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Ahead of the March 16, 2022 change of government in Anambra State, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has placed the out-going governor of the state, Chief Willie Obiano, on  its watch list. In a letter to the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service dated November 15, 2021, the commission requested the service to place […]

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to call the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. He stated this in a statement on Wednesday in reaction to the remarks of the minister on the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution […]

A former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has been invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for questioning over alleged forgery. Though what he was invited for is yet unknown, reports however claimed that it was over alleged falsification of a “document”. He has since been granted bail on self-recognition. When contacted, EFCC […]

Ahead of the December 1 deadline for the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal civil servants, the Federal Government has warned employees who love their jobs to go and get vaccinated.   Despite criticisms that have trailed the directive, which was first announced in September, the Federal Government, on Monday, insisted that its decision was in the best […]

The German government has asked the Federal Government to release at least 30,000 Nigeria Police personnel for special training in Germany on how to manage protests among Nigerians without using weapons. A high-level delegation from Germany, which visited the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith, specifically said it was willing to train […]

Malam Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), has hinted that a litre of fuel may sell between N320 and N340 in 2022. He said this during the presentation of the World Bank Nigeria Development Update, November 2021 edition titled “Time for Business Unusual” in Abuja on Tuesday. Kyari said […]

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is aware and concerned about the hike in the price of gas and is promising action to ameliorate the situation. He said this while addressing State House correspondents after a meeting with the President in his office where he presented CEOs […]

The naira lost steam at the parallel market on Monday, sliding to 555 per dollar. The local currency had crashed to 540/dollar on Friday, after trading at 535/dollar on Thursday. After tumbling to 575/dollar recently, the local currency began a gradual uptick in recent weeks peaking at 530/dollar last week. Operators in the parallel market, […]

Pastor David Ibiyeomie of Salvation Ministries, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has said that those whose phones ring inside the church are poor. The cleric reportedly said this while addressing his congregants on Sunday. According to PM News, Ibiyeomie said that wealthy people switch off their phones and concentrate fully during service. “Anyone whose phone rings […]

Professor Felix Anyaegbulam of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi State, has been arrested for allegedly defiling a minor. According to the the police, the Professor of Geophysics has admitted to the crime. The state Police spokesperson, DSP Loveth Odah, told journalists that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Aliyu Garba, has ordered discreet investigation […]

Nigerian media personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze, has compared Nigerian pastors with Nigerian Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, who gave out his birthday monetary gift meant for a Rolls Royce. According to him, pastors who are regarded as spiritual father  receive money through offering meant for the needy and use […]

The Archbishop of Bendel Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Ughelli Diocese, Anglican Communion, Most Revd. Cyril Odutemu, weekend, lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari’s led Government has borrowed the destinies present and future generations of Nigerians away. Odutemu who stated this in a sermon at the funeral service of Mama Hannah Victoria Macaulay, mother of erstwhile […]

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s time as Manchester United manager finally ran out on Sunday as the Norwegian was sacked following a humiliating 4-1 defeat at Watford. Solskjaer failed to win a trophy in nearly three years in charge at Old Trafford and tangible signs of progress after finishing second in the Premier League last season have been blown […]

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Shehu Sani on Sunday said Nigerian politicians fear western sanctions more than the local laws. He stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics on the heels of the visit of the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo believes the slow process of dispensing justice in the country must be urgently addressed. He made the remark on Friday when he chaired a Wole Olanipekun & Co., WOC, Justice Summit on Justice Sector Reforms in celebration of the 70th birthday of Wole Olanipekun, SAN, in Lagos. Describing the issue of […]

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has asked Nigerians to wait till January 2022 for the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to declare whether he will be running for president in 2023 or not. Fashola said this during an interview on Channels Television’s programme ‘Hard Copy’ aired on Friday. […]

The United States has once again warned that it may stop rendering military assistance to Nigeria if the country fails to protect human rights. The US Secretary of States, Antony Blinken, who gave the warning, also urged the federal and Lagos State governments to sanction any individuals found to have violated human rights during the […]

A former governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Senator Gbenga Aluko, is dead. The Ode-Ekiti-born politician was said to have died on Saturday  after he collapsed in his office in Abuja. According to Television Continental, he was rushed to a hospital where he passed on. TVC reported that one of Aluko’s aides who spoke on condition of anonymity told Radio Nigeria that […]