Embattled Alison-Madueke Has Cancer, to Undergo Surgery Next Week, Claims Lawyer
The story of Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, who is being investigated by UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) for alleged corruption, has assumed a full soap opera…
Tribunal Sacks Kashamu, Six Others in Ogun, Orders Rerun
The election of Senator Buruji Kashamu as senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District has been annulled by the election Petition Tribunal in Ogun State which ordered a rerun within 90-days….
Okowa to Civil Servants: No More Wastages
DELTA State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has called for a revamped civil service to ensure efficient service delivery in the country. Governor Okowa made the call Thursday while declaring open a…
Commentary: Corruption Dogs DISCOs
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has just fined the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) the sum of N131, 400, 000.00 for “flagrant breaches” of the Credited Advance Payment on…
Swiss Govt Set to Expose Dirty Deals of Aluko, Alison-Madueke’s Crony
The government of Switzerland has confirmed that it had received a request for “mutual assistance” from the Nigerian government in connection with controversial oil tycoon and businessman, Mr. Kolawole Aluko…
448 Travellers Cheques , 108 ATM Debit Cards Lands Two in EFCC Net
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign one Jonathan Odu Isikwei for unlawful possession of 448 travellers Cheques. Isikwei 51, a native of Igbodo in Aniocha…
N1.5b Subsidy Scam: Tukur, Four Others Know Fate Nov. 16
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, opposed bids by Mahmud Tukur and four other defendants, standing trial in a N1.5billion subsidy scam, to quash charges preferred against…
EFCC Arraigns Abubakar and Nadabo Energy for N761m Fuel Subsidy Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Abubakar Ali Peters and his company Nadabo Energy Limited before Justice S.S Ogunsanya of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on…
Money Laundering: UK Tightens Noose on Nigerians, others; Emboldens Whistleblowers
From September 2016, Nigerians and other persons wishing to launder money through the United Kingdom banking system may end up laundering their way into prisons as the Financial Conduct Authority…
67-Year-Old Belarussian Female Journalist Wins 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarussian journalist and prose writer, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time,”…