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Ambode, Lagos State Governor Twenty-nine months after emerging as the Deputy Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni representing Lagos Island Constituency 1 on Monday took over his official quarters located at 3A Sasegbon Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. The House of Assembly, had last week, ejected the …

The acting Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Attahiru A. Ibrahim and five other senior staff collected N30.6 million travelling allowances for a training in the United States which they didn’t attend, Daily Trust on Sunday investigations have shown. This is coming at a time the scheme …

The Lagos State Government has directed all its revenue agencies to commence enforcement of payment by all tax defaulters with immediate effect. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, in a statement, lamented that many residents were not fulfilling their civic obligation of paying their taxes and that the …

A former Chief of Administration, Nigerian Air Force (NAF) headquarters, Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Alkali Mamu (rtd), on Monday told Justice Salisu Garba of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that he was tutored and teleguided by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in making his …

The Nigerian Police yesterday said it has returned the sum of ₦834,000 extorted by its officers from members of the public between July and September. This was made known through a statement by the Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU) of the Force. According to the statement, which was signed …

R-L: Mr. Aliyu Adamu, Mr. Hassan Tanko, Aisha Bello-Tukur all of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON); the District Head of Girei, Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim Mustafa, Ubandoma Adamawa; Mr. Usman Abubakar, Hiradi Malgwi and Jude Nwauzor when the AMCON delegation paid a courtesy visit to the District Head in Yola …

Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, disclosed Thursday that the federal government’s current revenue and debt management strategy would mitigate the nation’s debt service risk, culminating in the cutting of debt service cost by about N168 billion per annum. The federal government is presently …

  A former Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Mr. Reno Omokri has challenged the Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, to tell the people of the state how he mismanaged their resources, describing him as a governor who have a consumer mentality. Responding to what he …

Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday announced that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) would be expanded so as to inject fresh ideas into the government. The President made this known at the meeting of National Executive Council (NEC) of All Progressives Congress (APC) held at the national secretariat of the …

Maina The embattled former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, has finally broken his silence on the multi-billion naira pension fraud that took place when he was in charge of the reform task force four years ago, alleging that N300 million was stolen from the …