The EFCC on Friday dragged former Bayelsa governor, Mr Timipre Sylva to a Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged misappropriation of N6.46 billion public funds. The anti-graft agency in suit number FHC/ABJ/CR/23/2012 claimed that Sylva and other...
Nigeria's Amos Adamu has lost his appeal against a three-year ban from football.He was sanctioned by football's world governing body Fifa after allegations of corruption in the run-up to the decision on who should host the 2018 and 2022 World C...
The Managing Director of the Pipeline and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), Mr. Haruna Momoh, has said that all issues that led to the initial hitch in the petrol supply chain have been resolved. This is as he allayed fears of fuel scarcity, assuring ...
Gov Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State on Thursday approved the dissolution of the state executive council.The council’s dissolution was announced via a statement signed by Alhaji Hassan Maccido, the governor’s Director-General of Media. The sta...
Mr John Haruna, the outgoing Commissioner of Police in Benue, has warned police officers in the state against indiscriminate allocation of arms to policemen. He gave the warning on Thursday when he visited the Police Area Command in Otukpo. ...
The Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) has allayed fears of fuel scarcity in the country, saying that oil marketers have resumed fuel importation. The PPMC gave the assurance on Thursday in Abuja in a statement signed by Dr Levi Ajuonuma, ...
The Niger State House of Assembly on Thursday adopted a motion urging the executive to appoint the chairman of its committee on security as a member of the state security council. It said that such appointment would keep the House abreast of the securi...
The Och' Idoma, Chief Elias Obekpa, has appealed to Mr John Haruna, the outgoing Commissioner of Police in Benue, to provide adequate security for him and his palace. Obekpa made the appeal on Thursday in Otukpo, while receiving Haruna ...
The police in Imo have introduced a motorised system of operation; follow the recent directive by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Muhammed Abubakar, to dismantle all road blocks. Samuel Oodee, the command's Public Relations Officer, disclosed i...
Prof. Daniel Saror, defeated ANPP candidate in the April 2011 polls in Benue, has appealed to Election Petition Tribunals in the country to handle petitions based on their circumstances. Saror said on Friday in Makurdi, that the ripples being gen...
The Ogun Government has dismissed allegations that it refused to disburse the N1 billion agriculture loan it had accessed from the Federal Government on behalf of the farmers in the State. The state chapter of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AF...
Miami officials on Thursday said they were investigating R&B singer Chris Brown, who is currently on probation for assaulting ex-girlfriend Rihanna, following reports that he might have been involved in the theft of a mobile phone. Celebrity ...
Pretty face Mo'Cheddah has parted ways with KnightHouse, The Creative Entertainment Company that shot her to Limelight. The Artiste who just concluded her first degree at the University of Lagos issued a joint press release with KnightHouse to anno...
The dredging of the River Niger has brought smiles to the youths in the cooperating communities, writes PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID. When in September 10, 2009, Umaru Musa Yar’Adu led federal government flag off the dredging of the River Niger In Lokoja,...
Certain policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria have recently attracted public criticism; however, a member of its board, Prof. Sam Olofin, says the bank's actions are in line with its mandate. He spoke to ISAAC AIMURIE and NGOZI OBOH. In Nigeria, ...