28 people dead, 20 missing after super typhoon made landfall...
A total of 28 people died and 20 remain missing after super typhoon Lekima made landfall in east China’s Zhejiang Province on Saturday, loca... Continue Reading
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57 People Get Burnt While Scooping Fuel from a Fallen Tanke...
Police in Tanzania have comfirmed that at least 57 people have been burned to death after a fuel tanker exploded in the eastern town of Moro... Continue Reading
Nine suspected internet fraudsters arrested in Edo
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office on July 23, 2019 arrested nine suspected internet fraud... Continue Reading
Iran arrests and sentences suspected US’ CIA spies to ...
The stand-off between Iran and the US government has gotten yet another twist, as the Middle East nation has announced that it broke a CIA s... Continue Reading
Ministerial List Delay: Defence, Health, Education Worst Hit
The inability of President Muhammadu Buhari to form his cabinet 45 days after commencing his second term in office appears to have slowed do... Continue Reading
Patience Jonathan Forfeits $8.4 Million, N9.2 Billion To Fed...
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the forfeiture of ex-First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan’s $8.4 million and N9.2 billion to ... Continue Reading
EFCC to arraign Bukola Saraki for alleged money laundering a...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has plans to arraign the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, for alleged money laun... Continue Reading
Lagos Debt Hits N1trn As List Of High, Low Indebted Nigerian...
Lagos State is number one among the highly indebted states in Nigeria in both external and domestic debts with N1.043 trillion in 2018, the ... Continue Reading
Akwa Ibom Governor, Emmanuel Loses Against EFCC
Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, dismissed an application filed by Akwa Ibom State Gove... Continue Reading
President Buhari Signs 2019 Budget Into Law
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja signed the 2019 Appropriation bill of N8.92 trillion into law. The president had submitted the... Continue Reading
Ebonyi State Governor Umahi Promises To Retain Commissioner ...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has promised to retain the Commissioner for Human Capital Development and Monitoring, Mr Uchenna Orji, for his cr... Continue Reading
Buhari Govt to release N30 Billion for Digital Switch over
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) says the Federal Government is working on releasing N30 billion to boost the process of Digital S... Continue Reading
EFCC Nabs 10 Suspected Internet Fraudsters
The Abuja Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, May 17, 2019 arrested ten suspected internet frauds... Continue Reading
Court restrains EFCC from Investigating Senate President, Bu...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from investigating Bukola Saraki, Senate President of... Continue Reading
Amaechi Issues Order to Nigerian Railway Corporation
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has ordered the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to re-evaluate its existing assets at ... Continue Reading
Zamfara killings: Civil Rights Group Names those Behind Inse...
Citizens’ Rights Crusade Network, CRCN, on Sunday called for a decisive action against masterminds of the rising cases of banditry, kidnappi... Continue Reading
Gov Yari Under Fire Over Recession Comment
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has reacted to a statement credited to the Abdulaziz Yari, Governor of Zamfara State, at a meeting of th... Continue Reading
UK Emphasis on What Buhari govt should fix urgently
The United Kingdom on Tuesday advised the Buhari government to improve the investment climate to attract more investors to Nigeria. UK Forei... Continue Reading
Yahoo boys: Nigerian lady claims EFFC officers reinforce fra...
A Nigerian lady has taken to Twitter to claim that officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, reinforce fraud. The mena... Continue Reading
Egypt Announces Plan to hold Referendum on Extending Preside...
Egypt’s election commission announced today that a referendum potentially allowing President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in office until 20... Continue Reading
PDP Dismisses APC’s Claim on Atiku’s Citizenship as Diversio...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday dismissed as reckless and groundless the claims made by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that i... Continue Reading
Trump Considers Holding Third North Korea Summit
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he is considering a potential third nuclear summit with North Korea’s leader. “We will be discussing... Continue Reading
Ending extreme poverty in Africa by 2030 doubtful, says Worl...
The World Bank Group (WBG’s) projection to end extreme poverty in Africa is no longer feasible, its President, David Malpass, has said. The ... Continue Reading
Iran Declares US ‘State Sponsor Of Terrorism’
Iran declared the United States a “state sponsor of terrorism” and its forces in the region “terror groups”, in a tit-for-tat response to a ... Continue Reading
FG set to inaugurate school feeding programme in Ekiti
Mr Ademola Obanise, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Home Grown School Feeding programme, gave the indication in Ado-Ekiti on... Continue Reading
Ayade Receives Outline Business Case On Bakassi Deep Seaport
The Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, has received the Outline Business Case (OBC) on Bakassi Deep Seaport project by the Fed... Continue Reading
King of Jordan assures Nigeria of more support to end terror...
