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Seven operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been arrested in connection with a plot to smuggle former Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) chairman AbdulRasheed Maina out of the anti-graft agency’s custody. They are undergoing investigation along with a woman, Zainab Abbas, to determine their involvement in the plot. Maina is being […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has  said  Supreme Court justices  are human beings and human beings will always make mistakes. According to a statement by the apex court’s Director of Press and Information, Dr Festus Akande, Justice Muhammad stated this during a courtesy visit to the Supreme Court by members of the […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos office, has arrested a renowned social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, for an alleged involvement in internet-related fraud and money laundering. EFCC made this known in a series of tweets via its verified Twitter handle @officialEFCC on Tuesday. EFCC in the tweets alleges, “The suspect, […]

The Permanent Secretary, State House, Jalal Arabi, says some of the vehicles used for daily operations in the State House were purchased in 1999. A statement by Attah Esa, the Deputy Director (Information), State House, said Mr Arabi disclosed this when he led his management team to the National Assembly for the defence of the […]

Ex-Senate President Bukola Saraki has responded to a court judgment ordering the forfeiture of two of his houses in Ikoyi, Lagos State. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission secured the judgment against Saraki on Monday. However, taking to his verified Twitter handle @bukolasaraki later on Monday, the ex-Kwara State governor noted: “My attention has been […]

A lion, which escaped from its cage in Kano Zoological Garden about three days ago, returned to its cage on Monday, the Managing Director of the garden, Sai’du Gwarzo, has confirmed. Earlier, when the lion, valued at over N7m escaped, it was said to have forced its way into a cage where goats were kept […]

The Federal Government has said Nigerians are spending over $8bn (N2.4tn) annually to import vehicles. Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja while unveiling a competition on ‘automotive design initiative’ organised by the National Automotive Design and Development Council. According to him, the huge […]

Ijeoma Ojukwu, the judge presiding over the case of Omoyele Sowore,convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, says she is concerned that the activist has not meet the bail conditions granted to him. While ruling on the application for variation of the bail conditions on Monday, Ojukwu said: “Considering the pedigree of the first defendant as observed in […]

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says he is standing by his comment that Boko Haram has been technically defeated. Mohammed said this on Monday when he visited the headquarters of The Sun newspaper in Lagos. He said his position in 2015 that Boko Haram had been technically defeated was based on what he saw on […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja today to attend a three-day Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia. The summit which begins on October 23rd will end on the 25th. It will focus on exploring and expanding opportunities in security, trade and investment, science and technology, and gas production between Russia and African nations. During the summit, […]

The Nigerian government has ordered the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to suspend the N4 per second imposed by MTN on subscribers to USSD access to banking services charges. The Minister of Communications Dr Ibrahim Ali Pantami gave the directive through a statement by his Media aide Uwa Suleiman on Sunday. The Minister said MTN should […]

Tragedy struck in Amasiri in the Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Saturday as a bridegroom, Chukwuemeka Onwuka, slumped at the  reception venue and later died in hospital. Onwuka was getting married to one Miss Onyinyechi Amadi Ugbor of the Ihie village in the Amasiri community. The deceased was an ophthalmologist, who […]

The Nigerian Army said on Sunday that the Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province fighters were smuggling smoked fish into the country to sustain their criminal activities. The army noted that its troops attached to the Operation Lafiya Dole arrested a syndicate of terrorists which specialised in smuggling “smoked fish from the Lake Chad region.” […]

Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation, says Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is fit to be the next president of Nigeria. There are reports that Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state, is eyeing the number one position in the country but the top politician […]

Parts of Lagos State may record more flooding soon owing to the rise of water sea level; the State government has warned residents. The lagoon is said to be having difficulty  discharging water into the ocean causing backflow into the drainage channels. But Environment and Water Resources Commissioner Tunji Bello says officials of the state […]

Pampering of children by parents and exposing them to excessive affluence makes them unable to pass examinations and contributes to sex-for-marks scandals in Nigeria’s universities, the Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Professor Ibrahim Garba, said yesterday. Speaking on Radio Nigeria Kaduna programme monitored in Zaria, he also identified decay in the moral upbringing of […]

Another tanker fire accident early hours of Friday occurred at Onitsha Enugu expressway area of Bessoy Filling Station Onitsha Anambra State, destroying over three caterpillars, 30 vehicles in different mechanic, electrical, and spraying workshops inside Omagba Phase II area of Onitsha, with no loss of lives. However, a statement from the Anambra State Police command […]

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said that payment of the new minimum wage would take effect immediately, adding that it cuts across both the public and private sectors. He disclosed this early yesterday in Abuja shortly after a government team concluded a meeting with labour leaders. The disagreement had centred […]