Director Information, OSGF, Willie Bassey, who issued the statement on behalf of […]

Former Nigerian Senator Samuel Anyanwu, his mother Virginia Anyanwu and 11 other ward officials have been suspended indefinitely by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State. Anyanwu, who represented Owerri Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, was suspended by his ward, Amaimo in Ikeduru LGA. His mother- Virginia was the party’s Woman Leader […]

The Federal Government says preliminary investigations has revealed local and international conspiracy in the failed purported gas deal that led to a British judge giving a private firm; Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) the green light to seize government assets worth about a fifth of Nigeria’s foreign reserves after the deal collapsed in 2010, […]

The Federal High Court, Abuja, will, on Wednesday, hear the motion filed by Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow protests, challenging his detention for 45 days by the Department of State Security (DSS). Justice Nkeonye Maha of the Federal High Court is expected to hear the matter.   Sowore who is presently in detention had, on Aug […]

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced an increase in the price of visas for Nigerians with effect from Thursday in retaliation to increased cost of obtaining Nigerian visas by American citizens. The price hike is coming a few days after 77 Nigerians were named as suspects in a fraud syndicate that swindled many […]

The Presidency has urged Nigerians to disregard concocted stories, backed with spurious visuals, of any protest or harassment of the President Muhammadu Buhari and his team, who arrived in Japan on Monday, after leaving Abuja on August 25. A statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on […]

Days after United State authorities listed 77 Nigerians in a massive fraud and money-laundering case, the Presidency said the Nigerian government will not stand in the way of justice being administered on its citizens who act contrary to laws of their host countries. “Every citizen of this country who travels out of the country is […]

The bickering between the Nigerian Army and the police over the circumstances that led to the killing of three policemen and two civilians during the escape of suspected Taraba kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala Wadume, earlier in the month disrupted the smooth operations of the panel set up by the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) to probe the […]

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, summoned the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to appear before it over plans to seize the property of the immediate-past Governor of Zamfara, Mr Abdulaziz Yari. Justice Nkeonye Maha, who gave the order after listening to the arguments canvassed […]

Newly inaugurated Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has said that part of his mission in the ministry is to halt massive crude oil losses and sanitise the industry. While bemoaning the loss of revenue to the federal government in crude oil production, Sylva also announced that the government will promote vigorously an increase […]