President Buhari, who met with King Abdullah II on the sideline of the World Economic Forum on Middle East and North Africa holding in Dead ... Continue Reading
Lyon President Discussed With Mourinho Over Joining French C...
Lyon president, Jean-Michel Aulas, has revealed he spoke with José Mourinho last summer but ruled out any possibility of him joining the clu... Continue Reading
We’ve Attracted Over $500m Investments In Kaduna, Says El-Ru...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, says the government has attracted both local and international investments of over $500 million in th... Continue Reading
President Buhari assures Nigerians of continued development
We are here for the 11th edition of the Bola Tinubu Colloquium. “This is a yearly gathering where we tend to question and interrogate some o... Continue Reading
Sahara Group advocates uniform petroleum products atandards ...
The adoption of unified standards across Africa will create a bigger and more effective regional market that will enhance the continent’s co... Continue Reading
Details of Buhari’s meeting with APC Governors, Senators-ele...
President Muhammadu Buhari has frowned at some actions and decisions of the 8th National Assembly, saying such activities remained regrettab... Continue Reading
Update On Baba Suwe’s Health
Veteran actor and comedian Babatunde Omidina a.k.a Baba Suwe’sK health has improved and according to reports, the comic actor has just been ... Continue Reading
Akwa Ibom Assembly Passes N672.9bn Budget For 2019
While passing the budget, the Speaker of the House, Onofiok Luke said the budget was an economic transition proposal which will support the ... Continue Reading
EFCC arrests party agent with over N1.2m, another with N300k
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Maiduguri Zonal office has arrested one Abba Ali Abbari, a party agent, delegated alleged to h... Continue Reading
Oil prices slide as economic outlook darkens, U.S. supply su...
Oil prices dropped on Friday as clouds gathered over the global economy after the European Central Bank (ECB) warned overnight of continued ... Continue Reading
Jonah Jang: What happened in court on Thursday
The State High Court in Jos, on Thursday adjourned to April 9, hearing in ex-Gov. Jonah Jang’s alleged N6.3 billion fraud case to enable pro... Continue Reading
Zola Electric Announces Expansion into Nigeria
ZOLA Electric, a renewable energy brand in Africa, with 200,000 installations and more than 1,000,000 daily users, has announced plan to bri... Continue Reading
Paul Adefarasin Advises Nigerians on Who to Vote For
Pastor Paul Adefarasin of House on the Rock Cathedral has advised Nigerians to vote for leaders who would ensure a good economy and also fig... Continue Reading
Millions Have Been Raised For The Treatment of Baba Suwe – Y...
Actor Yomi Fabiyi has revealed that millions have been raised for the treatment of Baba Suwe, a veteran comic actor who is down with chronic... Continue Reading
Abacha’s Son Promises Buhari 2 Million Votes
The late Head of State, Gen Sani Abacha‘s son, Alhaji Mohammed Abacha who is the governorship candidate of the Advance Peoples Democratic Al... Continue Reading
EFCC releases Hotlines against electoral fraud, says handsom...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has just put put a statement to inform the general public that patriotic citizens with authenti... Continue Reading
EFCC Arrests Six Suspended Internet Fraudsters In Lagos
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested six members of a syndicate of Internet fraudsters. The ... Continue Reading
Corruption Threatens Nigeria and Its Election – Buhari
President Buhari has said in a new article that corruption is a threat to Nigeria and the upcoming general elections. The president in the a... Continue Reading
11 Suspected Internet Fraudsters Arrested in Ilorin
Eleven suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in Ilorin. The s... Continue Reading
Buhari Must Go, Atiku Declares in Abia
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar yesterday issued a clarion call to Nigerians to vote out Preside... Continue Reading
Venezuela:The Paradox of Petro Statehood
In logic, a paradox is an apparently contradictory conclusion that is derived from what seems to be valid premise. Many paradoxes are based ... Continue Reading
Robert Mugabe Robbed Of Nearly $1 Million
Robert Mugabe has been robbed of nearly $1 million, the money was stolen from a suitcase owned by ousted Zimbabwean President. According to ... Continue Reading
I Never Sought Economic Blueprint from Atiku, Says Ekiti Gov
Kayode Fayemi The Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has clarified that he never sought for econo... Continue Reading
Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat Unveil Development Agenda For Lagos
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his running mate, Dr. Obafemi Hamza... Continue Reading