Alleged N49m Fraud: EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Engineer Ibrahim Babbaji, Coordinating Director, Guara Water Management Authority and four others over a fraud of N48 million. They were arraigned before Justice Aliyu Yusuf of FCT High Court 25 Maitama. Others arraigned

Nigerian Infrastructure Development Awards

Honourable Minister of Works, Power and Housing Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN; his Transportation counterpart, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi; Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Senator Olabiyi Durojaye; and Chief John Edozien, former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Planning and one-time

Police bars lawmakers from using Anambra complex

Eighteen lawmakers of the Anambra State House of Assembly led by the factional Speaker, Hon. Ikem Uzoezie were on Thursday barred from gaining access into the assembly complex to hold plenary session. Recall that the assembly complex was sealed off by police, following

Imo N- PDP Emerges (UPDATED)

There is a major rift in Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as ” New Imo PDP” has  emerged. Chairman of n PDP, Imo State, Fabian Ihekweme at a press conference in Owerri said the PDP in the State has

OKOROCHA AS A BAD LOSER

Reading a recent statement credited to the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the embattled Governor of Imo State, Chief Rochas Okorocha, in his usual confused state and in another inglorious media tirade against  the Deputy Governor, one may wonder how a supposed image

Police arrest 34 IPOB members in Nnewi 

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested thirty four proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB members over the killing a Police Inspector, wounding a DPO and some Police personnel and setting ablaze of a Police patrol vehicle. SP Haruna Mohammed PPRO Anambra State Police

Lauretta Onochie bombs Fani-Kayode over fake news

The social Media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs Lauretta Onochie, Friday inveighed against the statement allegedly made by the former aviation minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, that President Buhari has a double. Disclosing this via her official tweeter handle, the outspoken and fearless

CBN backs Labour on minimum wage

THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has thrown its weight behind organised labour’s quest to increase the minimum wage, saying that it would boost the economy. Emefiele, who warned Deposit Money Banks against lending to politicians or abetting money laundering as campaigns for

My administration committed to national unity- Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is committed to national unity and religious harmony, urging Nigerians to embrace the effort. He gave the assurance on Sunday during the 10th Anniversary of Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria(MUSWEN) and N5bn launch of MUSWEN International

Nigeria more corrupt under Buhari than me – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan as formally responded to the infamous claim that he tended to downplay raging corruption in his administration by boldly claiming that ‘stealing is not corruption’. But in dispelling the claim, Jonathan claimed that corruption was more prevalent under the