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Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, on Friday said his commission has secured more than 773 convictions and recovered several amount of money since it was set up in 2003. Represented by Osita Nwaja,  Deputy Director, Public Affairs Department of the commission, Lamorde, said this in Sokoto during the inauguration […]

Henry and Charles Okah and their entire family have refuted the claim by Chief Edwin Clark, that his son, Ebikeme Clarke was kidnapped by the duo. The Okah family denied the accusation on Friday in a statement issued by their counsel and spokesperson, Festus Keyamo. In the statement, signed by John Ainetor, Esq. assistant head […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as an orchestrated distraction and a mindless public relations gimmick, the ongoing hullabaloo about the rebasing of Nigeria’s GDP, which government claims has enthroned the country as the largest economy on the continent. In a statement issued in Washington, DC, US on Thursday by its Interim National Publicity […]

Absence of Mohammed Abacha the son of late Head of State General Sani Abacha in Court yesterday stalled  arrangement by the Federal government to arraign him over N446.3billion fraud. The  Federal Government has in attempt to re-arraign him filed a new nine count charge against Mohammed, accusing him of unlawfully receiving about N446.3billion allegedly stolen […]

The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has begged President Goodluck Jonathan not to remove the emergency rule in the north-eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, as demanded by governors of the states. The call was made on Thursday in a statement signed by IYC spokesperson, Eric Omare. Omare urged the president to ignore calls by […]

Boko Haram insurgents on Monday killed a military commander, Col. Kabiru Salisu and an unknown number of soldiers inside an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) after they used superior firepower to burn the APC with the soldiers inside. Though the Military did not confirm the incident, Salisu’s close friends confirmed it on social media. Ordinarily, the […]

A pregnant woman and four others, including children, were on Thursday electrocuted in Lagos after a PHCN high-tension cable fell on a vehicle containing fuel and instantly caused an explosion with fire. The incident happened very early in the morning at Oworonshoki, Lagos. Sources said the high-tension cable had cut and fall on the car, a Toyota […]

Anambra state has again proved that it has regained its pride of place as among the leading States in education in Nigeria by moving from a State where Schools were closed down 10 years ago to  emerging the overall best in the  2013 West African Senior   School  Certificate Examination(WASSCE). The official WAEC result, made available […]

Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has disclosed that the commission has concluded arrangement to begin voter registration exercise from May this year. Speaking on Wednesday at a meeting between the commission and State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIEC), organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Jega said Nigerians can […]

Friends of former Minister of Aviation and current chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Femi Fani-Kayode are yet to overcome the shock the suffered by his visit to President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday. Though Fani-Kayode has said he has not left the APC for the PDP, many of his friends on social media are […]

 Executive Governors Murtala Nyako, Kashim Shettima and Ibrahim Gaidam of terror-ravaged Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States have appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to postpone the 2015 general elections in their states notwithstanding the activities of the insurgent Boko Haram. The governors made the appeal on Wednesday in a joint statement signed […]

Beneficiaries of the monthly stipends for the aged in Ekiti State have commended Governor of the state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi for rescuing them from old-age poverty. During the visit of the campaign train of the governor to Ekiti East Local Government Area, beneficiaries of the social security scheme for the elderly who turned out in […]