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Justice J.K Omotosho of the Federal High Court Sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has remanded nine foreigners and two Nigerians in Port Harcourt’s prison for alleged oil theft. The suspects: , Mohammed Ejaz,  Naseer Khan (Pakistani), Oleksandr Nazarenko, Oleksandr kashernvi (Ukrainians), Romeo Annang, Francis Ahorlu, Kwesi Attah( Ghanaians), Victor Mikpayi (Beninois ), Fredrik Fatin […]

The Nigerian military says it killed 82 Boko Haram fighters, rescued 468 and helped about  630 settlements in the North East in the last two months. Addressing a press conference on the successes and drawbacks of the counter-insurgency operations in the North East in the last two months, the head of the military operations against […]

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has revealed that so far in year 2017 N409 billion and $69 million has been recovered from looters. Magu made the revelation while giving a speech at the Luncheon with Media Executive in Abuja on Wednesday.  The acting EFCC Chairman applauded […]

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has assigned Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to henceforth chair the concluding part of the ongoing negotiation between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU, an umbrella association of lecturers in the nation’s universities, is demanding the full implementation of the 2009 agreements reached with the federal […]

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday arraigned kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans before an Ikeja High Court for masterminding series of high profile kidnapping in the State. Evans, who was arrested at his mansion in Magodo area of the State after being on wanted list of the police for long, was arraigned […]

The estranged wife of the Ooni of Ife, Olori Wuraola has confirmed that her marriage to the monarch, Adeyeye Ogunwusi 11, has crashed. The Olori has also reverted to her maiden name Zaynab Otiti Obanor. She disclosed this via an official statement on her official Instagram page @hhzynab on Wednesday. The former Olori said: “What […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) were conspicuously absent on Tuesday at a meeting scheduled with the Federal Government over the lingering industrial action in universities.   Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, had called a meeting of the stakeholders in tertiary education  in Abuja. He invited ASUU leaders, Minister of Education, among […]

The Senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, Shehu Sani has spoken out against plans by the Military and Police to monitor social media opinions and comments made by Nigerians in a bid to check the rising incidents of hate speech in the country. Sani said he was not in support of the use and wide […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has carried out a major shakeup of top executives across the value chain of its operations. Ndu Ughamadu,Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, announced the  shakeup in a statement on Tuesday.   According to the statement, the appointments and deployments has given the Oil giant a fresh impetus. Complete […]

The Federal Government should commence immediate investigation and prosecution of the embattled Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over alleged N120 billion received from  corporate organisations for special security services, anti-corruption group, United Global Resolve For Peace, said on Monday. The organisation described as “pathetic and quite disheartening” that the Nigeria Police has degenerated in its value and ethics. […]Read More

The Pentagon has notified the U.S. Congress  of the sale to Nigeria of 12 Super Tucano A-29 planes and weapons worth $593 million, needed for the  fight against the militant group, Boko Haram. The move on the sale, which included thousands of bombs and rockets and was originally agreed by former President Barack Obama’s administration, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has reiterated its resolve to follow the rule of law, even as a group, “Concerned Nigerians”, led a protest to its headquarters, calling for repatriation of Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former minister of petroleum resources, alleged to have siphoned several billions of state funds, from the United Kingdom, UK. […]