Ruling in the case of unlawful arrest brought by Rickey Tarfa, SAN, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and three other persons which was billed for Monday suffered a setback sequel to the applicant’s attempt to introduce new evidence. Tarfa had approached the court asking the court to …

Pictures show President Muhammadu Buhari at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on arrival from Qatar and Saudi Arabia on February 29,2016.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has stepped up collaboration with the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN and other downstream industry players to end the resurgence of fuel queues in some major cities across the country especially in Lagos and environs. The NNPC, in a release on Monday, …

The alleged Boko Haram mastermind behind the surveillance of the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church at Madalla, Niger State, in the famous Christmas Day 2011 bombing which left about 44 people dead with over 75 others injured, has been arrested at Alkaleri town of Bauchi State by the Nigeria Army. The …

The Bayelsa State Government, Sunday, confirmed the rescue of the younger sister of state governor, Seriake Dickson, who was kidnapped two months ago. A statement issued on Monday by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said 26 year-old Nancy Dickson, was rescued, Sunday evening, from her abductors …

Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura, Monday, moved to the defence of President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent U-turn on the promised N5000 stipends to poor and unemployed Nigerian youths, saying that the President ‘was at liberty to review his party’s electoral promise of paying N5,000 monthly allowances to unemployed …

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Monday, at its headquarters in Abuja, formally presented the immediate past president of the Senate Senator David Mark, his certificate of return, even as the senator described his victory at the Benue South rerun election held, penultimate Saturday, as ‘a renewed mandate to continue to …

ANTHONY OMOH Reports have confirmed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has officially written to the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) requesting the agency to provide photocopies of documented cash advance from 2013 to date. According to investigation carried out, it would seem that there are some damning …

Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, have rejected the N10 billion allocations for their official residences in the 2016 budget proposal of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). The FCTA had proposed N6 billion for the residence of the Senate President and …

Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded the immediate past Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, in Prison custody over his alleged complicity in a N676million job scam. Moro was remanded at Kuje prison after he pleaded not guilty to an 11-count criminal charge that was …

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has called on the Gombe State Government to immediately wade into the rising cases of acute malnutrition affecting children in the State. The Chief Nutrition Officer of UNICEF in Nigeria, Dr Argan De-Wagt who alerted the Governor on the dangerous trend during a courtesy …

Federal Government has stepped up its anti-corruption war with a confirmation that it was now ready to launch a comprehensive probe into the controversial Halliburton bribery case in which top Nigerian politicians allegedly received huge bribes in the region of N66 billion. The bribes were allegedly taken by top players …

Following the ongoing Bank Verification Number (BVN)-based staff audit and enrolment to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), the Federal Government has detected and removed 23,846 non-existent workers from its payroll. A statement by Special Assistant, Media to the Minister of Finance, Festus Akanbi, Monday, confirmed that following …

Plateau State Commissioner for Health Dr. Kunden Deyin has said the state recorded eight deaths, 13 confirmed cases and 50 suspected cases of Lassa fever from December. Deyin who said in Jos, Sunday, that the state began sensitisation and awareness campaigns in the Jos-Bukuru metropolis and in 17 local governments, …

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has said the football body will no longer employ an indigenous coach for the senior national team following the sour experience of the Sunday Oliseh tenure. It would be recalled that Amaju, in employing the former international, had over-hyped Oliseh and …

Following the continued slump in the price of crude oil and the attendant drop in the exchange rates for the naira, Indigenous Oil Companies (IOCs) that acquired the divested interests of Shell, Total and Chevron in Nigeria, between 2013 and 2015 are at risk of going bankrupt and may find …

Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has sealed a deal in the hydrocarbon value chain with the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) for a gas sale agreement through the Bayelsa Development and Investment Corporation (BDIC) for the purpose of power supply to the Kolo Creek Gas Turbine. The …

The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has fined MTN Nigeria and Globacom N34 million for breach of the Mobile Number Portability business rules and regulations. The regulatory body made this known in its “2015 Q4 Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Reports’’ obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria, Sunday,in Lagos. NCC said …

Veteran actor and dramatist, Joseph Abiodun Babatunde Adu, (popularly known as Jab Adu) has died at the age of 83. The actor, a known face on the defunct ‘Village Headmaster’ television drama series on the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA , who played the part of ‘Bassey Okon’ passed on in …

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into the recurring clashes between herdsmen and natives of communities in Benue State. The president, who expressed deep shock at the latest killing in the past week, which led to hundreds of deaths in four communities in Agatu, Benue State, ordered security agencies …

Petrol tanker drivers, Sunday, blamed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for the current fuel scarcity in the country. National President, Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, branch of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Salimon Akanni Oladiti, who said this while speaking with journalists in Ibadan, Oyo State, …

As the nation awaits this year’s seasonal rainfall prediction (SRP), from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NiMET), and the Annual Flood Outlook (AFO), by the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), stakeholders have gathered to appraise last year’s flood response profile in order to ensure a hitch-free season this year. According to …

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Sunday, said his ministry would work with the relevant agencies of government to tackle piracy facing the entertainment industry. The minister who said this while meeting with some stakeholders in the movie industry in Lagos, also promised that the federal; Government would …

Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has fulfilled its promise to its customers as it staged a colourful ceremony, last Friday, in Ikeja, Lagos to honour and reward the last batch of winners in its just concluded Airtel Red Hot Promo 3, a consumer reward initiative that also produced many …

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) had awarded its Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certificates to indigenous operators Arik Air, Aero Contractors and the FirstNation for enforcing safety regulations. IATA’s newly appointed Regional Director for Africa, Tanja Grobotek, said this when he led a team to pay a familiarisation visit to …