EFCC Arrests Lagos Businessman Over N3.8bn Bank Loan
A Lagos businessman who allegedly diverted N3.8billion loan secured from an old generation bank has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Samuel Joseph, Managing Director of…
Again, Female Bomber Kills 20 in Maiduguri Market, Calm Returns to Damaturu
No fewer than 20 persons have been killed in a fresh bomb explosion that rocked the popular Monday market in Maiduguri, Borno State, north east Nigeria. The state Police Command…
Buhari Certificate Impasse, Fani-Kayode Accuses INEC of Cover-up
Femi Fani-Kayode, the spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) never to cover up the alleged certificate saga of…
Confident Okowa Shuns Ethnic Politics, Says ‘I Will Make Delta a Model State’
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the Delta State governorship election, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has for the umpteenth time said he is not an apostle of divisive ethnic politics…
Boko Haram Attacks Damaturu, Fear Grips Residents
Boko Haram fought running battles with Nigerian troops in a restive northeast city on Friday, as the government vowed to win back territory lost to the militants in recent months….
Ex-Militants in Bayelsa After My Life, Alleges Amnesty Coordinator
The Bayelsa State Coordinator of the Niger Delta amnesty funds, Pastor Reuben Wilson, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Suleiman Abba, alleging that some persons were after his…
I Sacrificed My Senatorial Ambition for Peace to Reign in Delta, Says Uduaghan
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has revealed why he sacrificed his ambition to go to the Senate in June, 2015, stressing that he dropped his senatorial ambition when he…
Consumer Prices Drop in Europe, First Time Since 2009
Consumer prices fell in the eurozone for the first time since 2009, according to official data released on Wednesday, putting further pressure on the European Central Bank to act to…
12 Killed in Paris Newspaper Terror Attack
Masked gunmen opened fire in the offices of a French satirical newspaper on Wednesday in Paris, the police said, with initial reports saying that as many as 12 people had…
Commentary: Boko Haram and Their Presidential Candidate
There is uncertainty in the air today. The ghostly wind of 2015 powered by the supposed United States prediction of the end of Nigeria is feared to be blowing in…