Several prominent lecturers of Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma have been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for alleged involvement in cult-related activities.
This revelation was made by...
The Senate has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to go beyond merely sacking its incompetent officials by restructuring its modus operandi to ensure transparency and accountability.
In...
Nigeria’s Directorate of State Services (DSS) has said it thwarted plots by Boko Haram to attack the British and US embassies in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
In an e-mailed statement released by the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday seized about N4 billion cash allegedly belonging to a former deputy governorship candidate from Niger State.
The anti-corruption agency...
Former Nigerian president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has denied reports alleging that he received the sum of $200 million as kickback from the controversial Malabu oil deal.
In a statement made available...
The United States government is working on a $600 million deal to permit the sale of a dozen highly sophisticated turbo-prop fighter planes to Nigeria to bolster its efforts at curbing Islamic...
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said that the northern part of Nigeria is trying to create an Islamic society that never existed.
He stated on Wednesday this while speaking on the theme...
Former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the sum of N3.6 billion realized from the sale of 16 percent of the state’s...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to compel President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian government to publish details of the spending...
The Directorate of State Services (DSS) has said there is no truth in the story that the sum of N310 million was stolen from the residence of Senate President Bukola Saraki.
The DSS described the allegation...
The Nigerian House of Representatives has said that President Muhammadu Buhari does not have the powers to extend the tenure of a permanent secretary or any civil servant who is due for retirement.
The...
The Nigerian Army has said that the original Abubakar Shekau, leader of the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram, is very much alive. This runs contrary to the belief in some quarters, including sections...
Property worth millions of naira have been reportedly lost to fire which gutted the accounts section of the Ebonyi State Government House on Friday. No life was however lost in the inferno which...
The Nigerian Senate has suspended its former leader, Ali Ndume for six months.His suspension was recommended by the Senate’s Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions whom Ndume caused...
The Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Prof. Ibrahim Garba who appeared before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on Monday publicly disclosed that Sen. Dino Melaye...
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to disclose his health status to Nigerians. Soyinka who spoke to reporters last weekend at the sidewalk of the Paris Book Fair felt...
Prominent members of the House of Representatives yesterday described the Kaduna International Airport which is serving as a substitute to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja whose runway...
The Nigerian Senate has asked the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali to resign following his refusal to appear before the Senate today. This comes after a suit filed on behalf...
The Federal Government has said that the recent communal clash between the Yoruba and Hausa communities in Ile-Ife, Osun State had no link to ethnic sentiments.
This was disclosed to newsmen over...
The Lagos State Government has requested that Queen’s College located in Yaba, Lagos be shut down indefinitely to enable the proper sanitisation and treatment of the water system in the school.
This...
