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  • Beyond votes buying, TraderMoni is direct “relooting of Abacha loots” – Fayose

    Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has said the Federal Government TraderMoni Scheme was not only an avenue for advanced votes buying but direct “relooting of the Abacha loots” asking the economic sense in the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo leaving Abuja and spending about N25 million on maintenance of presidential jet […]
  • Police Sacks 3 officers for stealing 350,000 CFA

    The Nigerian police force has dismissed three officers for stealing the sum of 350,000 CFA (N221,508) belonging to a Togo-based Nigerian, Theodore Ifunnaya. The robber policemen attached to Ijanikin Division in Lagos State are non Commissioned Officers (NCOs). They are Sgt. Gbemunu Afolabi, Sgt. Afolabi Oluwaseun and Cpl. Adigun Omotayo. The fourth, an inspector, has […]
  • Dangote Not Member of APC Campaign Council

    Alhaji Aliko Dangote is not a member of All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council. Presidency made this clarification in statement issued by Femi Adesina on Friday. According to the statement, Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, not being a card-carrying member of APC, cannot, and is not member of the PCC. In addition, he is  […]
  • Ex-president Shehu Shagari Passes at 93

    Alhaji Usman Aliyu Shehu Shagari, Nigeria’s Second Republic President is dead. His death was announced today on Twitter by his grandson, Bello Shagari. He was 93 years old. “I regret announcing the death of my grandfather, H.E Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who died right now after brief illness at the National hospital, Abuja”. Shagari, a former […]
  • APC Announces Members of  Presidential Campaign Council 2019

    The All Progressives Congress, APC, has released the names of members of its Presidential Campaign Council for the 2019 elections. They are as follows: CHAIRMAN President Muhammadu Buhari CO-CHAIRMAN Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu DEPUTY CHAIRMEN 1. The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo. 2. The APC National Chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomole VICE CHAIRMAN NORTH Senator George […]
  • Air Marshal Badeh’s killer: I saw money I had never seen before

    One of the suspects arrested in connection with the killing of  Air Marshal Alex Badeh, former  Chief of Defence Staff has given a chilling account of the attack, in a leaked video. The suspect identified as Shuaibu Rabi said his gang wanted to rob the retired general, but they also killed him in the process. He spoke […]Read More
  • AFRICMIL commends Fashola, FMBN Board for reinstating whistleblower

    The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has commended the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, and the Board of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) for the reinstatement of Murtala Ibrahim, a whistleblower in the Bank. Ibrahim was reinstated following the recommendations of the report of a Ministerial […]
  • Atiku to Buhari: Your Credibility is at Stake over Etisalat (9Mobile), Keystone Bank Shares

    The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has called on the appropriate authorities to urgently institute a probe to unravel the hidden faces behind the new ownership structure of multi billion naira telecoms giant, Etisalat Nigeria(9Mobile) as well as Keystone Bank. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday , […]
  • Badeh: Principal suspects in net

    As police continue to probe the killing of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, sources say two principal suspects have been arrested. According to ChannelsTV, the investigations carried out so far revealed that the suspects were directly involved in the attack that led to the death of Badeh. The source added […]
  • Atiku admits lying, confirms not speaking with Col . Sakaba’s wife

    Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has retracted his earlier story of speaking with the widow of Lt. Col Ibrahim Sakaba, killed by Boko Haram at Metele last month. He now said he spoke with the slain soldier’s sister, Maryam. The PDP candidate had opened himself to widespread derision following his online […]
  • Widow of slain soldier says Atiku didn’t phone her

    The wife of the late Lt. Col Ibrahim Sakaba, has denied claims by the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, that he spoke with her on the phone. Late Sakaba was one of the 44 soldiers killed by Boko Haram insurgents during an attack on 157 Task Force Battalion in […]
  • CBN announces truce with MTN

    The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced the resolution of its dispute with MTN Communications Limited, saying the company will now atone only for the illegal remittances on preference shares issued in 2008. CBN’s spokesman and director of corporate communications, Isaac Okorafor announced the breakthrough in a statement published on the bank’s website on Monday. […]