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Governor Ganduje declares war on anyone who opposes Buhari

Governor of Kano state, has declared war on anybody or group working against President Muhammadu Buhari. The governor stated that his administration would not condone anybody or any organisation striving to undermine the integrity of the president because he believed in Buhari’s change agenda. Ganduje, after inspecting a feeder road built at Zango-Bela in Nassarawa Local... Read More

APC, Buhari, Kano State, Politics

Service of songs held in memory of James Ocholi (PHOTOS)

A service of songs was held for the late Minister of state for Labour and Productivity, James Ocholi, at the National Christian Center, Abuja. Ocholi had lost his life in a ghastly motor accident that also killed his wife and son. Present at the event were the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Speaker of the House,... Read More

Abuja, James Ocholi, service of songs

19-year-old Nigerian scams American of $40m, gets 37-year jail term

A 19-year old internet conman, Tobechukwu Igbokwe, has been sentenced to 37 years’ imprisonment for defrauding an American of $40m in an inheritance scam. The pair, while pulling off an elaborate internet fraud, lied to M. Sila that they had a huge inheritance, which they wanted to move to a foreign account for safekeeping. Sila... Read More

$40m, 19, 37 years, Nigerian

30 vehicles seized from directors of SURE-P, accounts frozen

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission has commenced the probe of directors and senior officials of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P). The probe of SURE-P is in connection with a N3bn fraud allegedly involving the Federal Ministry of Finance and the SURE-P Graduate Internship Scheme. The money was meant for... Read More

directors, Fraud, scam, SURE-P

This is when Nigeria’s 2016 budget will be passed

Owing to the discovery of new errors, duplication and inconsistencies in the 2016 budget, the document will not be ratified today as promised by the National Assembly. Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, revealed on Wednesday, that the 2016 budget will be passed on Tuesday, March 22. After passage on March 22, Ndume noted that a clean... Read More

Ali Ndume, budget, passage

House of Reps to get huge chunk of National Assembly’s N115bn budget

In spite of the massive public outcry against the huge 2016 budget of the National Assembly, it appears that the senate might after all not be fazed as it is set to go ahead with the initially proposed N115 billion budget for the year. According to Premium Times, details of the budget revealed that the... Read More

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Unremitted N3.2trn: ‘Audit report is erroneous’ – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has reacted to the alleged N3.235 trillion that was not remitted to the federation account in 2014. In a statement released on Wednesday, March 16, by Isiaka Abdulrazaq, Group Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of NNPC, it was revealed that the report of the Auditor-General of the federation (AuGF)... Read More

audit, forensic, Fuel, nnpc, Oil

Fuel scarcity: Make forex available for oil marketers – NUPENG

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to secure foreign exchange for oil marketers so as to end the current fuel scarcity in the country. The demand/request was made by the southwest chairman of NUPENG, Tokunbo Korodo, on Wednesday while speaking with newsmen in Lagos. Korodo... Read More

Buhari only reacts to killing of Nigerians when there’s an election – Fayose

“Only a president with ulterior political motives will elevate political violence above the kind of genocide carried out by Fulani herdsmen in Benue State,” says the outspoken and loquacious governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose. Fayose has also accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressive Congress of plotting to rig Saturday’s senate re-run election in Rivers... Read More

APC, Buhari, PDP, Rivers State

Final year student killed by DSS operatives on first day of Industrial Training

An agent of the Department of Security Services on Tuesday, killed Paul Hezekiah, a 24-year-old final year student of computer engineering at the University of Jos. . Paul was observing his three-month Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) with Johnson Sky Phones and Company, at the Central Business District of Jos, when he was murdered.... Read More

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DSS operatives, Paul Hezekiah

Photos from the scene of Maiduguri mosque attacked by 2 female bombers

22 people have been were confirmed dead from the terrorist attack on a mosque in Mulai near Maiduguri, Borno state. The attack was carried out on Wednesday morning by two female suicide bombers, who were disguised as men. See below, photos from the bomb attack.

