Justice Lateefa Okunnu of an Ikeja High Court thursday sentenced another oil marketer, Rowaye Jubril, to 10 years imprisonment over a N963.7 million fuel subsidy fraud....
The Federal Government has set up a probe panel into budgetary conducts of its Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, with a view to curtailing budget padding....
Some consumer advocacy groups in the country have threatened to institute a class-action suit against the Nigerian Bottling Company if it is established that an infraction...
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN has suspended plans to hold a Christian Day of Mourning this Sunday. A statement by the National Secretary of CAN,...
To curtail miscreant and terrorists activities in Kogi State, Governor Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday pulled down buildings suspected to be dens of kidnappers, Boko Haram and...
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson and former military Head of State, Gen Ibrahim Babangida, met behind closed doors in Minna, the capital of...
Except Ethiopian Airlines, other foreign airlines operating in Nigeria are yet to heed the Federal Government’s plea to use Kaduna Airport as alternate airport to Abuja...
The former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, will on Thursday be arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended its scheduled nationwide public hearing aimed at amending the party’s constitution in the lead-up to its non-elective national convention...
Four more suspects have been grilled over the investigation of the N19billion illegally deducted from the London-Paris Club loan refund. Besides, about N500million of the cash...
The servicing of Nigeria’s domestic debt gulped N1.23tn in 2016, statistics obtained from the Debt Management Office have revealed. The statistics showed that the highest interest...
Following speculations that President Muhammadu Buhari may soon effect a cabinet reshuffle, panic has overwhelmed ministers and top aides, who have resorted to lobbying to retain...
The trial of 23 officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, accused of receiving N360m bribe from Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in connection with...
In a bid to downplay expectations, the presidency has said Nigerians should not expect President Muhammadu Buhari to resume work in a “dramatic way”, after spending...
Another London-Paris Club loan refund (about N500billion) is on the way for states— with fresh hurdles for governors. The Presidency has made it mandatory for all...
A medical expert, Professor Femi Williams, categorically said yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari, was anaemic. This, the certified physician in Anatomic Pathology from London and Ireland,...
PLATEAU State Governor, Simon Lalong has accused his predecessor, Senator Jonah David Jang of diverting N2 billion meant for poverty eradication programme in the state during...
President Muhammadu Buhari has concluded plans for a major overhaul of his administration, reliable sources in government told SUNDAY PUNCH over the weekend. The sources, who...
The Federal Government is at risk of coughing out over $8bn to litigants over disputed “contractual and statutory obligations” by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Sunday...
Nigerian Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has been described as a failure and has been asked by Campaign for Democracy (CD) to,...
Witnesses called by the third respondent, the APC in its defence in the petition filed by Pastor Ossgie Ize – Iyamu and his party, PDP challenging...
About 4, 300 out of the 8,694 flights to and from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja in the next six weeks may have been cancelled...
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc has offered to pay anyone who reports energy theft by some unscrupulous elements 20 percent of the money recovered from...
Despite the promise by the Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, not to do anything unlawful concerning the administration of local governments, THISDAY learnt yesterday that...
The Managing Director of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, Mr. Tony Attah, says that the company has not increased the cost of gas. He identified market dynamics...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’, has disclosed the seizure of 23,000 bags of 50kg imported parboiled rice and that the importers owe...
The British High Commission in Abuja has debunked a report by London-based Observer newspaper, which reported at the weekend that the government of President Goodluck Jonathan...
A legal obstacle to stop Lagos State’s plan to save the National Stadium is being planned, The Nation has learnt. A motion to stop the takeover...
THE House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has summoned the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; Minister of Finance, Kemi...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has set aside three days of prayers for the quick recovery and early return to Nigeria of President Muhammadu...
Senate President, Bukola Saraki will on Tuesday lead a five-man delegation on a three-day visit to the Bundestrat, equivalent of the Senate in the German Parliament....
Two independent oil marketers have been accused of stealing 100 million litres of premium motor spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol belonging to the Federal Government....
A former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Umar (retd.) has temporarily forfeited five properties to the Federal Government, it was learnt. According to court...
A team of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has ransacked the palatial home of George Turnah, popularly known as the godson to former President...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, yesterday, took on the ruling All Progressives Congress-led administration on its inability to provide solutions to...
The Arewa Consultative Forum has said that despite the current alliance of Ohanaeze, Afenifere and Ijaw leaders over emerging political issues ahead of the 2019 elections,...
A former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Umar (retd.) has temporarily forfeited five properties to the Federal Government, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. According to...
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff, has vowed to stop the registration of the Advanced Peoples Democratic Party. He said that the...
Just as the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof Itse Sagay, Thursday took a swipe at two agencies of the administration for still...
The Central Bank of Nigeria is set to pump more United States dollars into the foreign exchange market this weekend, in continuation of its strategy to...
BARELY 10 years after both former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his estranged political son, former Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel went their separate ways, the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria says it is not against the use of financial technology as the country steps up efforts to enhance its payment system....
The two factions of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said yesterday that they would submit to the peace process conceived by former President Goodluck Jonathan to...
Senate President Bukola Saraki had described as illegal the invasion of judges’ houses by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) last October. He spoke...
All is set for the legal battle over the alleged $801million Malabu oil deal bribe. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday filed charges against...
The Auditor-General’s report has exposed a N2 billion financial scandal in the National Assembly expenditure, according to document seen by Daily Trust. The revelation came at...
The crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new twist as some top members of the Senator Ahmed Makarfi faction are said...
The Edo state caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has picked the immediate past governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as the leader of...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a N701 billion payment guarantee assurance by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for power generating companies (Gencos)...
The House Minority Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor, has said those supporting Sen. Modu Sheriff as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party are “just noisemakers”. Ogor...
