The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has recorded 48 convictions and recovered N8.5 billion in cash and assets within one year in Ilorin zone. The Zonal Head of EFCC, Mr Isyaku Sharu, disclosed this during the Youths Walk Against Corruption, organised by the Commission in Ilorin on Friday. The event has it’s […]

passportAlmost six years after Nigeria was declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organisation, the Kingdom of Bahrain has refused to remove the Ebola Visa ban placed on the country’s passport holders. Nigeria experienced Ebola outbreak in July 2014 when a Liberian American, Patrick Sawyer, who was infected with the disease flew into Murtala Muhammed International […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has publicly destroyed over 34, 560 kilograms of hard drug in Ogun.NDLEA Chairman, retired Col. Muhammad Abdallah disclosed this in a statement issued by head of public affairs of the agency, Mr Jonah Achema on Friday in Abuja. Abdallah noted that 34,182 kg of the drug […]

•Businessman for arraignment April 2 Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday adjourned till April 2 the arraignment of the Chairman of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Senator Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah, for alleged N135 billion fraud. Ubah and his firm, Capital Oil, are accused of defrauding the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON). Justice Nicholas Oweibo […]

Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday remanded four directors of Petro Union Oil and Gas Limited in custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This followed their arraignment for alleged £2.556 billion scam. The directors are: Abayomi Kukoyi (Trading under the name and style of Gladstone Kukoyi & Associates), Prince Kingsley Okpala, Prince […]

• Military integrates 136 B’Haram ex-terrorists • Senate talks tough on killings The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called for the overhaul of the nation’s security infrastructure to end the prevailing insurgency in the land, maintaining that the current strength of the military could not defeat the Boko Haram sect. It, therefore, canvassed the retooling […]

THE Supreme Court judgment on Bayelsa State election has created mixed feelings in the state ahead of today’s expiration of the incumbent Governor Seriake Dickson’s administration. The judgment, which hit the state like a thunderbolt, sent the camp of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into wild jubilation. It, however, caused confusion and despair in the […]

• Minister, NCAA apologise • Govt to retool Lagos airport for better visibility For the second day running, air travel was again grounded to a halt yesterday as haze blurred air-to-ground visibility at airports nationwide. While aircraft were delayed on the ramp for hours, stuck passengers grew uneasy, throwing various domestic terminals into chaos. The […]

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) last night received the enrolled order of the Supreme Court’s judgment on the Bayelsa State governorship election. The judgment nullified the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate David Lyon. The electoral agency will meet today to determine the candidate who scored the majority of the lawful votes […]

Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the state House of Assembly to invoke Section 190 Sub-section 2 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and transmit power to the Deputy Governor, Haruna Manu. This followed the absence of Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku from the state for the past 55 days. The […]

AS the row over restriction of okada and keke on some routes in Lagos continues, Eze Ndigbo and Chairman Council of Eze Ndigbo in Lagos, Christian Uchechukwu Nwachukwu has said the move by the government would save life and property. Eze Nwachukwu spoke yesterday at the Igbo Community Centre in Okota, Isolo, Lagos. He stressed […]

• Bill on security outfit scales second readings in Ekiti, Oyo Assemblies • Ogun Assembly receives law on security network The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, yesterday insisted that Amotekun could not be a regional security outfit, stressing that each state is entitled to have its own security platform as backed by the law. Adamu […]