The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), yesterday, declared support for the use N2 trillion Nigeria Infrastructure Investment Fund to stimulate the economy. NGF also advocated revitalization of the nation’s mortgage bank to support the government’s ambitious housing programme. The governors made these positions known in a communiqué issued by the Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman […]

Group says Magu’s ordeal vindicates 8th senate, demands arrest of cohorts The presidential panel investigating sundry allegations against the suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, yesterday questioned the secretary, Olanipekun Olukoyede, and directors of the commission. Magu is facing corruption allegation by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) […]

The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday raised the alarm over plan by the National Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to seek $500 million from the Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) bank to finance the September 19 gubernatorial election in the state. In a statement by its state’s Publicity Secretary, […]

There is a possibility that bands of fleeing terrorists from the North East are migrating to the North West and North Central zones with sophisticated weapons and turning to armed bandits, following the continued air and land bombardment of terrorists’ hideout in the theatres of operation, the army has disclosed. Coordinator, Defence Media Operations (DMO), […]

Some stakeholders in the education sector have expressed support for the Federal Government’s decision not to allow students to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) amid rising cases of COVID-19 in the country. They spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Ibadan on Thursday. NAN reports that […]

The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Party (ADP) in Edo State, Ibio Emmanuel, has been abandoned by the State Executive Committee (SEC) and most members of the party. They have joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), thereby collapsing the ADP structure. ADP Edo Organising Secretary Oshodin Izedomwen, who led the defectors yesterday in Benin, […]

The Northcentral Zone of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) yesterday said it has seized contraband goods worth N1.2 billion from May till date. The zone comprises Kwara, Kogi, Niger and Benue states. The service also said it has arrested no fewer than 53 suspects allegedly involved in smuggling of contraband goods. Coordinator, Joint Border Drill […]

A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja heard on Wednesday how audio and video recordings were made of the interactions between erstwhile Kaduna Central Senator Shehu Sani and a businessman, Alhaji Sani Dauda, who accused Sani of obtaining $25,000 from him under false pretence. Dauda’s son, Mohammed, gave details of how he set up devices on […]

THE governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has accused the leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of lacking tact and strategy. He said they have resorted to giving excuses and mudslinging. Ize-Iyamu said it was shameful for PDP leaders to field Godwin Obaseki as […]

AN Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday declined Senator Rochas Okorocha’s request for an order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the state probe panel from investigating him on alleged financial infractions. Justice Ahmed Mohammed rejected the request after counsel to the former Imo State governor, Oba Maduabuchi, SAN, informed the court […]

Legislative workers under the auspices of the Concerned Staff of National and State Houses of Assembly (CSNSHA) have condemned the position of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Mrs. Folasade Yemi-Esan, on the Revised Conditions of Service for National Assembly Staff. Yemi-Esan had in a letter addressed to the leadership of […]

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama has said Nigeria and its image abroad should not be judged by the actions of a very few criminals. Onyeama, who was the special guest on News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum, said despite the involvement of a few Nigerians in the recently uncovered high profile scams, many more Nigerians […]