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Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari against allowing politicians to hijack the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for their selfish motives. Fayose made the remarks in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday while administering oaths on 10 new commissioners in the state, after congratulating Femi Fani-Kayode, on his acquittal by the court. “I […]

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has said he will donate his $32bn (£20bn; €29bn) personal fortune to charity. The 60-year-old nephew of King Salman is one of the world’s richest people. He said he had been inspired by the Gates Foundation, set up by Bill and Melinda Gates in 1997. The money would […]

The Federal Government had advised Nigerians to be vigilant and embrace basic hygiene as Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) re-emerges in Liberia. This is contained in a statement signed by Ayotunde Adesugba, Director Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health in Abuja on Tuesday. The statement urged Nigerians not to panic on the development in […]

Buhari’s Appointments So Far • 1. INEC Acting Chair: Amina Zakari – North •… 2. Head of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR): Mordecai Ladan – North • 3. Accountant-General of the Federation: Ahmed Idris – North • 4. CSO: Abdulrahman Mani – North • 5. State Chief of Protocol: Lawal Kazaure – North • 6. […]

Femi Fani-Kayode hosted a few friends and associates to a lunch after he was discharged and acquitted by a court in Lagos today on charges of corruption and money laundering. This lunch was worth it. More photos as you continue reading: Images: LIB

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed an application for the extradition of Senator Buruji Kashamu, to the United States of America to face illicit drugs related offence trial. The immediate past Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, had filed the application on May 28, 2015 upon an alleged United State government’s […]

EFCC says it was flabbergasted by the outcome of Femi Fani-Kayode’s case. Below is its Press statement. “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today received with shock, the ruling of Justice Rita Ofili- Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court Lagos, acquitting Mr. Femi Fani-kayode, a former minister of aviation, of the two count charge […]

Reports have it, that, two suicide bombers blew themselves up near a hospital in Maiduguri, Borno State on Wednesday. The incident occurred shortly after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo arrived in the city to visit the camps for the people fleeing militant Islamist insurgency. The blasts happened at about 11.30 a.m. (1030 GMT) and injured two […]

Most Rev. Adebayo Akinde, the Archbishop of Lagos Mainland, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, on Wednesday expressed satisfaction with the appointment of Mrs Amina Zakari as the acting Chairman of INEC. President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday appointed Zakari, as INEC chair in an acting capacity following the expiration of Prof. Attahiru Jega’s tenure. The cleric […]

A cross section of the civil servants told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo that they were not expecting one-month salary but the entire arrears owed them by the state government. Mrs Ronke Adekola, a civil servant, said it was ridiculous for the state government to pay only one month out of the […]

The Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) has released its yearly ranking for the top legally recognized tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The University of Lagos comes top of the list of 100 while the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife and University of Ibadan, come in the next two spots. Covenant University is the private tertiary institution with the highest ranking. Below is […]

A  Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has, today, discharged and acquitted former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode of corruption and money laundering charges over what it termed “Want Of Proof”. While delivering judgement on Wednesday on the instituted case, the judge, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, said the prosecution’s case was “feeble” and failed to provide “copious evidence” linking […]

Some times in 2013, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) resolved to merge and set up a merger committee to work out the modality for glueing together as one political party under one name, one constitution and one manifesto. A splinter of the All […]

The Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday confirmed a retired teacher, Mrs Olubunmi Olayinka, three former legislators – Bisi Kolawole, Lanre Ogunsuyi and Kehinde Odebunmi as commissioners. Others include the current Vice-Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti, Mr Taelolu Otitoju, as well as Mr Samuel Ayodeji, Mr Kolapo Kolade, Dr Olurotimi […]

Two domestic staff persons employed by the late former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Prof. Albert Ilemobade, on Monday confessed to killing their boss. The staff, a former driver, Olayemi Bamitale, and the security night guard, Daniel Ita, confessed about how they purposely killed the former university don in cold-blood at his […]

According to SaharaReporters, there was growing concern over the apparent determination of the president’s wife, Aisha Buhari, to transform herself into a politically powerful spouse, in defiance of her husband’s wishes. Two sources remarked that President Buhari had ordered that his wife should not be officially addressed as “First Lady,” adding, however, that Mrs. Buhari has […]

According to AP, the death toll from the crash of an air force transport plane in the Indonesian city of Medan jumped to more than 140 on Wednesday, indicating a growing list of victims from the neighborhood where the plane went down. North Sumatra police major A. Tarigan told TVOne that 141 bodies have been […]

Nigerian government has constituted a four-man committee to probe NNPC over the N3.8 trillion unaccounted for by the corporation in the last three years. According to the Edo state governor, who is part of the 4-man probe committee, investigations by the federal government show that NNPC made N8.1 trillion from 2012-2015, paid N4.3 trillion to the federal […]

No fewer than 100 people were killed after an Indonesian military plane, C-130 Hercules carrying 113 passengers crashed into Medan, the third largest residential area in Indonesia. According to Indonesia’s Air force chief, Air Marshall Agus Supriatna, the pilot told the control tower that the plane needed to turn back because of engine trouble. “The […]