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Nigerian Government anti-graft agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) have begun investigation and audit of state governments, agencies and personnel, who spent the COVID-19 funds from the government and private individuals. The OAGF said the internal audit procedures would apply […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has congratulated the multi-talented journalist, Tola Adeniyi, who turned 75 today. In a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Buhari said Adeniyi made writing look so fluid and easy through his column, ”Aba Saheed” which was a compelling read. Buhari noted that Adeniyi made his […]
Continue ReadingMaikanti Baru, the immediate past Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), is dead. Baru’s death was announced by the current GMD of the corporation, Mele Kyari, on Saturday morning. The former NNPC boss was said to have died late last night. In a tweet via his official Twitter handle, Mr. Kyari […]
Continue ReadingDerek Chauvin, the Minneapolis officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck till he died, has been arrested and charged with 3rd degree murder. The other 3 officers who stood by and watched are still under investigation, but no charges have yet been filed. Derek Chauvin, who was fired on Tuesday along with three other officers […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State Government said on Thursday that it did not flout court order on the coronation and presentation of the staff of office on Wednesday to the Oore of Otun Ekiti, Oba Adekunle Adeagbo. Commissioner for Information, Muyiwa Olumilua, said the state government got the interim injunction of the court restraining the exercise only after […]
Continue ReadingThe Lagos state Police command have released photos of the police officers accused of killing the 17-year-old Tina Ezekwe in the Iyana-Oworo area of the state. Spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, Bala Elkana, who released the photos of the accused police officers, gave their names as ASP Theophilus Otobo and Inspector Oguntoba […]
Continue ReadingNigerian businessman, popularly called Sunny Mike, was beaten to death on Wednesday, May 27, at Palam , New Delhi, India. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has reacted to the death of the Nigerian man after he was brutally beaten in India. It was gathered that the businessman was accused of theft by an […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, has warned that States that refuse to comply with certain Executive Orders may have their funds withheld. The Attorney General said this while explaining the Executive Orders recently signed by President Muhammadu Buhari. A few weeks ago, Buhari had signed the financial autonomy for the […]
Continue ReadingAn Ondo State High Court has sentenced a Pastor identified as Kolawole Samson, to death after he was found guilty of killing a middle aged man, Ayo Olaniyi. The deceased was attacked after he went to hunt for frogs alongside three others at a fish pond owned by Pastor Kolawole at Gberinlegi Village near Okeigbo area of […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, on Friday discharged an ex-Senator and former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, over examination malpractices charges. The presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo made the order following an amendment of the charges which saw Adeleke’s name dropped as a defendant in […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has shut down its headquarters in Port Harcourt after the reported death of its Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Chief Ibanga Etang. Etang was said to have died in the early hours of Thursday as he reportedly took ill last week and was taken to the Rivers State University […]
Continue ReadingCanadian rapper, Houdini has died at the age of 21 after he was shot in Toronto. The fast rising rapper was reportedly gunned down on Tuesday evening outside a hotel in the downtown area of the city. Houdini was one of three people taken to hospital with injuries but he was pronounced dead at 6:30 […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the redeployment of Edo, Ondo and Oyo State Commissioners of Police. According to reports, eight other CPs were also redeployed in various Commands and Formations, according to a press statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Frank Mba. The statement said, “The IGP has […]
Continue ReadingThe Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Nasarawa State, Bishop Joseph Masin has been kidnapped from his residence in Lafia, the state capital. He was kidnapped on Wednesday. This was disclosed to journalists by the former secretary of the association in the state, Mr Yohanna Samari. Yohanna Samari said: “Unknown gunmen stormed […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has written to Nigerian House of Representatives to request for the approval of fresh external borrowings totalling $5.513bn. In the letter which was read by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the plenary on Thursday, Buhari said the funds were for 2020 budget deficit, financing of critical projects, […]
Continue ReadingPresident of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, has denied all the allegations of wrongdoing leveled against him by some staff of the bank. In January, some staff of the AFDB had accused Adesina of 20 breaches of the bank’s code of conduct, including “unethical conduct, private gain, an impediment to efficiency, preferential treatment, […]
Continue ReadingThe younger brother of member representing Ebonyi North-west in the state house of assembly, Victor Aleke, was found dead in his car boot along the Abakaliki/Afikpo expressway. It was gathered that the deceased, Engineer Samuel Aleke, reportedly left his house Saturday evening May 23 and was not seen until the next day when his corpse […]
Continue ReadingThe FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has forfeited her May, 2020 salary to secure the immediate release of five inmates who could not pay for their fines at the Kuje Correctional Service. She made the donation while felicitating with the inmates as part of activities to celebrate this year’s Eid al-Fitr. Aliyu in […]
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, February 14 1968, during the Nigerian Civil war, the leader of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria, Major-General Yakubu Gowon, inspected a helicopter seized from the Biafran Forces. The helicopter, a 5-seater Bristol Westland aircraft, landed at the then seat of power – Dodan Barracks in Lagos. The Nigerian Civil War was […]
Continue ReadingUnited States has demanded a fresh probe of the president of African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, over allegations leveled against him. According to Bloomberg, Adesina was accused by a group of unidentified whistleblowers of handing contracts to acquaintances and appointing relatives to strategic positions at the Abidjan-based lender. However, Le Monde, a French newspaper, reported that the petition […]
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