‘Whistle-blowers to get 2.5% to 5% of recovered loot’– Minister of Finance
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Wednesday disclosed that the Federal Executive Council approved the Ministry of Finance Whistleblowing Programme that may see individuals, who voluntarily...
View ArticleOPINION: ‘Before MMM, Nigerians were already greedy and vulnerable’, writes...
By ABIMBOLA ADELAKUN Over and over again, we have been admonished not to make fun of poor folks who were dupes of the now faltering Ponzi scheme, MMM. We have been enjoined to be empathic, to spare...
View ArticleNigerian woman dies in Spain as her kids spend days unaware of her death
A Nigerian woman, said to be about 40 years old, was dead for several days in Palma, capital of Majorca, Spain before her body was discovered. Her three children spent days next to her body – unaware...
View Article‘My husband is a gold-digger’- Woman tells Ibadan court to dissolve their...
A 38-year-old woman, Amudalat Agboola, whose husband on Thursday approached a Lagos Island Customary for dissolution of their five-year-old marriage, has described her husband as a gold digger....
View Article‘How James Ibori made ministers, governors while in prison’– Senator Peter...
The senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi, has said that the former Delta state’s Governor, Chief James Ibori who has recently been released from a UK prison over...
View Article“No Chibok girl released”– Presidency
President Buhari’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, has refuted media reports that some Chibok girls were reportedly released in Adamawa State yesterday, 22nd December 2016. According to Shehu,” To my...
View ArticleGoodluck Jonathan rubbishes report of his plans to re-contest in 2019
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has debunked an online report which claimed that he spoke about 2019 elections in a meeting with his kinsmen in his hometown, Otuoke, Bayelsa State. A statement by...
View ArticleBBC 2012 REPORT>>>James Ibori: How a thief almost became Nigeria’s president
The story of how James Ibori went from convicted thief in London in the 1990s, to become governor of a wealthy oil-producing Nigerian state and then to a British prison is a remarkable one. It is the...
View ArticleDETAILS: How whistle-blowers can report corrupt practices to the Federal...
Following the Federal Government’s pledge of 5 per cent reward on recovered loot to whistle-blowers, the Federal Ministry of Finance has provided information on how Nigerians can report corrupt...
View ArticleDelta king, HRM Joseph Onyemali, commits suicide
The traditional ruler of Umuachi-Ogo community of Ndokwa-East Local Government Area, Delta State, was on Wednesday found dead. Going by reports, the king was found dead after consuming a substance...
View ArticleGov. Ayo Fayose’s 2017 predictions as ‘directed’ by the Holy Spirit
Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has predicted what he calls “Fayose’s predictions”. According to him, “I predicted 20 things that will be experience this year 2016. Almost 90 per cent of what the Holy...
View ArticleLIST: Winners emerge at Headies 2016
Here are the winners at the Headies 2016 which aired live at Eko Convention Centre in Lagos on 22nd December 2016, hosted by Falz and Adesua Etomi. BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR A non-voting category for...
View ArticleKano stands still as 3 governors, 5 emirs storm Hafsatu Sanusi’s wedding
Not less than three serving governors attended the wedding of Hafsatu Saddiqah Sanusi, the daughter of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll. In attendance are the governors of Kano, Katsina, Bauchi...
View ArticleWhy FHC ordered the freezing of Patience Jonathan’s multiple accounts
A Federal High Court(FHC) sitting in Lagos has ordered the freezing of Ex-First Lady, Patience Jonathan’s multiple accounts over suspected proceeds from crime. One of the account, domiciled with Skye...
View ArticleGov. Nyesom Wike: ‘DSS is trying to intimidate me because …….’
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared no level of intimidation or blackmail from Federal Agencies will scare him into selling out the state to external predators. The governor...
View ArticlePresident Buhari: ‘Why I didn’t attend South-East Economic&Security Summit’
President Muhammadu Buhari has said he did not attend Thursday’s south-east economic and security summit because stakeholders from the region advised him against it. Buhari explained this on Friday...
View ArticleRCCG Pastor, Gideon Dagunduro: ‘Christmas isn’t for eating rice alone’
The Zonal Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Gwagwalada, Abuja, Pastor Gideon Dagunduro, has appealed to Christians to use the Christmas celebrations to talk to God in prayers and show...
View ArticlePresident Buhari: ‘How Nigeria crushed Boko Haram’
The Boko Haram extremist group has finally been crushed — driven from its last forest enclave with fighters on the run and no place to hide, Nigeria’s president declared Saturday. His victorious...
View Article‘A Nigerian, a Library, and Lawmakers’, by Prof. Pius Adesanmi
By PIUS ADESANMI Recently, I narrated the going-through-thick-and-thin phase of life together in Vancouver, Canada, with my brother from the heartland of Ijesha country, Bayo Emm. The focus of that...
View Article‘Boko Haram terrorist arrested in Lagos’– Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has revealed the arrest of a Boko Haram terrorist in Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Buratai said the terrorist, one of those fleeing from the hitherto Boko...
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