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Tax Evasion: FG to seize accounts of nearly 7,000 billionaires

By Ruth Olurounbi Head of Nigeria’s tax agency, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says Nigeria is now strategizing on how to seize bank...

Presidency dismisses allegation against CoS as ‘fiction’

Untrue; a work of fiction; nothing more than falsehoods from disgruntled people. That’s what the Presidency says about report linking the Chief of...

Fayose drops out of presidential race

Governor Ayo Fayose ended his presidential bid on Saturday according to his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi. The Ekiti governor had long ago been...

Minister of Sports Dalung To Buhari: Declare State of Emergency in Plateau, Benue, Zamfara

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to impose State of Emergency in Plateau, Benue,...

Tremors cause panic among Abuja residents

Tremors were felt in some parts of Abuja on Friday morning. In the city scores of people took to the streets to see...

Direct Primaries: Delta APC leaders supports Oshiomhole-led party plans

The Leaders and Elders of the  mainstream of APC in Delta State, led by Olorogun Otega Emerhor and Chief Hyacinth Enuha, on Wednesday...

MTN in another trouble with Nigerian govt, accused for withholding $2bn in taxes

MTN Nigeria is in fresh trouble with the Nigerian government accusing it of withholding $2 billion in taxes. The Nigerian government has, therefore,...

Forex: CBN gives Market $210m boost

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has made available the sum of $210 million, to meet customers’ requests in various segments of the...

Nigeria-China partnership results in $5bn projects for W/African country – Buhari

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday in Beijing that his country’s partnership through e Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) has resulted in...

Buhari, 2019 elections and the law by Reuben Abati 

President Muhammadu Buhari reportedly declared in China, last Sunday, that he believes in the idea of free and fair elections, and that he...

At least 11 killed in Jos gunmen attack

The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed that at least 11 persons were killed  in Latya and Lakwandet communities, of Plateau State by...

Sagay Calls Rivers Judicial Panel ‘Fake’, Says Ameachi is Innocent And Not Corrupt

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), railed against the Rivers State Judicial Panel set up by Governor Nyesom...

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki announces presidential bid

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has officially declared to run for the president come 2019 election. ” I have decided to answer the...

In Pictures : It’s PDP, Not APC, Who Are Focusing on Buhari in Campaign Ads

Based on what you hear from the political environment, you’d think that the opposition PDP are all but committed to running on nothing...

Ambode urges ruling party to let members have a say on direct or indirect primaries

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode,has demanded that members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, should be consulted over direct or indirect primaries...

Former US Ambassador to Nigeria Princeton Lyman, Dead at 82

Princeton Lyman, a career diplomat who served as US ambassador to Nigeria and later to South Africa, where he helped engineer the transition...