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The £4.2m looted by former Governor James Ibori recently repatriated by the Federal Government from the United Kingdom has been returned to Delta State, Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris has confirmed. The Nation reports that Idris disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday when he appeared before the House …

A bill on the floor of the House of Representatives considering discontinuation of the National Youth Service Corps scheme (NYSC) has generated mixed reactions. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alteration Bill, 2020, which is seeking to repeal the NYSC Act, is billed for the second reading. The …

  Members of the House of Representatives during plenary The House of Representatives’ Special Committee on Constitution Review has scheduled public hearings on the ongoing amendments to the 1999 Constitution for Tuesday and Wednesday next week. The event will be held in the six geopolitical zones. The Senate had already …

Reno Omokri Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has said that the conflict between Israel and Palestine is not a religious one. Omokri made this statement on Wednesday, stressing that the ongoing conflict between both countries is territorial, not religious. According to him, outsiders have made the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a religious …

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has stated that the series of attacks on the Commission’s facilities may undermine capacity to organise elections and dent the nation’s electoral process. Yakubu, who decried the attacks, said “these attacks are no longer freak events but appear …

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede, on Tuesday said the turnaround time for issuance of passports is now six weeks. The service’s Public Relations Officer, Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists. James quoted Babandede as saying this at the NIS headquarters in …

Report reaching news Express from Maru local government area of Zamfara state Northwest Nigeria have it that, the current sole Administrator of the said local government Hon. Salisu Isah ( Tafidan Dangulbi) has Just officially separated with his Wife Hajiya Binta Jarma. The sole Administrator said his words: ” The …

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says 476 websites set up to fight the federal government have been uncovered. Mohammed spoke on Monday when he received officials of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) at his office in Abuja. The minister, who expressed concern over the development, said …

A professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology University of Jos(UNIJOS), Grace Ayanbimpe and her husband kidnapped by gunmen in Jos, the Plateau state capital on Monday have been rescued by security operatives. The Nation reports the Professor was abducted in the early hours of Monday with her husband. It …

Ex-Kwara gov, Abdulfatah Ahmed After grilling him for hours over alleged diversion of N9 billion, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday detained former Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed. Sources within the anti-graft agency confirmed that the former governor was not allowed to go home after …