FG spends N1.23 trn on fuel importation in 5 months as Jimoh Ibrahim promises to build own refinery for Ondo State
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has valued the cost of imported petroleum products between May and September 2016 at about N1.23 trillion. This was contained in a recent report…
Gunmen raid home of Buhari’s man, abduct ex-Minister
Despite claims by the police of taming the bogey of kidnapping, dare-devil gunmen have continued to hatch their evil plot without let. In the early hours of Sunday, some gunmen…
How former FIRS boss’ mother died of robbery attack, shot on her way from the bank
Former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, has confirmed the death of her mother, Barrister (Mrs) Grace Onaiwu Omoigui, aged 83 years. According to her,…
Insurance Chief returns N66m stolen money; NAICOM exposes how Directors acquire shares without payment
An Insurance Company Chairman (name withheld) has returned N66 million stolen fund from an insurance firm through the intervention of the apex Insurance regulator, the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), Economic…
IDP school-age children to engage in education advocacy against terror
From Monday, November 21, the Federal Government will commence an education advocacy program for school-aged children displaced in the North East States of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. By means of…
200,000 Nigerians employed in FG N-power project to receive SMS notification today
All is now set for the deployment of 200,000 unemployed graduates selected in the first batch of the Buhari administration’s plan to hire half a million Nigerians. While the 200,000…
Nigeria and poverty of values, by Ken Ugbechie
My passage from Lagos through Dubai to Bangkok, Thailand this past week is a passage from the dread of darkness to the luxuriant illumination of light. It also indexed in…
28 teenage cultists, 4 kidnappers arrested in Delta State
No fewer than 28 suspected teenage cultists operating in public secondary schools in Asaba, the Delta State capital and four notorious kidnappers in the state have been arrested. The suspected…
Again, Buhari knocks Obasanjo, Yar’adua, Jonathan for his ruining economy
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday declared that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ran the country aground from 1999 to 2015 that it produced Presidents for the country. He, however, promised…
Tinubu absent as Buhari campaigns for Akeredolu at Ondo APC rally
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Akure boosted  the chances of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State governorship election when he led top members of the party to…