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A group, Concerned Abia Youths (CAY), has raised the alarm and called for probe of Prince Christopher Enweremadu, the Abia State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, alongside the cashiers and permanent secretaries in three local government areas of Abia State over alleged diversion of N1.160 billion funds meant …

Fayose and Atiku Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose on Friday said if Atiku Abubakar had won the presidency, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would have been more heinous to them. Fayose was speaking for the first time since his suspension and others were reversed by …

Timipre Sylva Chief Timipre Sylva, former governor of Bayelsa State, has resigned from his position as the minister of state for petroleum resources, the presidency confirmed on Friday. Sylva resigned ahead of the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship primaries in Bayelsa State next month. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practice Commission (ICPC) The government of the United States has stated that in terms of fighting corruption, Nigeria’s Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have succeeded largely with …

A lecturer at the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) in Ogun State, is facing charges at the Ijebu-Ode High Court, in Ogun State. He is accused of demanding sexual and monetary gratification from a female student of the institution. The suspect was brought before Hon. Justice Osinuga by the …

Governors under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, the Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, have vowed to protect the mandate of Bola Tinubu, the president-elect and called on the Department of State Security, DSS, to hunt down the movers of Interim National Government, ING, and punish them. The …

ASUU declares indefinite strike in Taraba The Taraba State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has declared a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike action. The decision follows a permission by the ASUU national to the state branch to embark on the strike action to press home …

Zainab Ahmed, Finance Minister Latest figures from the Debt Management Office (DMO) show that Nigeria’s public debt profile stood at N46. 25 trillion, as at December 2022. The DMO, which released the figure on Thursday noted that it e accounted for the total debt owed by the federal and state …

Top officials of the National Assembly branch of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria were interrogated by operatives of the Force Criminal Investigation Department on Wednesday over allegations of financial misappropriation involving about N500m. PUNCH reports that three top officials of PASAN in the National Assembly were invited by the …

  An aspirant for the 2023 gubernatorial race in Akwa Ibom State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Barr Onofiok Luke has said that he never collected money from anybody ahead of the campaigns in order to support Pastor Umo Eno, for the number one position. Luke …