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Etteh The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Friday released Patricia Etteh, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives on administrative bail after three days of interrogation. She was released Friday night upon fulfilling bail conditions offered her by investigators working on her matter. Etteh is to report periodically to …

Nsima Ekere, a former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged diversion of funds to the tune of N47 billion through registered contractors of NDDC. The former NDDC boss was arrested on Wednesday in Abuja. More …

Bridget Oghenekevwe Emeka Bridget Oghenekevwe Emeka, alias Mama, a wanted drug baroness, has been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). According to the NDLEA, 59-year-old who it described as ‘the backbone of a major cartel distributing drugs’ in Delta and adjourning states, has been …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has insisted that a Lagos businessman, Fidelis Umukoro, facing trial in an alleged N164 million fraud, diverted funds from A& P Foods Limited to other companies without being lawfully authorised to do so. Counsel to the EFCC, T.J Banjo, on Monday, May 16, …

File photo: Explosion Scene Dozens of indigenes of Tuomo community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, on Monday, sustained various degrees of burns as Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) crude-bearing pipeline exploded in the community. An eyewitness told Vanguard that the explosion occurred almost a week ago with …

 Share The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Tuesday confirmed the death of nine persons at the Sabon Gari area of Kano State where an explosion occurred. The Director-General, NEMA, Mustapha Habib Ahmed in a tweet on Tuesday said, “Nine dead bodies have been recovered so far from the rubble …

File Photo: Corps Members President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Brigadier General Mohammed Fada as the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Fada, who is set to take over from Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, will resume the office tomorrow, reports Punch. “The Federal Government has …

Terrorists have reportedly abducted an unspecified number of the commuters along the Abuja-Kaduna road on Tuesday. Reports stated that the presence of the assailants had led to a standstill on the highway. A Facebook user, Hf Dauda MoiSoro posted, “Motorists are at standstill on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway.” He subsequently updated …

The Abuja-Kaduna train service will resume on May 23, the Federal Government said on Monday. Train services had been suspended on the route after terrorists attacked a train, fatally shot several persons, and abducted scores of passengers in March. Most of those abducted are still in captivity. In a statement …

Rotimi Amaechi Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, a presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress, on Monday, officially resigned his position in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari as the Minister of Transportation. In a press statement issued by the Amaechi Presidential Media Committee (APMC) signed by Kingsley Wali, in …