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Transparency International (TI) has said that the offices of Nigerian President, 36 governors and 774 local government chairmen in Nigeria, spend unaudited $670m (N241bn) yearly on security votes. African Director for TI’s Defence and Security Programme, Christina Hildrew, made the disclosure at an event organised by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre in Abuja on […]
Continue ReadingEx-Nigerian Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, has again responded to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s open letter as the debate over restructuring of Nigeria continues. Firing back within a few hours to Osinbajo’s open letter, Abubakar Atiku, in a statement entitled: “Restructuring is a necessity, not an option” stated that faced with an avalanche of public […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Tuesday, responded to a statement credited to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar faulting his (Osinbajo) stance on the restructuring of Nigeria. At a town hall meeting in the United States of America, Osinbajo had said the problem of Nigeria was not geographical restructuring but prudent management of national resources. Atiku, on […]
Continue ReadingChimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the cover star for the September issue of Elle India’s digital magazine. The Nigerian writer was dubbed “The Original Feminist” by the magazine. In an exclusive interview with Elle India’s editor, Supriya Dravid, the feminist icon spoke about storytelling spirits, her scandalous cooking habits and endless curiosity with people’s lives. The interview […]
Continue ReadingThe Publisher and editor-in-chief of Ovation Magazine, Mr. Dele Momodu, has criticized supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari. Momodu claimed that those who defended former president Goodluck Jonathan, were smarter. Writing on his verified Twitter page, Momodu said that “everybody is a thief except them”. On his page he wrote: “The GEJ guys who used to […]
Continue ReadingFormer US presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush gathered with thousands of fellow mourners including ex-president, Bill Clinton, on Saturday to honour the late John McCain, the longtime Arizona senator and Vietnam war hero whose bids for the White House were dashed by the two men. McCain asked Obama and Bush, a Democrat and […]
Continue ReadingUnited Kingdom has said that her position about returning looted funds is that Nigeria cannot be trusted with its money, saying that’s what underpins its poor asset return rate and it has to be addressed. Philip Hackett, a Queen’s Counsel, said this is the reservations of the UK, when it comes to returning looted funds […]
Continue ReadingOne of Nigeria’s elder statesmen, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai has described the release of special funds to the President and the 36 states governors as security votes as unconstitutional. He said, the idea of security votes contradicts the provision of the constitution because the power to appropriate funds for the security of the federation has already […]
Continue ReadingFormer Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Lawal Daura, has finally spoken on his ordeal in recent weeks. In new details which emerged on Wednesday, Daura was quoted as making three declarations: (i) That he took all actions in national interest through a collective responsibility, including involvement of principal officers of […]
Continue ReadingLearning a lesson from those who are recently in the news for a wrong reason, Nigerian music star, David Adeleke, aka Davido has begun his one year National Youth Service program. Davido himself recognizes this when he wrote: #Nysc .. tying up every loose end ! The singer who graduated from Babcock University, Nigeria in 2015, disclosed Tuesday […]
Continue ReadingLast week a picture of an Argentinian police officer, Celeste Jaqueline Ayala, who was breastfeeding a neglected child went viral and the whole world commended the officer for her service to humanity. Seeing as the post was trending online, The Argentinian Police Force was moved to promote Celeste to the rank of an officer. The sergeant […]
Continue ReadingOsun State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is beginning a three-day warning strike tomorrow (Wednesday) to press home their demands for the payment of the arrears of modulated salaries of workers as well as pensions and gratuities of the retirees. Chairman of NLC in Osun State, Mr. Jacob Adekomi, said this to Punch […]
Continue ReadingA report on corruption by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has slammed the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as being corrupt and inclined to using political power to steal public resources. The report titled, “A New Taxonomy for Corruption in Nigeria,” which was published recently, said […]
Continue ReadingBuhari’s address at the 2018 NBA annual conference “As you will recall, this administration’s emergence marked the first successful civilian transition in Nigeria’s democratic history, following the outcome of the 2015 General Elections. “Given the enormity of the challenges we inherited and the yearnings of a citizenry earnestly desirous of a new way of running […]
Continue ReadingReno Omokri, former Special Assistant on New Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has lambasted former IGP Suleiman Abba for claiming that he was fired by the immediate past Nigerian government for refusing to rig the 2014 Osun governorship election in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement issued on Sunday, Omokri said: […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) acting Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu has lamented that some Senior Advocates of Nigeria have been frustrating the anti-corruption war. He disclosed that a particular senior advocate received N1.7bn in legal fees from a corrupt politician. Magu said, the same individual received N300m from a South-south governor as legal fees […]
Continue ReadingOyo State Governor, Mr. Abiola Ajimobi, has set up a committee to resolve the crisis bothering on the demolition of Yinka Ayefele’s Music House in Ibadan. The governor set up the committee at a reconciliatory meeting with the popular musician in his office on Thursday in Ibadan. According to NAN, the governor said, the demolition […]
Continue ReadingThe final resting journey of Nigerian music legend, Augustine Okeleke Onwubuya, aka Ras Kimono who died at the age of 60 has begun today with a lying-in-state service held at the COSON house, Ikeja. Late Ras Kimono will be buried on August 25, 2018. See more photos from the event below: LIB
Continue ReadingPresident of Nigerian Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, was a special guest of honour at the 2018 Ojude Oba Festival in Ijebu Ode, hosted by the Awujale of Ijebu Kingdom, HRM, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona. Saraki said: “The Ojude Oba festival, held annually in Ijebu Ode, is a celebration of the rich and colourful culture of the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian man, Isa Mohammed Munlaila pictured above with a box on his head, today began trekking from Lagos to Abuja to kick against the 2nd term ambition of President Buhari. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos as he embarked on his journey, Munlaila said Nigerian youths were angry with Buhari for failing the nation after three years at […]
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