The Senate yesterday refused to confirm four nominees picked by President Muhammadu Buhari on the ground that the south-south and south-east regions of the country were not represented. It also declined to confirm the appointment of nine others onto the board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission (ICPC), saying the nominations were […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday appointed his wife, Aisha, and the wife of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Dolapo, as members of Presidential Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Drug Abuse. The committee has the former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd) as its chairman. Buhari said the appointment of Aisha and Dolapo as […]

As the 2019 general elections inch closer, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has foreclosed the use of incident forms, insisting that the measure was aimed at correcting abuses in previous elections. The commission said its decision was based on its promise to deliver a credible and hitch free elections that will deepen the country’s […]

The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) has suspended its planned shutdown of depots nationwide. The decision was contained in a statement issued yesterday in Lagos by the association’s Executive Secretary, Olufemi Adewole. The oil marketers had been at loggerheads with the Federal Government over the N800 billion being owed them in subsidy. The […]

The absence of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) counsel on Monday, stalled the trial of former Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State. Aliyu is standing trial alongside a former Commissioner of Environment, Umar Nasko, on a eight counts bordering oncriminal conspiracy and money laundering. At the resumed hearing, counsel to the first defendant, […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the problem with Nigeria is not about resources or planning, but the poor management of resources in the past. This was contained in a statement by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, on Monday in Abuja. Fielding questions from a […]

PDP said authorities had frozen the bank accounts of its vice presidential candidate in the run-up to elections next February. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said late on Saturday accounts belonging to Peter Obi, its vice presidential candidate, his wife, family members and their businesses had been blocked by government agencies. The PDP did not […]

Some legislative aides to federal lawmakers have accused Senate President, Bukola Saraki, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sani Omolori, of diverting funds appropriated to them. In a petition written to the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, the aides […]

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) says it is optimistic that recent increase in the salaries of police personnel by the Federal Government would help check corruption in the organisation. NANS National Public Relations’ Officer, Mr Bestman Okereafor, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Monday that the move was in […]

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday announced the withdrawal of its services from the Murtala Muhammed Airport II (MMA2) terminal in Lagos. Also affected are the airports in Gombe, Kebbi and Delta states.The action, which takes effect this morning, is in protest against a debt of N2.608 billion allegedly owed by the facilities. […]

Nigeria’s House of Representative Thursday approved Nigeria June 12 as the new Democracy Day for the country. The approval followed the adoption of a report on a bill seeking to amend the Public Holidays Act 2004. Considering the report at the plenary, the lawmakers approved the amendments to three clauses ‎in the Act, as recommended […]

Threat by oil marketers to shut down depots over unpaid subsidy may not cause scarcity of petrol as the Nigerian Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) promised to make the product abundantly available across the country. During an oversight visit to the NNPC headquarters in Abuja yesterday, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), […]