Banks Wary of Doing FIFA Business over Corruption Scam
The disclosure that some of the world’s largest banks had been used as a conduit for bribes allegedly paid to soccer officials has prompted the banks to scrutinize their ties…
EFCC Docks Man for Failure to Declare $1.9m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Ani Paulinus Onyeka before Justice Rita-Ofili Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court, Lagos on a 2-count charge of Money Laundering. Onyeka…
IGP Arase Wants 6,000 Houses in Six Months for the Police
In a bid to improve the welfare of police officers especially Inspectors and Rank and File, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, has mandated the Police Works Department…
Buhari, in Chad, Seeks More Commitment from Neighbours to Tackle Boko Haram
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in N’djamena called on member-countries of the Lake Chad Commission to redouble their efforts to intensify the operations of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) established…
Jack Warner Threatens to Reveal all in FIFA Scam, Says “I Fear for My Life”
Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner said in a TV ad he bought that he’ll reveal corruption in global soccer and the government of his native Trinidad and Tobago. Warner,…
Buhari Set to Proclaim 8th Assembly Next Tuesday, Writes Clerk
The life of the new government is beginning to take full form as President Mohammadu Buhari has transmitted a letter of proclamation of the 8th National Assembly to the Clerk,…
Microwave Legislation as Senate Passes 46 Bills in 10 Minutes
To save face from what was about to be dubbed the laziest Senate in history, the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, passed 46 bills into law within 10 minutes barely 24…
Nigerian Commander Heads Multi-National Joint Task Force
Nigerian Major General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has been appointed the Force Commander of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF). He has assumed duties at the new Headquarters in N’Djamena, the…
Nigerian Military to Amnesty International: Stop the Blackmail
The Nigerian Defence authority has dismissed the allegation of extra-judicial killings of civilians by Amnesty International (AI) as blackmail. The international body had alleged that no fewer than 8000 civilians…
Buhari, in Niamey, Says Nigerian Army Still Capable of Routing Boko Haram
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Niamey, Niger Republic, expressed confidence in ability of the Nigerian military to overcome and eradicate Boko Haram. Speaking at an interactive session with journalists after…
