Nigerian Government’s Agreement With Niger Delta Militants
The Federal Government and ex-militants have resolved to end the ongoing pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta region, an official has said. Paul Boroh, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger-Delta Matters and Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme,…
Buhari’s Unfulfilled Promise At Democracy Day
Nigerians’ expectation that President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday, during his Democracy Day speech, keep his promise of giving specific details of recovered loot as part of his anti-graft crusade were disappointed. The President had earlier this month in London…
Labour To Buhari: Why You Must Resign As Petroleum Minister Now
Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to quit the position of Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. The labour explained that its advise was based on the fact that the office is too critical to the economy…
UBA Teller Officer Docked Over N1.1m Theft
A teller officer with United Bank of Africa, UBA, Plc, Toheeb Adelabu, was on Tuesday, charged before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, on the alleged theft of N1.1 million. The 30 years old accused person, attached to the…
Insurgency: Teenage Boko Haram Bride Recounts Ordeal In Capativity
A 17-year-old escapee from Boko Haram captivity, who was simply identified as Zara, has shared her painful experience in the hands of her abductors before her rescue. According to Vanguard reports, Zara, who also had a child for her terrorist…
Saving Nigerians From Activities of Electricity Distribution Companies, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission By Chima Ugwuanyi
After grappling over the decades. with the reform of the power sector by successive governments, committing trillions of Naira into it, with the genuine intention of making electricity available in abundance to Nigerians for both industrial and domestic uses, efficient…
EFCC Witness Narrates How NIMASA Transfered N1.5bn Into Many Accounts
A prosecution witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes ‎Commission (EFCC), Teslim Ajuwon, on Thursday, told an Old Igbosere High Court of Lagos State, on how the sum of N1.5 billion was transferred from Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency (NIMASA)…
Epileptic Power Supply: Fashola Calls For Patience
The Minister for Power, Works and Housing Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) has said government appreciated the challenges Nigerians are facing as a result of the shortfall in electricity supply in the country, asking for patience, while noting that the…
Dangers Of Fulani Janjaweed In Nigeria
The Janjaweed are militia that operate in Darfur, Western Sudan, and Eastern Chad. Using the United Nations definition, the Janjaweed comprised Sudanese Arab tribes, the core of whom are from the Abbala (camel herder) background with significant recruitment from the…
EFCC Arraigns Man Over Attempted N7m Theft
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday 11 April, 2016 arraigned one Adekunle Yakub Asuni before Justice. I.B. Gafai of the Federal High Court Awka, Anambra State on a four count charge for attempting to steal the sum…
More Trouble As Court Orders EFCC To Pay N5m Fine Over Rights Violation
Few days after a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday awarded N10 bn as damages in favour of the former Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, over his arrest by the Economic and Financial…
