Former representative Rivers South-East Senatorial District, Magnus Abe, has expressed concern that the $1 billion Ogoni Trust Fund may fall victim of the Nigerian factor and ultimately not benefit the Ogoni people. He said he has a feeling that the ...
Read More »Governor Dickson inaugurates Bayelsa’s multi-billion Naira airport, knocks NCAA
With a couple of days to the end of his tenure, Governor Seriake Dickson, commissioned the multi-billion Naira Bayelsa International Airport, knocking the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for allegedly playing politics with the project. Inaugurating the facility in the ...
Read More »Chairman lauds security agencies for restoring sanity in A’Ibom council
The Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies have been commended for restoring sanity at the popular Fiong Aran Market in Ini Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa Ibom State. The council chairman, Israel Idaisin, who gave the commendation during ...
Read More »Unaccessed UBEC grants to states hit N73 billion
The unaccessed Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) matching grants to state governments currently stand at N73 billion, the Executive Secretary, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has disclosed. He made the disclosure in his presentation to members of the House of Representatives Committee ...
Read More »HDP gives INEC 48 hours to re-register it
HOPE Democratic Party (HDP) has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) 48 hours to re-register it or risk an N2 trillion lawsuit. The organisation was among the 74 political parties that were deregistered by the electoral umpire last Thursday. ...
Read More »EFCC levels fresh charges against Mohammed Adoke over Malabu oil deal
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja on a fresh seven-count charge revolving around money ...
Read More »President Buhari woos investors as stakeholders express concern
As President Muhammadu Buhari has wooed investors into Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, international oil companies (IOCs) and other stakeholders in the industry expressed concern over the declining foreign direct investments (FDIs) into the country owing to government’s seeming unwillingness ...
Read More »TETFund clarifies late submission of three years’ accounts
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has explained the delay in the submission of its 2014 to 2016 accounts. The clarification followed an inquiry by the National Assembly after the office of the Auditor General of the Federation had alleged ...
Read More »House of Reps condemn alleged fund concealment, non-remittance by PPPRA
The House of Representatives has flayed the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) for allegedly concealing its internally generated revenue (IGR) between 2014 and 2019. The green chamber expressed its anger when the agency’s General Manager Finance, Mr. Peter Joshua, ...
Read More »Police kill two terrorists, lose officer during raid, arrest three bandits, recover arms
The police have killed two wanted commanders of the Ansaru Terror Group but lost one inspector, Mohammed Abubakar, attached to the Police Special Forces during Wednesday’s operation at Kuduru forest, Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna State. According to the police, 13 other officers ...
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