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Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo said last nigt in Jos, the Plateau State capital, that the Federal Government was highly disturbed about the security situation in Plateau State. He told community leaders and security agencies the view of the government at the Plateau State Government House in Rayfield, Jos, when he arrived …

An Ikeja High Court yesterday heard how Mohammed Gobir and his company, Mondial Defence Systems Limited, stole N227 million from the Kwara State agovernment. Mohammed Gobir (55), from Kwara State, is facing a five-count charge of stealing, forgery and dishonestly converting monies entrusted to him for the purchase of three …

The trial of a former Oyo State governor, Rashidi Ladoja, for an alleged fraud of N4.7bn was stalled on Monday due to the absence of the trial judge, Justice Mohammed Idris. The judge was among the 12 high court judges promoted last week to the Court of Appeal. Though both …

Tourists and football fans across the world are swamping around an ongoing art and culture exhibition centre set up by the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) in Moscow, Russia.While the players are exhibiting their talents and projecting Nigeria’s football prowess, so also is the Director General of NCAC, …

President Muhammadu Buhari has fired Director of the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA),  Mrs. Olutayo Odumosu over allegation of age falsification, with effect from Wednesday, 20th June 2018. Mrs Agnes A. Aremu is now to oversee the affairs of the agency pending the appointment of a substantive Chief Executive Officer, we gathered from …

The lawyer to the detained representative of Abia South Senatorial District, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume (SAN), has said his client’s allegation of illegal insertion of N30 billion into the budget of the Ministry of Power without his committee’s knowledge was one of the issues that landed him in trouble. …

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, has explained how the N9.1tn revenue to finance the 2018 budget will be raised by the Federal Government. Speaking during the public presentation of the 2018 budget on Thursday in Abuja, Udoma expressed optimism that the government would be able to …

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday reiterated his administration’s commitment to fight drug abuse in the state. The governor stated this at the inauguration of the Lagos State Kicks Against Drug Abuse (LASKADA) in Agidingbi, Ikeja, adding that the menace of drug abuse was on the high side. …

The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Maikanti Baru PHOTO: TWITTER/NNPC Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, said the corporation would continue to swap crude oil for refined petroleum products for the next six months in the face of obsolete refineries in the country.The …

Ahead of the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Rivers State chapter of the party has broken into factions as the immediate past Deputy Chairman of the party, Prince Peter Odike, has declared himself the acting Chairman of the party in the state, insisting that the election …