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The Federal Government has said it will neither be distracted nor intimidated into abandoning or weakening the fight against corruption, which it called a war of survival for the nation. “No amount of media or other attacks will stop the fight. The pseudo-analysts and hack writers will labour in vain in their quest to stop […]

For the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the road to freedom may just be an illusion as a witness further indicted him in court on Monday. Nneka Ararume, a witness produced by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) currently trying Metuh for allegedly receiving N400 million from Sambo Dasuki, […]

Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja  has convicted and sentenced an undergraduate of  Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia: Hope Olusegun Aroke, to 24 years imprisonment for his involvement in an internet scam that fetched him N25,000,000. Aroke, 25, was arraigned before Justice Okunnu on two charges bordering on obtaining […]

President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Abuja that poverty, injustice and the lack of job opportunities were mainly responsible for inter-communal and intra-communal conflicts in Nigeria. Speaking while receiving a delegation from the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, an organisation active in the promotion of peace in Nigeria, President Buhari said that to achieve enduring peace […]

The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, at the weekend advocated the adoption of a collective national attitude that would make it possible to invest the over N5 trillion fund constituting the contributions of the nation’s working class into real sectors as a means of diversifying the nation’s economy and achieving […]

The Save The Nation Movement (STNM) has questioned the rationale behind the exclusion of the current Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai and other top army officers in the ongoing probe of the alleged involved of some military chiefs in economic and financial crimes in the management of personnel finances and the purchase […]

The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria wishes to deny; disassociate itself from and debunk the impression being created that the Honourable Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Muhammed met with Online Publishers of Nigeria(OPAN)as widely reported in print and online media outlets in the last few days. While we recognize the right of the Ministry of […]

National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, has been granted bail by Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja. The bail was set on Friday at N300m with two sureties in like sum, amounting to a total of N600m. The embattled National Publicity Secretary of PDP had been remand in […]

If feelers coming from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  are anything to go by, the anti-graft agency may soon go after controversial businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim, chief executive officer of  owner of Global Fleet, who is also an investor in the media, over an intervention fund he got during the administration of former President […]

Many government officials, both past and present who have at one time or the order been involved in shady deals are currently in fear over Tuesday’s news that President Muhammadu Buhari has signed agreements with the United Arab Emirate (UAE) on repatriation of stolen funds and extradition of indicted officials. The new agreement, known as […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC on Wednesday announced that it is shutting down its Port Harcourt and Kaduna Refineries owing to crude supply challenges arising from recent attacks on vital crude oil pipelines. A statement by the Corporation revealed that the plants were shut simultaneously on Sunday after the Bonny – Okrika crude supply […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has challenged the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed to make public the names of the 15 former governor and 55 Nigerians that he claimed stole N1.34 trillion between 2006 and 2013 or keep his mouth shut permanently.  He said; “The reality is that the All Progressives Congress […]