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$500m Abacha Loot: Malami’s traducers should stop chasing shadows, APC group advises

By Stella Igwe-Adesoga, Per Second News In the wildness of our gutter politics, the players are moving in circles, chasing themselves in a...

OPL 245: The most popular oil block by Reuben Abati

  The Petroleum Act 1969 (as amended) grants powers to the Ministry of Petroleum, acting through the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to...

Buhari approves new security measures to curb killings

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday approved the establishment of a new Battalion of the Nigerian Army, as well as a new Police Area Command,...

Account for post-privatisation spending on the power sector, SERAP tells Fashola

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information request to Babatunde Fashola, SAN, Minister of Power, Works and...

Okorocha, Yari brief Buhari after turbulent APC ward congress

The Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, Rochas Okorocha, as well as Zamfara State Governor, Abdullaziz Yari, on Sunday paid a visit to...

Abacha loot and a dismantled cartel

 By Sufuyan Ojeifo Through a Swiss lawyer, Mr. Enrico Monfrini, contracted in 1999, the Nigerian government was able to trace and confiscate staggering...

Aspirants alleges election irregularities as APC governorship primaries suspended indefinitely

The Tanko Al-Makura-led organising committee has suspended the Ekiti governorship primaries indefinitely following the violent disruption of the exercise. Former governor Kayode Fayemi...

What Is Codeine? The most abused drug in Nigeria

….Codeine linked to life-threatening, fatal respiratory problems in children In order to fully understand the dangers of codeine addiction, it’s important to answer...

Currency Swap: Central Bank of Nigeria Signs Historic Agreement with the People’s Bank of China (PBoC)

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Peoples Bank of China (PBoC) last Friday signed a bilateral currency swap agreement for up to $2.5bn,...

Obasanjo lashes out at Buhari over ‘mediocre’ US trip

“It has come to the attention of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo that some elements in the Muhammadu Buhari camp and or support group are...

These Boko Haram Victims Are Standing Up Against Sex Trafficking In IDP Camps

Thousands of women and girls fleeing from Boko Haram end up in camps where they are exploited by sex traffickers. Now, they are...

Why Buhari is good for workers by Shehu Garba

Tuesday, May 1 is Worker’s Day all over the world and expectations are that questions will be asked of what Muhammadu Buhari, the...

Buhari’s impeachment: Mission impossible by Reuben Abati

The Chairmen of the Committees on Public Accounts in the National Assembly – Kingsley Chinda (House of Representatives, PDP Rivers, Obio/Akpor Constituency) and...

UK interior minister quits over immigration scandal

Britain’s interior minister resigned Sunday amid a scandal over authorities’ mistreatment of long-term United Kingdom residents wrongly caught up in a government drive...

Oyo-Ita at global stage, unveils vision for Nigeria’s civil service

The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Ms. Winifred Oyo-Ita, said that the future of the Service will be anchored on full...

Time has come for President Buhari to resign, says Catholic Bishops

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign. “When will this barbarism end?,” the Bishops said  in...