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SERAP wants court to compel NASS to publish details of corruption probes, public hearings since 1999
The National Assembly has been sued over its failure to publish reports of all completed public hearings and corruption probes by the National Assembly...
Nigeria teetering on the brink of collapse, disunited, alerts Obasanjo
After several months of reticence, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has opened up on the state of the nation and concluded that Nigeria...
Fayose’s spoiler’s game in Southwest PDP, Tinubu is mastermind, group alleges
A group known as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Potent Force says it is spoiling for a showdown with former Ekiti Governor, Ayodele...
Edo Elections: No Voting Without a Face Mask – INEC Chairman
The Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that they will deny voting to voter not wearing...
United Airlines to Commence Direct Flights From Washington, DC to Lagos
United Airlines is set to commence non-stop round-trip flights to Lagos, Nigeria (LOS) three times per week in March, 2021. Passengers on...
Rape: Osinbajo prescribes stiffer penalty for offenders
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has advocated stricter punishments for rape offenders especially in situations involving lecturers and their female students in the...
FG, 36 states, FCT debts now N31trn – DMO
The Debt Management Office on Wednesday put the Nigeria’s debt at N31 trillion, an increase of N2.38 trillion in three months. It...
2050 National Development Agenda: Buhari appoints opposition parties, private sector to drive it
….says plan will lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty by 2030 President Muhammadu Buhari has coopted major political parties into the...
2023: PDP Southwest group reads riot act to Fayose, others, vows to retire them from politics
The PDP Unity Frontiers, Southwest zone, has vowed to retire from active politics those engineering unwarranted and unprovoked political crisis in the zone ahead of...
FG says absence of collaboration among MDAs affecting service delivery, cost of governance
The Federal Government on Tuesday hinged service delivery and increasing cost of governance on lack of collaboration among Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). It noted...
Multi-million fraud at MAPOLY: Whistleblower suspended, petitions Gov. Abiodun
A whistleblower, who has exposed sleaze and corruption at the Ogun State-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, has been hunted down by the...
Buhari to sit-tight African leaders: Shun tenure elongation, lures of office
Miffed by the crave by some African leaders to perpetuate themselves in power, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged leaders of the member-states...
Return of petrol subsidy will throw the country off-balance, says Buhari at retreat for ministers
As the rage over petrol subsidy removal and the new electricity tariff lingers, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said any attempt...
Buhari presents COVID-19 report at 57th ECOWAS summit in Niamey on Monday
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday leave Abuja for Niamey, Niger Republic, to participate in the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS...
Kola Aluko, Diezani’s biz partner, set to lose ill-gotten $25m Los Angeles mansion
Kola Aluko, a business ally of Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, may lose $25 million luxury property in Los Angeles as the United...
AFCON trophy stolen from CAF headquarters in Egypt
By Boye Ajayi The prestigious Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy has been stolen from the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) headquarters in...
