The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, has given and explanation, as to why an officer of the State Security Service (SSS) cleaned the shoes of the minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, in public. Mr. Dambazau, who oversees the NSCDC, police, customs, immigration and prisons, came under severe criticism by Nigerians, following the release […]
Continue ReadingA release by the Acting Director Defence, Brigadier GeneralRabe Abubakar, says: the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has observed with dismay the unpatriotic attacks on the nation’s economic lifeline in the Niger Delta. These attacks were carried out by some criminal elements who are bent on destroying the nation’s strategic assets which will no longer be tolerated. The […]
Continue ReadingGlobal electronic payments company Visa, has partnered with United Bank of Africa Plc (UBA) to launch “SmartMoney”, a 21st century banking solution comprising a prepaid card and a mobile app for the African market. The partnership brings together Visa Inc’s trusted payments technology and SmartMoney’s mobile app experience to establish a millennial centric product proposition, […]
Continue ReadingPresident Buhari has acknowledged that he was aware of the controversies and confusion the corrections made on the budget proposals had provoked in the polity. He explicated that the draft bill did not change, neither were there any changes in the figures of either the sectoral allocations or the total budget figures. Meanwhile, Nigerian Senate […]
Continue ReadingThe president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has stated his administration’s readiness to effectively and decisively deal with the seeming resurgence of oil theft, pipelines vandalism and insecurity in the Niger Delta. It would be recalled that the Niger Delta militants had on Thursday attacked the Escravos-Warri-Abuja-Lagos pipelines. Then they blew up […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Tuesday granted N400million bail to the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Olisa Metuh, who has been in the Kuje prison since Friday. In his ruling, the trial Justice, Okon Abang ordered Metuh to produce two sureties who must deposit the sum of N200m […]
Continue ReadingThe Edo State command of the Nigeria Police Force has revealed it recovered more than 32 sophisticated guns with several ammunition from suspected criminals in the last five months. This piece of information was revealed by the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Chris Ezike, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
Continue ReadingThe National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria (PDP), who has been remanded in Kuje prison since Friday, arrived court today for his bail hearing, but he appeared with his hands cuffed. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had Metuh arraigned before the court on seven count charges of breach […]
Continue ReadingMinister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday gave details of the monolithic corruption that rocked country in the past, declaring that 55 privileged Nigerians stole N1.34 trillion from the treasury between 2006 and 2013. Looking at the period in question, you would notice it covered the last three administrations of former President […]
Continue ReadingUghelli security operatives, which includes men of Ughelli ‘A’ Division Police Station and members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, have arrested four suspected kidnappers and rescued a kidnap victim at Ughevuwughe in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. A member of the vigilante group narrated the incident yesterday, he said that the […]
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