The Senate yesterday confirmed Mr Ibrahim Lamorde as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). During the open screening at the Senate, Lamorde admitted that there was corruption within the commission but added th...
The sudden cancellation of investigation into an alleged scam in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) by the House of Representatives Committee on Health is creating ripples among its members, as some of them have alleged that the leadership of ...
The Jamatul Ahlis Sunnah lid Daawa wal Jihad popularly known as Boko Haram has said the arrest of some top leaders of the sect will not deter it from carrying out attacks. Someone claiming to be the spokesman of the sect Abul Qaqa disclosed this in a t...
The national body of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) yesterday told the federal government to immediately punish the culprits of the last post-election crises or forget the war against insecurity. According to the JIN: “Perpetrators of last...
Former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu has debunked report by an online medium, Niger Observer, about his health status, saying that he was hale and hearty. Tinubu, who stated this in a statement by his special adviser on media, Mr. Sunday Dare,...
There was low turnout of voters in Bayelsa on Saturday, evenas the Independent National Electoral Commission conducted a peaceful governorship election in the state. This, many attributed to the killing of a popular supporter of the Action Congress of ...
The fugitive alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa's Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger, was re-arrested on Friday by the State Security Service (SSS). The spokesperson for the SSS, Mrs Marilyn Ogar, told newsmen in Abuja on F...
Nigerian security forces recaptured on Friday the main suspect in a deadly Christmas Day bomb attack who escaped from police custody last month, a state security source said. Kabiru Sokoto's escape on January 18 was described by security sources as...
Nigerian security forces recaptured on Friday the main suspect in a deadly Christmas Day bomb attack who escaped from police custody last month, a state security source said. Kabiru Sokoto's escape on January 18 was described by security sources as...
As the curtains on the probe of the fuel subsidy management by the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee drop, the committee, has queried the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over allegations by the accountant-general of Liberia ...
Multiple explosions on Tuesday rocked Kaduna military formations. The first explosion occurred at the 1 division Army headquarters, when a suicide bomber in a Sienna car heading towards the administrative block exploded shortly after making it through ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Murtala Nyako of the Peoples Democratic Party winner of the Adamawa gubernatorial polls. Nyako polled 302, 953 votes to beat the Action Congress of Nigeria ( ACN) candidate, Markus...
Aside from the pressure from the European Union, which has been campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty globally, the political backlash of executing condemned criminals may have been responsible for the refusal of State governors to sign th...
The Nigerian Police Force yesterday warned the media and agents of the various parties that contested the governorship polls in Adamawa State on Saturday not to announce results not duly confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC...
The removed Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva yesterday opened up a can worms on the alleged fraudulent involvement of President Goodluck Jonathan in the award of contracts and complicity in violently derailing his administration as the Go...