FG should consider merger of EFCC and ICPC, says EFCC board member nominee
A nominee for the membership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) board, Prof. Mamman Lawan has said Nigeria did not need plenty anti-graft agencies to fight corruption. He…
Death toll in IDP camp accidental bombing now 76
No fewer than 76 people have now been confirmed killed in Tuesday’s accidental Nigerian Air Force strike on an Internally Displaced Persons, IDP camp, at Rann in Borno state. More…
Nyame knows Fate Feb 14 in N1.64bn scam case
A former governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT…
N1.162bn Fraud: Dariye Accuses Judge of ‘Undisguised Bias,’ Seeks Case Transfer
In what seems a plan to frustrate his trial, Joshua Dariye, former Plateau State governor, who is facing a 23-count charge at a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Gudu,…
FG suspends 15,600 pensioners for lack of BVN
Mrs Sharon Ikeazor, Executive Secretary of Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), has disclosed that the directorate had suspended 15,600 pensioners from its payroll for lack of Bank verification Number (BVN)….
Verification exercise Delta to recover N1.9 billion from fraudulent public servants
DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has said the sum of N1. 9 billion would be recovered from public servants who fraudulently falsified their records. Receiving the report from…
How to decongest the courts, by Okowa
DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has called for improved legal service delivery to decongest the courts. The Governor made the call Wednesday in Asaba during the swearing-in ceremony…
Nigeria’s Shonibare is the new AfDB chief for Energy Financial Solutions
The African Development Bank has announced the appointment of Mr. Wale Shonibare as the Director, Energy Financial Solutions, Policy and Regulation with effect from 9th January 2017. He brings with…
Go now! Do not put Gambia in peril, US warns Jammeh
Ahead of the January 19 handover date to a new government, the U.S. has warned the embattled President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia to step down, saying he is losing…
Benin Council suspends Chief Priest, Isekhure, over bribery, insubordination
All is not at ease in Benin Kingdom as the Benin Traditional Council (BTC), has suspended Nosakhare Isekhure, as the Isekhure (Chief Priest) of the Kingdom indefinitely for alleged insubordination…