Diamond Celebrities

About 63 per cent of alcohol-based hand sanitisers in circulation may not be genuine, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 said yesterday. PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha said most sanitizers are not registered. Speaking at the PTF briefing in Abuja, he said the Minister of Health […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a speedy investigation into activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In October, Buhari ordered a forensic audit of the commission from its inception in 2001 till 2019. Since the auditing process began, the agency has been under the spotlight, with allegations and counter-allegations, especially between Joi Nunieh, NDDC former managing […]

Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has described the allegations levelled against him as “nonsense”. Speaking with The Nation hours after he was released from police custody, Magu said he was shocked when he read the allegations designed to tarnish his image. He was arrested last week and whisked […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the fight against corruption in Nigeria will get tougher but Nigerians must continue to stand up against corruption. Speaking on Tuesday at the 20th-anniversary regional webinar organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other offences Commission (ICPC), Professor OSinbajo said the nation must at all times prioritize the fight against […]

More details have emerged about the demise of Nigeria’s first female combat pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, who died at the Nigerian Air Force Base in Kaduna State on Tuesday. The 24-year-old was said to have been hit by a car driven by a former classmate who wanted to greet her. The unnamed ex-classmate was […]

Nigerian Air Force’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile, has died in a road accident. It was learnt that Arotile sustained head injuries from the road accident which occurred at the NAF Base in Kaduna. NAF in a press statement said the flight officer died on Tuesday. The statement quoted the Chief of the […]

The Medical Guild, an association of doctors under the employment of the Lagos state government, says more than 200 doctors involved in the fight against COVID-19, have tested positive for the disease. In a statement, Oluwajimi Sodipo and Ismail Ajibowo, chairman and secretary of the guild, charged the state government to be more committed to […]

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Pauline Tallen, has condemned the upsurge in rape cases nationwide. She noted with concern that no fewer than 3, 600 cases of rape were recorded during the lockdown. She said, “Reports that we received  from commissioners of women affairs across the 36 states of the federation […]

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance, says billions of dollars were saved under her watch. She served as finance minister from 2003 to 2006 as well as between 2011 and 2015. Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s candidate for the World Trade Organisation director-general election, made the claim in an article published on Bloomberg. The article titled “To Beat Covid-19, […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says new evidence suggests that COVID-19 may be transmitted through the air. The Director General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said this during the briefing of the COVID-19 Presidential Task Force on Monday. He explained that before now the virus was believed to only be transmittable through droplets […]

The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, could not  give a proper account of  missing 332 out of the 836 recovered  properties  in March, 2018, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported. NAN reported on Sunday that the latest allegation against the suspended EFCC boss  was contained in […]

Doctors employed by the Lagos State Government will on Monday (Today) begin a three-day warning strike. The Chairman of the Medical Guild, Lagos, Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo, at a briefing on Sunday, said the doctors were embarking on the strike after the ultimatum given to the Lagos State Government had expired. He said, “Following the emergency […]

The Nigeria Police Force has called for applications from suitable qualified Nigerians for enlistment into the Force as Police Constable (Recruits). A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba on Saturday stressed that applicants must have a passion for the Force. According to the statement, applicants must satisfy the following requirements: be […]

Security officials around the embattled acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, have been withdrawn. Premium Times authoritatively learnt that Mr Magu’s police security in his official and personal houses in Abuja were asked to leave the house Friday evening. All vehicles in the official house in Maitama were also driven away, […]

No fewer than 356 soldiers in the North-East and other theatres of operation have applied to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, for voluntary retirement, citing “loss of interest” as their reason for disengagement. The soldiers wrote to the army chief on July 3, 2020, under Reference NA/COAS/001, quoting the Harmonised Terms […]

The Presidency has said that those who see the investigation of the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr Ibrahim Magu, as a signal that the fight against corruption is failing, have failed to see the point. In a statement on Saturday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media […]

Apparently sensing that the Presidency may keep him in detention indefinitely until he answers allegations made against him by the Attorney-General, embattled Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, may go on hunger strike. Vanguard gathered, on Thursday, that some politicians and other wealthy Nigerians and foreigners, who alleged that […]