Maiduguri Mosque, Mulai, suicide bombers

Nigerian troops clear 2 Boko Haram camps in Borno (PHOTOS)

Troops of the 120 Task Force Battalion of the Nigerian Army cleared Boko Haram camps at Bulasari and Golgore, both in Borno state, between Tuesday and Wednesday. According to Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations, ‘quite a number of the Boko Haram terrorists were killed while one soldier sustained a gunshot wound.... Read More

boko haram, Borno, camps

‘I helped Badeh convert N558m to dollars almost every month’ – Witness

In the ongoing trial of former Chief of Defense Staff, Alex Badeh, a witness- Salisu Abdullahi, Director of Finance and Account of the Nigeria Air Force on Wednesday, revealed to the Federal High Court how he often converted N558 million to dollars for the defendant. Abdullahi testified that the amount represented the leftover of funds... Read More

Air Force, alex badeh, EFCC, Federal High Court, trial, Witness

‘I’m dismayed’ | Buhari reacts to attack on Maiduguri Mosque’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his sympathy to the families of the victims of Wednesday morning’s attack on a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State, by 2 female suicide bombers. President Buhari said: “I am dismayed by the news of a bomb attack on innocent worshippers in a mosque in Maiduguri this morning. “This attack is... Read More

16 Akwa Ibom villages threaten to pull out of Nigeria and join Cameroon

Nigerians living in the 16 mangrove Island villages in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have threatened to pull out of Nigeria and become a part of Cameroon if the government of Nigeria do not step up and protect them from the continuous abuse they suffer from Cameroonian gendarmes. According to Premium Times,... Read More

Akwa Ibom, anexed, Cameroon

Ezekwesili fumes over rejection of Gender Equality Bill

Former Minister of Education during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration and foremost activist, Oby Ezekwesili has lambasted the Nigerian Senate for rejecting the Gender Equality Bill. The bill sought to empower women across the country and ensure that they are accorded equal opportunities in the society but the Senate threw it out on the premise that... Read More

Activism, gender parity, senate, women

[UPDATE] 2 female bombers kill 22 people in Maiduguri mosque

About 14 (now 22) people were killed while saying their early morning prayers at a mosque in Umarari Village, in Maiduguri, Borno state. A man was reported to have detonated a bomb, killing himself and several others. An official of the Civilian-JTF, Alhaji Danbatta, who took part in the rescue and evacuation of victims, told... Read More

boko haram, Bomb, kill, maduguri

Buhari lacks ‘intellectual capacity’ to govern Nigeria – Prof. Ben Nwabueze

Renowned academic, Professor Ben Nwabueze, says President Muhammadu Buhari doesn’t have the ‘intellectual capacity’ to govern a complex country as Nigeria. Nwabueze, who is the president of The Patriots, a respected group of Elder Statesmen in Nigeria, said the problems of Nigeria are beyond President Buhari. He further noted that the President has made four... Read More

ben nwabueze, Buhari, intellectual capacity, nigeria

BREAKING: FG suspends Pension DG over ‘scam exposed through BVN’ [UPDATE]

The director-general of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) of the federal ministry of finance, Nellie Mayshak, has been placed on indefinite suspension. The Cable reports that Mayshak’s suspension is as a result of an alleged scam running into billions of naira which was recently discovered in the Directorate. The PTAD oversees the management of... Read More

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Nellie Mayshak, Pension DG, suspended

N3bn fraud: Ex-minister quietly sneaks out of Nigeria

A minister accused of taking part in the N3.145 billion fraud case is said to have ‘quietly travelled’ out of the country as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) continues to investigate the alleged fraud case. Six leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party and a group that campaigned for former President Goodluck Jonathan, Goodluck Support Group (GSG),... Read More

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Nigerian scam artists lose ‘N83bn’ worth of fake cheques, credit cards

