The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) yesterday said the N1 trillion recovered by various government agencies was all used to finance the 2017 and 2018 national budgets. The chairman, Prof. Itse Sagay, made the disclosure while fielding questions from newsmen on what he described as “unprecedented” strides by the panel after he led the […]
The Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday handed over the sum of N111,428,891.00 cash which it recovered as looted funds from politicians and Civil Servants in Kwara State. The state Zonal Head of the EFCC, Mr Isyaku Sharu, during the handover of the drafts for the funds to the […]
The Nigerian Army 1 Division said the troops of Operation Thunder Strike have rescued students of Government Day Secondary School, Gwagwada in Chikun Council of Kaduna State that were abducted by unknown gunmen. In a statement by Deputy Director Army Public Relations 1 Division Nigerian Army, Colonel Ezindu Idimah he said the Troops who were […]
Nigerian lawmaker Dino Melaye on Friday lost the appeal of a tribunal ruling that nullified his election as the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the Senate. “I just lost my election at the Appeal Court and Fresh election ordered,” Dino Melaye tweeted on Friday. The Kogi State National Assembly Election Tribunal Friday, 23 […]
Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has said that a total of 524 road projects were ongoing in the different geo-political zones in the country. Fashola said this while addressing the House of Representatives Committee on Works chaired by Ahmed Birchi in Abuja. The minister said there were four multilateral-funded road projects, 81 […]
The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and four others who served under him as commissioners. This decision followed two preliminary reports presented by two different ad-hoc committees set up by the House to investigate the 820 buses purchased by Ambode and to […]
The Senate yesterday justified the N125 billion proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari as the National Assembly budget for the 2020 fiscal year. “The National Assembly has a lot of staff to take care of in both chambers. The number of committees is large too because of the volume of work. So, there is no way […]