Breaking News: Senate Defends Saraki Over EFCC

The Senate earlier today stated that contrary to reports about purported division in the upper chamber, that the Senate remains United and focused in the discharge of its mandate. The Senate also described as baseless and unfounded allegations that the invitation of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions was masterminded by the Senate President,...

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Tinubu Does Not An Influence Over Us - CACOL

The Executive Director of Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), Mr. Debo Adeniran, earlier today, Tuesday, August 25, has said that contrary to public belief, the group was not doing the bidding of a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinu...

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Sokoto State House Of Assembly Begins Probe Of Tambuwal, Wamakko

The Sokoto state House of Assembly on Tuesday, August 25, directed the state government to provide details of finances and expenditure from January to August this year. According to the state assembly, the probe of the state’s finances is to ensure that due process was followed in the use of the fun...

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Breaking News: 5 Feared Dead As Bomb Blast Hits Damaturu

At least five people have died in Damaturu, Yobe State following a suicide bombing, emerging reports say.The attack was launched by a young female suicide bomber today, Tuesday, August 25, 2015.28 other persons are said to have been injured in the explosion which occurred outside the main bus station in the to...

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Tension As The Race For Ooni Splits Ruling Houses

Race for the next Ooni of Ife after the demise of the former occupier, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, is generating heat as two ruling houses are set to clash over who will produce the new king.Following the demise of Oba Sijuwade, who is from the Ogboru rulling, his successor was restricted to the Giesi family.This is so, according to the succession order established by government declaration on the Ooni chieftaincy title of 1977. But the Ogboru royal...

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Wike probe panel says ex-governor used N3bn CBN loan to fund elections

A judicial commission of inquiry set up by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that the Rotimi Amaechi administration diverted about N3 billion in public monies to fund elections.The money was said to have been a loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) allocated for agricultural projects in the state.The revelation was made at the commission’s first sitting on Monday, August 24, 2015, according to ThisD...

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Jobs Recruitment... Health Communication Capactiy Collaborative (HC3) Nigeria Vacancies

Employer: Health Communication Capactiy Collaborative (HC3) Nigeria The Company The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication (CCP) and Health Communication Capactiy Collaborative (HC3) Nigeria Malaria Project seeks five Monitoring and Evaluation Officer...

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Bayelsa State Govt. To Probe Ex-Commissioner

For vowing to work against the reelection of her former boss, Governor Seriake Dickson, the state government has vowed to probe the former Commissioner for Transport in the state, Mrs. Marie Ebikake.   According to Punch newspaper, the state’s deputy governor, Rear Admiral John Jonah (retd.), stated this at a rally in Peace Park, Yenagoa, organized by a non-governmental organization, Dickson Support Movement, to welcome the non-indigenes...

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Vacancy - 2016 Global Geoscience Campus Needed At ExxonMobil

Employer: ExxonMobil The Company Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL) and Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPN) are subsidiaries of Exxon Mobil Corporation with a long history of operations in Nigeria. The companies' oil and natural gas production activities contribute to one of the largest sources of revenue For the Nigerian government and econom...

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Spotlight on Wike’s endless search for prayers

There is no doubt that the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has portrayed himself in recent times as a governor that believes so much in prayers as there is hardly any Sunday that the Ikwerre-born politician is not seen among congregations of different Christian denominatio...

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Husband-snatching saga: NJC queries Osun judge

The National Judicial Council has issued a query over allegation of amorous scandal against a judge in the Osun State judiciary, Justice Olamide Oloyede, who initiated a petition calling for the removal of the state Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbeso...

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Bauchi Gov Says FG Has No Money For States Bailout Funds

The governor of Bauchi state, Barrister Mohammed Abubakar has described federal government’s bailout funds for states as a mirage.Speaking with Daily Trust yesterday, August 24, the governor said up till now, he had not gotten the bail out for his state from the designated ban...

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Nigeria Will Soon Stop Importation Of Food - Dangote

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the chairman of Dangote group and Africa’s richest man, has forecast that in years to come, Nigeria will be self-sufficient in commodities and not have to rely on imports, PM News reports.Dangote said this on Monday, August 24, in a meeting with the secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon.Dangote said Nigeria would soon become the largest exporter of petroleum products and fertilizer in the world and declared...

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Witness Reveals How Akpabio Rigged Akwa Ibom Elections

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Ekpeyong Ekpeyong has told the National Assembly tribunal sitting in Abuja how the former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Godswill Akpabio allegedly rigged elections in the stat...

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Matron of Lagos Assembly found dead in office

The Chief Matron, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs. Caroline Oriola, has reportedly died in her office within the assembly premises.It was gathered that Oriola had gone to the office on Saturday, August 22, but that her corpse was discovered yesterday by a cleaner, who had gone to clean the clinic.Sources in the assembly revealed that the woman had gone to her office on Saturday to take some drugs and was said to have put on the air conditioning...

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Retrieve diplomatic, official passports from unathorised persons, FG orders Immigration

The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to retrieve forthwith all valid diplomatic and official passports from all persons who are not entitled to hold such documents.This is contained in a statement by Mr Yusuf Isiaka,the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Interior, on Monday in Abu...

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Ikorodu Robbery Suspects Want N5m From Police For 'Damages'

In a rather unfortunate twist of fate, the four suspects alleged to have carried out bank robbery operations in Ikorodu, Lagos state, are demanding N5million from the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Aras...

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Vacancy - Accountant Wanted At RS Hunter

Employer: RS HunterThe CompanyAt RS Hunter we believe our clients have the resources, what we do is to galvanize, advice and, partner with our clients to understand the peculiarities of their businesses and then find the best solutions and best HR strategies that work.We are recruiting to fill the below position:Job Title: AccountantLocation: LagosJob Type: Full tim...

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It Was Jonathan’s Responsibility To Probe Administration Of Obasanjo, Not Buhari’s – Presidency

Jonathan Should Have Probed Obasanjo, Not Buhari - Shehu The presidency shed more light on the planned investigation into the activities of the immediate past government of Goodluck Jonathan.Garba Shehu, Muhammadu Buhari’s special adviser on media and publicity, also disclosed that no one was under probe yet and responded to the accusations of the alleged “selective” probe recently posed by a prominent northern leader, Tanko Yakassa...

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