By Ali Smart… The directive by President Muhamadu Buhari to set up special courts to try former public officials suspected to have enriched themselves by dipping...
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole at the weekend stated that the ongoing war on corruption is targeted at mostly officials of the immediate past administration of...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in line with a resolution passed by the Senate ordering it to look into complaints by consumer of electricity over...
In from Victor Ebimomi …. Nigeria has once again stood up as the biggest brothers’ keeper on the African continent as President Muhammadu Buhari has sent...
Justice Simeon Amadi of the Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted the River State government a go ahead to probe the financial...
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP Abia South) yesterday revealed that the office of the Secretary to the Federal Government was allocated about N930 million for acquisition of...
President Muhammadu Buhari has replaced the Director- General of Budget Office of the federation, Dr. Bright Okogwu with Yahaya Gusau. He also appointed Dr. William Fowler...
‘Big men’ who revel in cruising around with a large number of policemen may now have to find an alternative means as President Muhammadu Buhari has...
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a swipe at the former National Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa …. Past policies and budgeting of government were not dictated by needs of Nigeria, Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has declared. He...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa …. An ad hoc Committee on Standing orders raised by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara is set...
The Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has terminated the concession granted by the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) to Afriland Properties for the redevelopment...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode were...
Immediate past Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has slammed Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, over comments that the Agricultural Programme of...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa… President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into the sale of Nigeria Telecommunications Company (NITEL). He gave the directive while receiving briefing...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa… Peoples Democratic Party’s National Vice Chairman (South-south zone), Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, has accused the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the...
Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a swipe at the state’s governor, Adams Oshiomhole, over his comment that he sought $75m...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that every person suspected to have looted the nation’s treasury is...
The Federal Government has said it would retrieve all government property that are still with those who served under former president Goodluck Jonathan but are yet...
By Joseph Edgar … This must have been a traumatic week for Babatunde Fashola, the immediate past governor of Lagos State. He had come out in...
Convener of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has stated that contrary to views of some elders and politicians of...
In from Ali Smart … Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has described the gains of the immediate past administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in the...
The battle for who controls the Edo State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is getting fiercer, as the combatants are not backing down,...
In from Ali Smart … Even in the midst of a purported cash crunch, members of the 8th Assembly have spent about N13billion in two months,...
The national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is currently swimming in troubled waters, as the Anambra state chapter of the party says it...
The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, said on Thursday that more workers might be relieved of their jobs, in the...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have both condemned the Ogun State government for the sacking of six officials of...
The Senate on Thursday set up a 13-member Ad-Hoc Committee headed by Senator Abubakar Kyari, to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the management of funds...
Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, and member of National Peace Commission, Reverend Father Matthew Kukah, has stated that the ongoing probes by the Muhammadu Buhari administration...
The federal government has hired two firms, the KPMG and the PriceWaterHouseCooper to carry out a forensic audit of all its revenue generating agencies. This was...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … It was always a matter of time. The much suppressed animosity between Lagos state governor, Akinwumi Ambode and his predecessor, Raji...
A Nigerian, Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi was on Wednesday found guilty on terror charges by a US federal court and sentenced to 22 years in prison. Babafemi,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed Alhaji Sanusi Ado Bayero, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). His termination of appointment is with immediate effect....
Labour Party of Nigeria on Wednesday challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to extend his probes to ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo, his then vice, Abubakar Atiku and Senate...
President Muhammadu Buhari has given military authorities in the country, three months to end the Boko Haram scourge on the nation. He gave the charge on...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested a suspected fraudster, Idowu Olarenwaju, alias Capt Anthony Abel Saramoh for allegedly defrauding an American Citizen of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday promised that his administration would give priority to ensuring steady electricity in the country, which he said would launch the country...
Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay has advised public officials who have been involved in looting the nation’s treasury to come...
Six officials of the Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and a secondary school teacher have been relieved of their duties by Governor Ibikumle...
Members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly have rejected a pay cut in their salaries and allowances contrary to an earlier assertion by its...
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said that the 8th Senate is committed to openness, and assured Nigerians, especially the youths that the upper legislature is...
By Joseph Edgar … I think we are back in 1983 when the only agenda for the Buhari/ Idiagbon junta was various wars against corruption and...
Hillary Clinton has agreed to hand over to the FBI the private email server that she used as secretary of state. Her use of private email...
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State on Tuesday petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the immediate past governor of the...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … The process to determine who gets what committee in the House of Representatives has commenced with Speaker Yakubu Dogara holding an...
Unimpressed by what many consider as clandestine pleas by some highly placed Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to arraign alleged looters of the nation’s economy...
Members of the National Peace Committee for the 2015 General Elections led by a former Head of State, Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar (retd.), on Tuesday held a...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … Renowned constitutional lawyer, Professor Itse Sagay, has been appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to head a Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption....
In from Olumide Olaoluwa … President Muhammadu Buhari has queried the Federal Ministry of Finance formerly headed by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala on foreign loans obtained...
Even as he is yet to name his ministers, feelers have emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari may head the Ministry of Petroleum for 18 months before...