Con artists, scammers and fraudsters lost N83 billion worth of financial transaction in 2015 as the Nigerian Postal Service revealed on Tuesday, that it intercepted tools for fake financial transaction- such as cheques, International Money Order and credit cards valued at the aforementioned sum. The information was diseminated by the Acting Postmaster General of the... Read More

EFCC, fake currencies, intercepted, N83bn, NIPOST, scam artists

My abductor ‘forcefully made love to me any time he wanted’ – Patience Paul

The news of Patience Paul Adaji, a 15-year-old teenager’s abduction came on the heels of the furor over the kidnap of Ese Oruru, hence the relevant authorities took immediate action and Patience was rescued on March 4. Patience, who’s from Ochobo in Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State, was abducted in Sokoto state and... Read More

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In 3 years, government officials spent N248bn on local, foreign trips

The Federal Government spent in 3 years, a whooping N248bn on the trips of officials in Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government. According to the Federal Ministry of Finance, the aforementioned sum represents 18 per cent of the total overhead expenditure for the period. A statement was released to this effect- on Tuesday- by the... Read More

3 years, FG, Foreign trips, trips

Nigerian Army Boss. Tukur Buratai

Buhari among reasons for Army’s victories against Boko Haram -Buratai

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, says the resilience of Nigerian troops, effective leadership in the force, and the political will of President Muhammadu Buhari are the factors that have helped the army secure victory against Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast. COAS stated this while speaking with newsmen after paying a... Read More

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boko haram, Buratai

Fayose to Buhari: ‘Cry over Nigeria’s problems before crying for other countries’

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s condemnation of Sunday’s terrorist attack on the Grand Bassam Resort in Cote D’Ivoire as a display of hypocrisy and an evident demonstration of his insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians. Fayose wondered why President Buhari chose to keep quiet for two days after Fulani herdsmen... Read More

Buhari, Cry, Fayose, nigeria

Falae denies sharing N3bn with Fani-Kayode, says EFCC aims to ’embarrass’ him

Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Olu Falae has denied receiving N100 million through his company account from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on Monday, alleged that N100 million was traced to Marreco Limited- Falae’s company while N840million was traced to the account of Fani Kayode and some... Read More

EFCC, fani-kayode, Olu Falae, PDP

Senator Akpabio, Sahara Reporters lock horns on Twitter (READ)

An epic war of words erupted on Tuesday night between former governor of AKwa Ibom state, Senator Godswill Akpabio and New York-based news outfit, Sahara Reporters. The rift started when the news outfit- through its Twitter handle- alleged that Akpabio has links to the embattled Lekki Gardens which is under probe by the Lagos state... Read More

akpabio, fight, professional, Sahara Reporters, twitter.

#GEOBill: The 3 Northern Senators who opposed Gender Equality Bill

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday rejected a bill to institute gender parity. The bill which was sponsored by Senator Biodun Olujimi, was titled “Gender Parity and Prohibition of Violence against Women”. Olujimi, who represents Ekiti south, had argued that the bill would seek equal rights for women in marriage, education and job. The failure of... Read More

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Ahmed Sani Yerima, Gender equality, Gender Equality Bill, nigeria, senate

#GEOBill: Saraki says there’s still hope for Gender Equality Bill

The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, stated that the Gender Equality Bill that was turned down on Tuesday, will be redrafted and submitted for reconsideration by the senate. This was contained in a statement signed by the special assistant to the Senate President on Gender, Fatima Kakuri. The statement, which noted the... Read More

Gender equality, Senate President

How CBN governor gave ‘juicy appointments’ to children of APC leaders, government officials

About 91 persons are alleged to have been recently offered ‘juicy appointments’ into the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through the influence of highly placed individuals in the federal government and in the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). According to Sahara Reporters, the process through which the individuals were offered the appointments was highly selective. Among... Read More

CBN, Emefiele, job appointment

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