Men of the Nigerian Police Force, from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Lagos, on Wednesday abducted two teenage children in order to arrest their father. It was learnt that the police officers stormed the residence of the children’s father, one Mr. Mustard Ramadan over a crime allegation but did not meet the businessman who […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the industrial action that began on Wednesday morning, as a direct result of the restructuring of the NNPC, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) staff union has suspended its industrial action, which shut down all facilities of the corporation on Wednesday. The decision to suspend the industrial action was made by NNPC, via its […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Air Force carried out aerial assault on Boko Haram positions at their camp at Iza, Borno state, an action which chased the insurgents into the Sambisa Forest.The air attacks were carried out along with a ground offensive by troops of 121 Task Force Battalion who consolidated on the gains of the air strikes […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has stated that the federal government has not unbundled the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, but only restructuring. The minister who spoke to state house correspondents, said he was alarmed by reports that the NNPC had been split into separate entities. “We have not unbundled NNPC. […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has restated his resolve to continuously criticise the Buhari-led government’s bad policies despite the recent clampdown on state officials by operatives of the Department of State Security Service (SSS). Fayose’s Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, in a statement, said Mr. Fayose, was reacting to the SSS raid for the first […]
Continue ReadingThe police in Lagos have arrested the contractor handling the collapsed five-storey building in Lekki area of the state. The police spokesperson in Lagos, Oladapo Badmus, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. Ms. Badmus gave his name as Odofin Taiwo, adding that he was currently under investigation. Meanwhile, […]
Continue ReadingJustice Okon Abang of the federal high court, Abuja, dismissed the application to stop trial, filed by Olisa Metuh, spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ruling that Metuh has a case to answer in the criminal charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He, however, made it clear that […]
Continue ReadingFollowing President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to join hands with the Saudi Arabia-led coalition against terrorism, Senator Shehu Sani, who is the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, has expressed his support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision. In a statement on Tuesday, he noted that the coalition was a commendable step towards confronting and combating […]
Continue ReadingIn accord with the announcement made by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, the federal government has split the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into seven independent operational units. Mr. Kachikwu, announced this in Abuja on Tuesday, giving the new units as upstream, downstream, gas and power, refineries, ventures, corporate planning and […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, last night (Tuesday), took into custody a former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr Steve Oronsaye, over its ongoing investigation on allegation of corruption and obtaining money by false pretence. Oronsaye is already being prosecuted by the EFCC on 24 counts of money laundering before […]
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