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Rivers State Governor, NYESOM WIKE, says the presidential pardon for persons prosecuted on corruption charges by the Federal Government only suggests that there is no need to have anti-corruption agencies in the country. He believes the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) have been made to suffer an embarrassment as the pardon has made them irrelevant....

Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have killed 10 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) commanders, as well as over 100 terrorists during land and air clearance operations along the fringes of the Lake Chad Basin. The operation codenamed Operation Lake Sanity is a joint and combined operation involving the MNJTF troops from Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon and troops from ...

As Christians in Nigeria join other faithful worldwide to celebrate Easter Sunday, Vice President YEMI OSINBAJO (SAN), has assured Nigerians of the restoration of peace and a more prosperous future for all regardless of current challenges. Prof. OSINBAJO stated this in a chat with journalists shortly after the Easter Sunday service at the State House Chapel, Aso Villa, Abuja. The ...

The house of representatives has demanded for the sack of the National Security Adviser, Major General BABAGANA MONGUNO, retired, and the Minister of Defense, Major General BASHIR MAGASHI, retired. The latest call for the sack of the nation’s security chiefs comes as a result of the rising insecurity in the country , especially the recent killings in Benue, Taraba and Plateau states.The lawmakers who stated this du...

Former Director with the Department of State Security Service, DSS, MIKE EJIOFOR has described the latest bandit attack in Zamfara state where over 5 students were abducted, as very unfortunate.  The former Director in an interview with super FM news, blamed  the state government for not giving priority to security issues in the state and called on members of the society to begin tp defend themselves from the action of ter...

Lawmakers in the Senate have again passed the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill, four years after President MUHAMMADU BUHARI rejected the proposed legislation. They also approved another bill seeking legal backing for the establishment of a council for hunters across the country. This followed the consideration of two reports on the bills by the Committee on Interior durin...

The Supreme Court has affirmed a six-year jail sentence for a former Director of the Police Pension Fund, JOHN YAKUBU. The court upheld the jail term originally handed out by the Court of Appeal back in 2018 over a pension scam alleged to have been conducted by the defendant. The court also sustained the decision of the Court of Appeal ordering JOHN YAKUBU to refund the sum of 22....

The new Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator ABDULLAHI ADAMU, has resigned from his position as the senator representing Nasarawa West in the 9th Assembly. His resignation was contained in a letter sent to the upper chamber and read by Senate President AHMAD LAWAN during today’s legislative proceedings. ADAMU explained that his resignation follows his new ...

The minister of Labour and Employment, CHRIS NGIGE has expressed displeasure with the attitude of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) after reaching an agreement with the Federal Government.The minister said this in a statement after a meeting with members of the government’s team on the 2009 Agreement Renegotiation Committee, led by its Chairman, Prof. NIMI BRIGGS.NGIGE who revealed tha...

The Federal Government has recovered 53.5 billion naira out of the 5.2 trillion-naira debt owed by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies.The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, ZAINAB AHMED, made this known at the launch of Project Lighthouse Debt Analytics and Reporting Platform in Abuja.ZAINAB AHMED added that her ministry was leveraging multilayer data mining to recover huge debts owed to the Fede...