By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Group of prominent Anti-Corruption Civil Society Groups have voiced deep concern regarding the suspension and detention of AbdulRasheed Bawa, the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The groups, have raised critical issues and call for transparency and fairness...
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The backlash over the $19.4 reported as professional legal fee in Seplat Energy’s half-year result presents us as a people in the cast of the French Bourbons of whom the French statesman and foremost diplomat, Charles-Maurice de Telleyrand-Périgord, 1st Prince of Benevento, said they learnt nothing and forgot nothing....
A 26-year-old suspected ritualist and fraudster, Franklin Akinyosuyi, arrested with human head and other parts, said untold hardship and low patronage caused his involvement in rituals. The suspect was arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police’s anti-crime section attached to Funmbi-Fagun police Station, in Ondo town, the headquarters...
Uriel, one of the housemates of the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality show has been evicted. This was announced by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the host of the show, during the live eviction show on Sunday. Obi-Uchendu revealed Seyi and Uriel as the housemates with the least number of votes of...
The Ogun State Police Command on Sunday in Abeokuta said it has apprehended one Akeem Owonikoko, a suspected armed robber, along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin Highway. SP Omolola Odutola, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in a statement said Owonikoko was arrested after an operation led by ACP Omosanyi...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday evening paid an unscheduled visit to the General Hospital, Odan, for on-the-spot assessment of the level of facilities at the hospital and the medical quarters. Sanwo-Olu, on his Facebook page said that the assessment was with a view to determining the...
The captain of IBB International Golf & Country Club, Dr Olabanjo Obaleye has won the best place of the first category of the 2023 golf tournament in Cuba. The tournament was hosted by the Embassy of Nigeria in Havana at Varadero Golf Club. The Ambassador of Nigeria...
After a family of four was killed by Russian artillery shelling of the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced retaliation. “Every occupier destroyed, every piece of Russian equipment burned, fire instead of their headquarters and warehouses, the very eloquent smoke on Kerch bridge and...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has said that the north central governors have created a forum to enable them deliberate on addressing the region’s common concerns. Governor Mutfwang disclosed this when he received the adhoc committee on the investigation of the alleged abuse of N2.3 trillion of Tertiary...
The Police Command in Ogun says it has arrested one Sunday Dosunmu, a prison returnee, while trying to use fabricated keys to unlock cars at Leme area of Abeokuta on Saturday. SP Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on...
Eder Militao became the second Real Madrid player to suffer an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury this week. This was after goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, and the LaLiga club said on Sunday that the defender would require surgery. Militao was injured when he hyperextended his knee early in...
The Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) Mr Osita Okechukwu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu not to eject former Gov. Nasir El-Rufai in his cabinet. Mr. Okechukwu, also a foundation member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He...
England captain, Harry Kane, left boyhood club Tottenham Hotspur after 19 years to join European powerhouse Bayern Munich in search of titles, the Bundesliga’s record signing said on Sunday. The 30-year-old Kane joined Bayern on a four-year deal on Saturday for a reported 100 million euros (109.44 million...
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo have berated the Deputy Governor of the State, Comrade Philip Shaibu, for approaching the court over an allegation of impeachment. Rising from a meeting on Sunday in Igueben, Igueben Local Government Area of the state, the party leaders who...
About three years ago when the third Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC Rev. Yakubu Pam was appointed, not many gave him a chance but now the wailers and those expecting nothing much from the Commission are praising the astute administrator for doing beyond expectation. ...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters has debunked social media reports alleging that the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) received request to effect change of leadership in the country. The Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General, Tukur Gusau, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday,...
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, Mr Martins Sadoh, has said that capacity of candidates should determine the choice of successor to Gov. Godwin Obaseki in 2024 and not ethnicity. Sadoh, a security expert based in Netherlands, said this in a statement made available...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has simultaneously decimated several criminal elements in the last few days through airstrikes in various theatres of operation. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, on Sunday in Abuja....
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Three major illicit drug syndicates were taken down by operatives of a special unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in intelligence-led operations across parts of Lagos state, leading to the arrest of a baroness and four other kingpins with multi-billion...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Nigeria’s Intervention Team comprising prominent Islamic scholars in the country at the weekend met with the coup leaders in Niger where both parties agreed to intensify the option of dialogue in resolving the political crisis in that country. The Islamic Ulammas led...