Despite Odds Jonathan is Waxing Bolder, Better
Not many presidents could survive three multi-billion dollar government oil corruption scandals and a wave of cold-blooded killings and kidnappings of civilians by Islamist militants still holding hundreds of schoolgirls…
Gunmen Killed Julius Berger Engineer, Abduct Another at Shagamu
Unknown gunmen have killed one German national in Sagamu area of Ogun State in the South West Nigeria, police and construction firm Julius Berger confirmed the incident on Monday. According…
EFCC Probes GTBank for Allegedly Swindling University over N4.7Billion Staff Quarter Project
The N4.7Billion Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, South-Western Nigeria, staff housing project may have run into muddy water. This is after Guaranty Trust Bank and the project…
Global Banking Alert: 25 European Banks Fail Stress Test
Most of Europe’s biggest banks would not be able to survive a financial crisis or severe economic downturn, the European Central Bank said on Sunday, concluding a yearlong audit of…
Police Puzzled as Monarch Dies in Hotel Room After Sex With Woman in ‘Hijab’
It may sound like a scene from a Telemundo sex comedy. But stories of getting stuck during sex have been with us for centuries, and some of them might just…
Lesson for EFCC, ICPC: Indonesia Anti-graft Agency Blocks Politicians from Clearance
In what appears a lesson for Nigerian leaders at all levels especially the anti-corruption agencies, the EFCC and ICPC, Indonesia’s new president, Joko Widodo, couldn’t finish appointing his cabinet after…
Nigerian Drug Courier Dies at Madrid Airport as Cocaine Bursts in Stomach
A yet to be identified Nigerian hard drug trafficker has died at Madrid airport in Spain as a substance suspected to be cocaine which he had swallowed burst in his…
Exit of Ministers: Jonathan Tweaks Cabinet
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday reshuffled his cabinet to fill spaces left by ministers and other aides who resigned to seek electoral posts in the forthcoming 2015 general. The Minister…
I’m Most Suited to Succeed Uduaghan – Okowa
Senator Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa has publicly declared his intention to become the next governor of Delta State under the umbrella party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) come 2015. He made this…
South Africa Anti-corruption Czar Wins TI Integrity Award
Transparency International has said that Thuli Madonsela of South Africa was selected as the winner of the anti-corruption group’s Integrity Award for 2014. The Integrity Award was created in 2000…