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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a former Minister of Finance, Amb. Bashir Yuguda, over his alleged involvement in the $115m (N23bn) bribe which was distributed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The EFCC said in a statement that the ex-minister, who is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic […]

Nigerians on social media on Wednesday mocked the Minister of Power, Works, Housing, Tunde Fashola over a tweet he published more than one year ago dissing former President Goodluck Jonathan for a meagre reduction in pump price of petrol. The reaction followed Wednesday’s deregulation of Nigeria’s petroleum downstream which saw the price of petrol increased […]

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has condemned the increment from N86.50 to N145 of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol, describing it as insensitive and demonstration of the level of hatred the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government has for Nigerians. The governor, who said the over 70 per cent increment […]

President Muhammadu Buhari to UK: “No, Iam not going to demand any apology. All I’ll demand is return of assets. What would I do with apology? I need something tangible”. “Nigeria is committed to signing the Open Government Partnership Initiatives alongside PM Cameron during the Summit”. “I call for establishment of an anti-corruption infrastructure that […]

Today we’re partnering with Airtel Africa to launch Internet.org Free Basics in Nigeria. There’s a lot of innovation across Africa right now, and Nigeria in particular is home to a lot of talented developers. In 2009, Olalekan Elude, Ayodeji Adewunmi and Opeyemi Awoyemi started a site called Jobberman in their dorm to help connect people […]

Nigeria is a country of many nations; many different people of different tribes, customs and religions fused together by our then English overlords in 1914. Different people of different religious denominations and tribes forcibly put together can only spell one word – trouble! When the English put us together in 1914 it was on the […]

In line with the Legislative Agenda approved by the Senate, the President of the Senate today has announced the intention of the Senate to inaugurate an independent Transparency and Delivery Commission to review and improve the oversight systems and tools of the Senate. The Commission will be led by a working group consisting of a […]

Uche Elendu’s new bouncing baby is indeed her bundle of joy. Congratulations to her!

A devastated family is seeking for answer and justice seven months after their young daughter died in a hospital in New Delhi, India. According to Sahara Reporters, the family has yet to receive autopsy results or any other details explaining the cause of her death. “Since the age of 16, Chinenye had experienced ongoing pain […]

Africa should think about this. The man in suit in the above picture (without a tie) is Mr Sadiq Khan, the new Mayor of London. Elections were conducted last Thursday, May 5th and he scored majority of the votes and was elected Mayor. He resumed work on Monday 8th May 2016. He is at the […]

Although today, she is now a happy mother of a set of twins (a boy and girl), once upon a time, the actress known as Lepa Shandy, but real names – Folashade Omoniyi-Adewale, battled childlessness for many years and was haunted by the social stigma attached to barrenness. Recalling part of her experience, the movie producer […]

There is no doubt, Tayo Sobola, also called Sotayo is one of the hottest and the most-talked about babes in the Yoruba genre in the Nigerian movie industry. The beautiful and sexy actress started as a model/video vixen before dabbling into acting and has since become a force to reckon with in Nollywood. One other thing […]

Ibrahim Uwais, son of former Nigerian Chief Justice, Mohammed Uwais, on Monday died near Aleppo, Syria as the United States targeted members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in fierce airstrikes. From 1995 to 2006, Justice Uwais was Nigeria’s Chief Justice, presiding over the country’s Supreme Court and National Judicial Council. It is reported […]

Senator Dino Melaye, on Tuesday afternoon, announced via his twitter handle that he was in London to represent the Nigerian Senate at the London Anti-corruption summit. Many Nigerians found it funny that he’s representing Nigeria at such a summit. Many feel he is not fit for such an assignment. See their reactions below: Credits: Twitter, LIB

Transparency International shared this statement on its website this evening. Responding to the recent comments by UK Prime Minister David Cameron that Nigeria and Afghanistan were possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world, the Managing Director of Transparency International, Cobus de Swardt said: “There is no doubt that historically, Nigeria and Afghanistan have had very […]

Former Somali Ambassador to Kenya, Mohamed Ali Nur and his friend, Axow on Saturday May 7, went back to Montgomery College, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C and recreated a photo they took in 1982…at the exact same spot. “Today me and Axow went back to our college, Montgomery College, MD. 1st pic was 1982 & […]

Two security officers attached to the Rivers State’s court complex have been killed following an attack by yet-to-be-identified persons. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Musa Kimo, told a Channels TV correspondent that the men were clubbed to death at about 3am in the morning. Judiciary workers, who resumed in the morning, were seen […]

British Prime Minister David Cameron rubbished Nigeria in a secretly taped conversation with Queen Elizabeth of England, it emerged today. Mr. Cameron described Nigeria and Afghanistan as “fantastically corrupt” in a conversation with the Queen, a BBC report said. This is despite the fact that Afghanistan was ranked at 167 in Transparency International’s 2015 corruption […]

  Indonesian police confirmed Tuesday that 15 drug convicts – among them 10 foreigners – are being moved to an Island prison ahead of executions planned for mid-May. Liliek Darmanto, Central Java regional police spokesperson, told Anadolu Agency by telephone that most of the 15 had arrived at Nusakambangan. “According to the latest information, 15 […]

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on Monday made public the Panama Papers. The papers, which show how wealthy corporations and individuals around the world evade taxes by using offshore accounts, belonged to one of the world’s biggest offshore law firms, the Panama-based Mossack Fonseca, and is based on the company’s records between 1977 […]