• EFCC Charges Yahaya Bello To Court Over N100 Billion Fraud

    EFCC Charges Yahaya Bello To Court Over N100 Billion Fraud0

    Forty-eight days after leaving office as governor of Kogi state, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday dragged Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello before a Federal High Court for alleged diversion of about N100 billion belonging to the state government in September 2015. The antigraft body in an amended charges claimed that Mr. Ali

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  • Federal Government Rebuffs Further Ransom Payment to Kidnappers

    Federal Government Rebuffs Further Ransom Payment to Kidnappers0

    Despite the worsening security situation in the country from bad to worse, President Tinubu has decided to henceforth rebuff all negotiations and ransom payments to bandits engaged in kidnapping activities. In just two weeks, over 600 persons, including innocent school pupils have been kidnapped in Kaduna and Borno states. Bandits and other criminal elements are

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  • Nigeria Lifts Sanctions on Niger Republic, President Orders Reopening of Land, Air Borders

    Nigeria Lifts Sanctions on Niger Republic, President Orders Reopening of Land, Air Borders0

    Following in the footsteps of ECOWAS, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday ordered the lifting of all sanctions imposed on neighbouring Niger Republic and ordered the immediate reopening of land and air borders between the two countries. On 26 July 2023, a coup d’état occurred in Niger Republic, during which the country’s presidential guard removed

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  • Ningi’s ‘Night’ of Long Knives Unearths Another N500 Million Allegation Against Senators

    Ningi’s ‘Night’ of Long Knives Unearths Another N500 Million Allegation Against Senators0

    Rather than allow a sleeping dog to continue to snore over Senator Ningi’s allegation of 2024 budget padding, Nigerian Senators got further entangled in another accusation on the floor of the Senate that some Senators got N500 million each from the budget. It was like a bombshell when it was uttered and a few Senators

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  • Senate Suspends Ningi Over Unending Controversy On Budget Padding

    Senate Suspends Ningi Over Unending Controversy On Budget Padding0

    The Senate on Tuesday applied the big hammer on Senator Abdul Ningi, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP Bauchi Central)for granting an interview to the BBC Hausa Service where he alleged that the 2024 budget was padded by more than N3 trillion. His suspension for three months was anticipated. Political pundits were of the view that given

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  • Court Refuses to Halt Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal

    Court Refuses to Halt Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal0

    The Bayelsa State Governorship Tribunal has denied the request of the All Progressive Congress and its candidate in the state governorship election held last November, Timipre Sylva, asking the panel to halt the ongoing hearing in their challenge against the victory of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Duoye Diri. The chairman of the

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