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Diezani Allison Madueke The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has claimed that its investigation shows that Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former minister of petroleum resources, gave politicians $115 million to compromise the 2015 elections. Abdulrasheed Bawa, the EFCC chairperson, said this on Wednesday at an induction retreat for new resident …

  Oshiomole and Atiku A former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Adams Oshiomhole said the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar does not have the moral justification to preach unity in Nigeria. Oshiomole made this assertion while speaking in an interview with …

IGP Alkali Baba The Nigeria Police Force has cautioned state governors against stopping opposition political parties from holding their electioneering campaigns. Mr. Dandaura Mustapha, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) Operations, said this at the 2022 political parties summit in Abuja. Mustapha, who represented the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Usman …

Gboyega Oyetola, Osun State governor Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun state, has asked appointees of his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola to return all government properties in their possession. The directive was issued on Wednesday in a statement by Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson to the governor. The directive comes hours after Adeleke revoked …

ASUU President and Ngige The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Nigeria, Nsukka chapter, has vowed to commence the “mother of all strikes,” if the Federal Government refuses to pay its members withheld eight months salary arrears. Comrade Christian Opata, the ASUU-UNN Chairman, who addressed pressmen before members of …

Fresh details have also emerged on how Mr Aminu Adamu, a student of the Federal University, Dutse, was arrested for trolling the wife of the Nigerian President, Aisha Buhari, on Twitter. In the allegedly offending tweet, Mr Adamu, who is a final year student studying Environmental Management, posted a rotund …

First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari …South-West zone disagrees, knocks First Lady The National Association of Nigerian Students has apologised to Aisha Buhari, wife of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the arrest of a student of the Federal University, Dutse Jigawa, Aminu Mohammed, by the Nigeria Police. …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has approved the release of N80billion for the reconstruction of the failed Sapele-Benin road and the Amukpe-Agbor-Uromi road. This was disclosed on Monday by the Deputy President of the Senate and APC governorship candidate in Delta, …

Benkingsley Nwashara with the baby Benkingsley Nwashara, a law graduate, has shared photos of a two-year-old girl he rescued after she was abandoned by her mentally-ill mother in Agabani town, Nkanu West Local Government Area, Enugu State. Nwashara shared photos he took of the child when he rescued her, as …

ASUU President and Ngige The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned that if the Federal Government kept withholding their pay, a new crisis in the country’s universities would transcend break out. The union which issued the warning on Monday, urged interested parties and well-meaning Nigerians to pressure the Federal …