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Patrick Akpobolokemi

NIMASA N2.3bn Scam: I shared N121m on accused’s Instruction – Witness

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today February 23, 2016 presented its sixth witness in the ongoing trial of…

ASUU decries FG’s paltry allocation to universities in 2016 budget

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Tuesday picked holes in allocation to tertiary institutions in the…

Ex-bankers docked for N21m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Monday 22 February, 2016 arraigned the duo of Eke Chukwudi Kingsley and…

Buhari appoints Waziri Adio Executive Secretary, NEITI

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Waziri Onibiyo Adio, as the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency…
Candidates writing JAMB examination using Computer-Based Test (CBT) system

JAMB gives 48-hour extension for applicants to register

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will reopen its website between 12 midnight on Tuesday and 12 midnight on…

Okowa gets approval to take N500m loan

Delta House of Assembly on Tuesday approved Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s request to borrow N500 million from Fidelity Bank Plc to…

75-year-old pensioner slumps, dies during screening in Benin

Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was pandemonium in Benin on Tuesday, as a 75-year-old pensioner, Sunday Oboite, collapsed and died while waiting…

Military operations in Khana, Gokana LGAs have my full backing – Wike

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has confirmed that the military operations in Gokana and Khana local…

Govt-owned media to be restructured for optimum performance

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that government-owned media organizations will be restructured and reinvented…

Corruption: Lulu, Ogunjobi, others lose bid to stop trial

Justice E. S. Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Monday, February 22, 2016 dismissed a…

Lagos to establish first DNA Forensic Lab in Nigeria

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it is set to establish the first ever high-powered DNA Forensic Laboratory in…
Femi Adebayo Shares Review of 'Jagun Jagun'

Actor Femi Adebayo bags political post

Funsho Arogundade Popular Nollywood actor Femi Adebayo has joined the league of entertainers taking up political post. Adebayo, the son…

Multichoice donates 22 Digital Resource Centres to Ogun

Funsho Arogundade MultiChoice Nigeria has once again demonstrated its commitment to enhancing education in Nigeria with its resource center intervention,…

3 dead as guns boom in Ogoni

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Gunshots were still being held in Yeghe, a community of Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers and…

Military, Police collaborate on security in Lagos

Cyriacus Izuekwe The Nigerian military and the Lagos State Police Command have reiterated their commitment and readiness to partner in…

Senator Abe confirms liaison office bombed, calls Buhari to intervene

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Senator Magnus Abe, Rivers South East Senatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC confirms confirms attack on…
Sen. Kabiru Marafa

Senator Marafa shuns senate ethics committee

mafa Senator Kabiru Marafa, (APC, Zamfara Central) on Monday, failed to appear before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and…

Senator Abe’s liaison office bombed in Ogoni

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The liaison office built by Senator Magnus Abe for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers South…
Benue South Senator Patrick Abba Moro confirms that he is bidding for the position of minority leader in the 10th Senate.

Ex-Interior minister, Abba Moro arrested, quizzed by EFCC

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arrested former Minister of Interior, Comrade…

Soyinka Centre calls for entries for oil & gas reporting

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has invited entries from Nigerian professional journalists with ample understanding of the…
Court grants EFCC interim order to freeze 1,146 bank accounts being investigated for unauthorized dealing in forex exchange, others

Fake NIPP official faces trial over fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Francis A. Igo before Justice S. K. Idrisu of the Federal…

EFCC arraigns bizman for issuing N60m dud cheque

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Valentine Orji, the Managing Director of Naxpro Energy & Shipping Company…

Measles virus responsible for death of 20 children in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says laboratory investigation has shown that measles virus was responsible for the epidemic fatal…

Nigerian military committed to global peace – CDS

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin has re-emphasised Nigeria’s commitment to global peace and security. He reiterated that…
Ali-Modu Sheriff

Nobody can force me out as PDP national chairman – Sheriff

The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ali Modu-Sheriff vowed on Monday that he will not resign…

Fayose begs PDP members to support Sheriff

Eromosele Ebhomele As anger grows in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the appointment of Ali Modu Sheriff as National…

Wanted ex-Niger Delta war lord, ‘Osama bin Laden’ speaks from hideout

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt An ex-Niger Delta agitator Solomon Ndigbara, a.k.a. Osama bin Laden, says he is innocent of the allegation…
Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, Chairman, Tantita Security Services Nig. Ltd (TSSNL), alleges sabotage in fight against crude oil theft

Tompolo denies giving ultimatum to Buhari on troops withdrawal

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ex-Militant leader in the Niger Delta region, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) has denied giving President Muhammadu…

28 contractors summoned over abandoned housing projects in Lagos

Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Housing has summoned 28 out of the 30 contractors handling…

Wike Suspends 3 LG bosses over crimes

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has directed security agencies to clampdown on cult activities and violent…