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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has promised to investigate Nigerians named in the Panama Papers. The Director of Information at the EFCC, Mr. Osita Nwaja, gave the assurance while addressing protesters who stormed the Abuja head office of the anti-graft agency to demand the probe of all Nigerians accused of operating offshore accounts in […]

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Ndowa Lale, has said that the protest carried out by the students of his institution, which led to the death of a student was a ploy to remove him from his current position. Lale made the claim on Tuesday when the Acting Commissioner of Police […]

Former co-accused to Farouk Lawan, the ex-Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, ‎Boniface Emenalo has said he accepted the $100,000 offered members of the committee by businessman, Femi Otedola with the intention of exposing Otedola’s plot to influence the outcome of their investigation. Emenalo, who the prosecution later substituted as its witness, […]

Oil reached a 2016 high, hitting 43 dollars a barrel on Tuesday, supported by hopes that upcoming meeting of oil producers will agree on steps to tackle a supply glut. The rise was also supported by weak U.S. dollar and further signs of strong demand in China. Many members of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut 16 herbal medicine facilities and seized products over illegal operations in Onitsha, Anambra. The seizure was effected during a raid of illegal products facilities in Onitsha and neighbouring communities — Nkpor and Ogidi — by officials of the agency on Tuesday. Dr […]

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode says the new Mile 12 Market will be ready in six months time. The governor said this on a tour of Imota and Agbowa area of Lagos. Speaking at the site of the proposed Mile 12 Market in Imota, Ambode told traditional rulers and stakeholders in the area that Mile […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has given the Department of State Security Services (DSS) seven days to prove to the world, with evidence and clips, how its members killed and buried Hausa/Fulani herdsmen in Abia State. The group challenged the DSS to show where the shallow graves are located, failure of which the IPOB […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Beijing called on the Nigerian and Chinese business communities to work harder to reduce the trade imbalance between both countries which is currently in China’s favour. Speaking at the opening of a Nigeria-China Business/Investment Forum, President Buhari said that trade and economic relations between both countries must be mutually-beneficial and […]

Fulani herdsmen yesterday attacked Angai and Ndole villages in Gashak Local Council area of Taraba State, killing several persons.   Following the incident, a large number of the locals have reportedly fled to the neighbouring country Cameroon and nearby local council areas.   Though the exact number of casualties is yet to be confirmed by […]

Elder statesman and former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, has called on Nigerians to exercise patience with the current government of President Muhammadu Buhari.  The Dan Masanin Kano, noted that the problems of the oil sector, including the current fuel scarcity, cannot be solved overnight. Addressing journalists in Abuja, yesterday, […]

The Senate, Monday, advised the Presidency to come clean with Nigerians on the 2016 Budget and stop engaging in surreptitious campaigns of calumny against the Senate in order to cover up its serial errors. Reacting to claims in the media credited to the Executive arm of government on the 2016 budget, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, […]

Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, on Monday triumphed at the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) court in the first leg of his court action challenging his alleged unlawful arrest and detention since December last year by the Nigerian government. Against the objection of government, the court ruled in Abuja that it has […]