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Magu was promoted to AIG after retirement — Police Affairs Minister, Dingyadi

Facts have emerged that the erstwhile sacked Chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), CP lbrahim Magu, was actually promoted to Assistant...

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Just in: Pres. Buhari departs Abuja for UAE on condolence visit, felicitations to new President

President Muhammadu Buhari will later  on Thursday fly to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to meet the new President of the country, His...

IPOB: No plan to ban Facebook, says FG

Few months after lifting suspension on Twitter, the Federal Government says it has no intention to ban or suspend the ubiquitous social media...

BREAKING: Two days after Patricia Etteh’s arrest, ex-NDDC MD, Nsima Ekere, picked up by EFCC

Barely two days after the arrest of Nigeria’s first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs Patricia Olubunmi Etteh, for NDDC contract...

Tension as traders, motorcyclists engage in bloody clash in Abuja satellite community

By Sam Ogbeifun Pandemonium reigned in Dei-Dei, a local community of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, following a bloody clash between commercial motorcyclists...

Alleged N80bn fraud: FG places Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, on indefinite suspension

The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, who was busted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over N80 billion fraud, has...

Detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, denied bail

  The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been denied bail by the Federal High Court, Abuja....

Buhari yet to confirm statuses of returning ministers, says Information Minister, Mohammed

President Muhammadu Buhari has yet to take a decision on the returning ministers after they backtracked on their ambitions to contest the primaries...

Sen. Adeleke is PDP’s governorship candidate for Osun July 16 poll, court rules

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the July 16 governorship poll in Osun State, Sen. Ademola Adeleke on Wednesday got a reprieve...

Sylva, Malami, Tallen return as ministers, attend FEC meeting

Three of the 10 ministers who were bade farewell last week by President Muhammadu Buhari,  featured prominently at Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC)....

Nigeria’s first woman Speaker, House of Representatives, Etteh, nabbed for fraud

Nigeria’s first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Patricia Olubunmi Etteh, has been arrested over a shady contract worth N240m awarded...

APC Convention: HEADWINDS AGAINST THE JAGABAN

By Yinusa Duba It is exactly two weeks to the Special National Convention of APC, and there are clear indications that bookmakers may...

Why we killed NYSC member, Terungwa Stephanie — female abductor, other suspects confess

Fresh facts have emerged why the 26-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Terungwa Stephanie, was killed in Abuja and her mutilated body...

Just in: Presidential race: I’m fully engaged, Adesina rejects invitation to contest in 2023

"I remain fully engaged and committed to the mission that Nigeria, Africa and all the non-African shareholders of the African Development Bank have...

Deborah Yakubu: Human rights group calls for Chief Imam of Bayero University, Kano’s arrest

A civil society group, the Human Righters Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest...

Just in: : EFCC busts Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, with N80bn fraud

The Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, was on Monday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged...