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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a massive probe into alleged looting of over N150 billion by the immediate past governor of Abia State, Chief Theodore Orji, and members of his family. His sons – Chinendum Orji Eyinanya (currently Speaker, Abia State House of Assembly) and one Ogonna Orji – are also […]

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has blamed the political elites for the current insecurity bedeviling the country. He said: “They have failed to lead the citizens to the right path.” Sultan Sa’ad also blamed traditional and religious leaders for their failure to preach peace and promote good societal values in the country, adding […]

The world is running out of masks and other protective equipment against the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization chief warned on Friday. “The world is facing a chronic shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE),” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the WHO’s executive board in Geneva. WHO said prices for some items were up to 20 times […]

A 27-year-old man, Eric Agba, was on Friday remanded at a correctional facility by an Ebonyi State magistrates’ court sitting in Abakaliki for allegedly operating an illegal bank account in the name of the Ebonyi State Government. Agba reportedly used the account to defraud MTN Communications Nigeria Limited and others, of N141m. The suspect, it […]

US President Donald Trump has said his political foes “should be ashamed of themselves”. Trump said this in a live address on Thursday while delivering a victory statement at the White House. He said, “We’ve been going through this for over three years. It was lies and they should never happen to another president. It […]

The Federal Government said that it will spend  N620m special intervention fund to monitor, detect and contain the deadly Coronavirus. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, stated this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on health. He briefed the Senate panel on the level of his ministry’s preparedness to manage the Coronavirus outbreak in the […]

The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has faulted claims by the President Muhammadu Buhari that more Muslims are killed by Boko Haram. Atiku made his position known in a tweet on Wednesday. While replying to a report on Buhari’s claim, Atiku tackled Buhari for being concerned with […]

The wife of the prime minister of Lesotho has been formally charged in court with murdering his previous wife. First Lady Maesaiah Thabane has not yet been asked to plead. She surrendered to police on Tuesday for questioning. Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has also been questioned. His estranged wife, Lipolelo Thabane, was shot dead outside […]

An individual may no longer be able to own more than three phone lines going by a directive handed down to the Nigerian Communications Commission by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isah Pantami. The directive was based on security considerations. Pantami directed the NCC to revise the policy on SIM card registration […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday declared that 90 per cent of Boko Haram’s victims in the past years were Muslims. “It is the reality that some 90 per cent of all Boko Haram’s victims have been Muslims. They include a copycat abduction of over 100 Muslim schoolgirls, along with their single Christian classmate; shootings inside mosques; […]

Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi says women should be given more of the empowerment opportunities made available by the Federal Government as they are good managers of resources. Amaechi made the assertion during the empowerment of Women and Youth programme in Rivers State by the National Directorate of Employment NDE and the Office of […]

A former member representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has accused officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of breaching his fundamental human rights during his 30-day incarceration. Sani, in a statement on Saturday, said apart from searching his houses and offices, the EFCC agents also forced him to […]

Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state, says living in Nigeria is the biggest threat to one’s life. Obi said this while responding to questions during an interview with ThisDay. Asked if he has had a near-death experience, Obi said: “What is more threatening to someone than living in Nigeria? We live under constant threats here.” […]

The Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday said Nigerians should hold the President, Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress responsible for the negative impacts of the travel sanctions imposed on Nigeria by the United States. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement said immigration ban is another huge misfortune brought by […]

The police in Abuja have arrested five persons for falsely claiming that they had contracted the dreaded Coronavirus disease. They were said to have stormed the Wuse District Hospital claiming that one of them had been infected by Coronavirus. The incident reportedly sparked panic and confusion and also disrupted normal health service delivery at the […]