APC chairman: Nigerians are really going through a difficult time
APC chairman chief John Odigie-Oyegun has acknowledged the pains Nigerians are going through under the administration of his party. Inflation has since hit double digits, electricity has tanked and...
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Dino Melaye now hawks groundnuts for a living
The code of conduct tribunal has been on a recess, so senator Dino Melaye, who would rather be by senate president Bukola Saraki’s side as he faces trial for false declaration of assets, has found...
View ArticleBuhari dispatches investigators to the delta to unmask persons behind ‘Avengers’
Aside the fresh order handed to the military to crush pipeline vandals in the Niger Delta, president Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched a crack team of investigators to the oil rich region in a bid to...
View ArticleNiger Delta militants to Buhari: ‘Just remember that you are not God’
The Niger Delta Liberation Force (NDLF), a militant group, says President Muhammadu Buhari “is not God” that the “boys in the creek” would be afraid of. Related: Buhari issues fresh order to military...
View ArticleNNPC paid N1.118tr into federation account in a year
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the total amount paid into the Federation Account for domestic crude oil and gas; and other receipts from April 2015 to March 2016...
View ArticleI was on a monthly salary from Dasuki’s office–Okupe
Former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has said his office was on a monthly salary from the office of the National Security...
View ArticleI killed my wife because she cheated on me–Lekan Shonde
Story culled from Punch The man who allegedly killed his wife in the Egbeda, Lagos area, Lekan Shonde, has told PUNCH Metro that his wife, Ronke provoked him by describing vividly how her lover slept...
View ArticleFashola: How we’ll solve Nigeria’s age-long power challenge
Ladies and Gentleman, When I assumed office as minister, maybe I should have done some of the more traditional things. To tell you that your generators will disappear in one year or to tell you how...
View ArticleFani-Kayode now in EFCC’s warm embrace
Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has arrived the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in the nation’s capital, Abuja. An invitation for him to show up today was...
View ArticleDude who killed his wife has been arrested
Mr Lekan Shonde who has confessed to killing his wife because she allegedly cheated on him, has been arrested by police officers from the Rapid Response Squad in Lagos. Shonde took Ronke’s life and...
View ArticleOsinbajo chaired two top security meetings on Monday
Vice president Yemi Osinbajo presided over two top security meetings at the presidential villa, Monday, as vandals continue to hit oil installations in the niger delta. President Muhammadu Buhari has...
View ArticleThere’s more than one case against Fani-Kayode, says EFCC
Former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode checked into the offices of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday at around 9:30am and was still there late into the night. Online...
View ArticleThis is why the EFCC has arrested a former governor of Akwa Ibom state
Idongesit Nkanga, a former military governor of Akwa Ibom state and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is the latest high profile figure to be arrested by the Economic and Financial...
View ArticleREPORT: How man who allegedly killed his wife, surrendered to police
Story culled from Punch Mr. Lekan Shonde, who allegedly killed his wife, Ronke, surrendered himself to the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday. The suspect, who spoke...
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Kogi governor assents to N99.9bn 2016 budget
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on Monday signed into law an appropriation bill of N99,998,674,261 for the 2016 fiscal year. The budget which he tagged ‘Budget of Change’, has Recurrent...
View ArticleBuhari isn’t grounded in the economy, says Obasanjo
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo says president Muhammadu Buhari hasn’t changed from the person who served under him years ago–at least when it comes to knowledge of the economy. Obasanjo, who was...
View ArticleSaraki received favorable ruling from the CCT chairman today
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, at the resumed hearing of the trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki over false asset declaration, ruled in favour of Saraki as he...
View ArticleSaraki’s counsel: My client was richer than the federal government before he...
At the resumed sitting of the code of conduct tribunal today in the case of senate president Bukola Saraki Vs the federal government, one of the senate president’s counsels, Paul Erokoro, said Saraki...
View ArticleEFCC arrests Tompolo’s lawyer
Counsel to Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has just been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Adegboruwa’s arrest has to do with...
View ArticleEFCC obtains court order to keep Fani-Kayode in detention
Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, who waltzed into the offices of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, will be lodging with the anti-graft commission a little while...
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