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The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday in Abuja released detail of his salary. Releasing the payslips of October, 2016 to March, 2017 to newsmen, Chairman, Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas said that the move was in furtherance of his commitment to transparency and accountability in governance. From […]

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has said he didn’t receive any $200 million as proceeds from the Malabu oil deal. The former president denied the allegation through his media office on Tuesday. Gossip website, Buzzfeed had published the allegation and it had been republished by some other newspapers. A statement by the Media Adviser […]

The Kaduna State governor has released details of the security votes that comes to the state and how it is to be expended.  The governor made the move after a challenge by Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, calling on Kaduna State to make public its Security Votes and Local Government expenditure.  […]

Security personnel at checkpoints in the North-East have been accused of sexually harassing girls under the guise of conducting checks. The allegation was brought against the officers on Tuesday by a member of the House of Representatives, Abudulrahman Abubakar  representing Adamawa-APC. Abubakar made the allegation while moving a motion on the need to investigate the […]

A High court in Jos, Plateau State discharged two armed robbery suspects on Tuesday over lack of diligent prosecution by the police. The presiding judge, Justice D. D. Longji freed the accused robbers, Mustapha Mohammed and Amos Emmanuel, saying the police prosecutor gave him no choice because of his ill preparedness on the case. “I […]

A tip-off by a whistle blower on Tuesday, 11 April has led to the discovery by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of N4 billion kept in two separate accounts at the GTB Plc. The money was suspected to be proceeds of crime. Investigations as to the owner of the funds revealed that the […]

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered the Department of State Service to produce former Benue Governor, Gabriel Suswam in court on May 11 for his arraignment. The Federal Government had accused Suswam and two others of diverting N9.7bn being part of funds from the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme. The fund was allegedly […]

Former Nigerian First Lady, Patience Jonathan, was disappointed on Monday after her attempt to withdraw money from her unfrozen back account resulted in failure.  Mrs Jonathan visited the Maitama branch of the Skyebank in Abuja to withdraw part of her $5.9million recently unfrozen by a Lagos High Court. However,  the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff has assured the party members in Anambra State that the party would win the state’s governorship election come November.  Sheriff also said that the era of manipulating delegates’ lists by the party hierarchy to satisfy selfish desires was over. Sheriff said this in […]

Kano State Government has donated 16 Toyota Hilux double cabin vehicles, worth about N260 million to the Nigerian Army in the state. The government also provided customized paint and canopy for them at the cost of N11 million and refurbished other 12 vehicles for them at the cost of N19 million. The state governor, Dr. […]

Following Presidential approval, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) has released the promotion of 3,487 Senior Officers to various ranks. The promotion was strictly based on merit, considering the cumulative scores from examination, oral interview and seniority. A breakdown of the promotion shows: DC-CC=17, AC-DC=27, CSC         -AC=156, SC-CSC=62, DSC-SC=86, ASC1-DSC=144, ASC II-      […]Read More

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday recovered N250m cash in Lagos. A statement issued by Wilson Uwujarien said a tip from a whistle blower  led operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to intercept huge sums of money in various currencies at the popular Balogun market in Lagos.  ‘The monies […]