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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has won the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) governorship primary in Lagos State. Sanwo-Olu emerged winner after two other aspirants – former Commissioner of Energy, Mr Wale Oluwo and former Permanent Secretary from the Ministry of Energy, Mr Mustapha Olorunfemi – were not cleared for the primary. More than 1,225 delegates were expected […]

President Muhammadu Buhari left Abuja to participate in the African Union Extra-ordinary Session of Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, says that this year’s summit will be focusing on security. “The three-day summit, which […]

Senior Advocate of Nigeria and rights activist, Mr Femi Falana, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Governor, Dr Godwin Emefiele. Addressing the Southwest youths and women conference at Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, Falana said Emefiele’s continued stay in office as CBN governor could erode and compromise the credibility of […]

The mum of the teenage school shooter who slaughtered 19 children and two teachers in Texas claims he “wasn’t a violent person.” Adriana Reyes said she was surprised to learn that Salvador Ramos had opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Tuesday. Minutes before the massacre he had shot his grandmother. She recalled the last time she spoke to […]

A Chief Superintendent at the EFCC, Samuel Chime, has called on Nigerians to report people living above their earnings, especially civil servants. “Petition EFCC if you know any civil servant living above his means,” he said. Chime who said there were limited resources at the EFCC’s disposal, added that the Commission was doing all within […]

The family of a former Imo State Governor and All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant, Rochas Okorocha, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of failing to interrogate him 24 hours after his arrest. EFCC operatives on Tuesday broke into Okorocha’s Abuja house after a seven-hour siege and arrested him. The commission had explained that […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says said it is not against the use of cryptocurrency in the country. Abdulkareem Chukkol, EFCC’s Director of Operations, stated this while reacting to questions on the agency’s Twitter space session on Wednesday evening. He, however, said the Commission will go after anyone using cryptocurrency for money laundering. […]

The General Overseer of Omega Power Ministry, Chibuzor Chinyere, has donated a mini estate and a car to Garba Emmanuel, the father of slain Deborah Samuel. The cleric also relocated the family to Port Harcourt and promised Deborah’s seven siblings “automatic scholarships”. Chinyere, in a Facebook post on Tuesday, posted photos of the flats and […]

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission yesterday arrested a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. They whisked him away from his Maitama residence in Abuja after laying siege to it for over seven hours. The operatives broke into Okorocha’s sitting room after firing gunshots and tear gas canisters to disperse protesters who […]

After securing just two votes at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries in Kaduna North Federal Constituency of the House of Representatives, Adam Namadi, son of former Vice-President Namadi Sambo, has reportedly asked delegates to refund the N2 million each he doled out before the election. Namadi, who had promised to add N1.5 million to […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained why it stormed the residence of a former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday. According to the agency, Senator Okorocha has refused to honour  invitations after jumping administrative bail. Reacting to EFCC’s presence at his residence on Tuesday, Senator Okorocha has accused the […]

Peter Okoye of the P-Square singing group has endorsed former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi to become the next President of Nigeria. Taking to his Twitter page on Monday, Peter Okoye who is also known as Mr. P described Obi as a disciplined and principled man that can save Nigeria. The singer who pointed out that he […]

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has urged that the killings in the South-East should stop. Kanu also demanded the immediate release of Mrs Ukamaka Ejezie, a newspaper vendor popularly known as ‘Mama Biafra’ in Abia State. The IPOB leader was quoted as speaking during a visitation to him in the […]

The Federal Government has slammed a new tax on phone calls in the nation to fund free healthcare for the Vulnerable Group in Nigeria. This is despite recent moves by telecommunication companies to increase the price of their services as a result of an unfavourable operating climate. The telecom tax in the equivalent of a […]

Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, on Sunday praised the efforts of the current administration in handling the nation’s affairs. Umahi, a frontline aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said President Muhammadu Buhari has done well in piloting Nigeria’s affairs since assuming office in 2015. “In terms of naming all the indices that are needed […]

An analysis of data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria showed that Nigerians spent at least $220.86 million on foreign education between December 2021 and February 2022. This is according to the CBN data on the amount spent on educational service under the sectoral utilisation for transactions valid for foreign exchange for December 2021 […]

The Nigerian naira, on Friday, weakened to N607 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market amid increased demand. The figure represents a drop of N7 or 1.2 percent from the N600 it traded earlier this week. Currency traders known as Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs), who spoke to TheCable in Lagos, quoted […]

“My expectation was that it might remain the same because we complained at the time that the cost was too much. But the President (Muhammadu Buhari) himself lamented that the price was more than he expected. He urged the party to review and reconsider the cost in the future so that young people and those […]