FG declares Monday public holiday for Eid-el-Maulud
The Federal Government has declared Monday, 12 December 2016 as public holiday to mark the Eid-El Maulud celebration. The Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, who made the…
Fuel scarcity looms as oil workers threaten strike over welfare
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) said on Wednesday that it would embark on a three-day warning strike in 2017 if oil and gas companies failed…
No controversy! Trump is Time magazine Man-of-the-Year
United States president-elect Donald Trump has been named Person of the Year by Time magazine. The business tychoon-turned-politician defied the polls to win the US 2016 presidential election and is…
Boko Haram: UN seeks record $2.7 billion aid for Nigeria, others
Poverty, conflict and climate change will leave 15 million people across Africa’s Sahel belt in need of life-saving aid next year, the United Nations said on Wednesday as it launched…
Facebook, Twitter, others unite to check online terror contents
As the spread of terrorists’ contents online becomes worrisome, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube have agreed to come together to help curb the spread of such contents online. This was…
Man in the dock for allegedly duping American $629,287 in phoney crude oil deal
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday December 7, 2016 arraigned one Dr. Vincent Anyigor and his company, Vanyigor Concepts Limited before Justice M. A. Liman of the…
We have circled Sambisa forest in last push, says Gen. Irabor
It is my pleasure this afternoon to welcome you all to Headquarters Theatre Command in order to update you with the progress of our operations so far. The troops of…
Police, EFCC Partner in Fight Against Corruption
The Police and the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) have resolved to cement their partnership in the fight against corruption. This was the mutual agreement reached recently when the…
Why we redeployed CSO to Gov. Wike, by Police, claim officer was partisan
The Nigeria Police Force have observed the innuendos, distortion of facts and wild allegations peddled in the mass media following the redeployment of the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the…
EFCC risks contempt committal as it defies Justice Buba Yusuf, denies Bala Mohammed bail
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, risks being dragged before Justice Hussein Baba Yusuf of the Abuja High Court for contempt unless it releases Senator Bala Mohammed, former minister…