The payment of about N1.310billion has been linked to three firms a former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, has interest in. This discovery was made by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. It was said that the cash was part of the N4.74 billion which a former Minister of State (Defence), Musiliu…
Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have shutdown the institution following protests by workers of the school over appointment of the institution’s new Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ayobami Salami. The university was closed on Wednesday indefinitely less than two days to the expiration of the tenure of the outgoing vice chancellor, Prof. Bamitale…
The Defence Headquarters in Abuja has scrapped the Joint Task Force operation in Niger Delta tagged Operation Pulo Shield and has replaced it with a joint military operation called Operation Delta Safe. This information was contained in a statement issued by DHQ Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Rabe Abubakar. According to the Defence spokesman, the…
The Secretary to Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal; and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, have been asked to appear before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs over omissions and irregularities in ambassadorial nomination. The Senate gave this directive on Wednesday following a Point of Order raised by Joshua Dariye at plenary…
The House of Representatives has expressed its readiness to liaise with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and other relevant agencies to ascertain the actual money realised so far from the implementation of the Treasury Single Account, TSA. This resolution was contained in a motion presented on the floor of the Assembly on Wednesday, which…
The Nigerian Army has reacted to a claim by Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, JNDLF, that it is planning to overthrow the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued on Thursday by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, who is the Acting Director Army Public Relations, it was stated that there is no iota of…
According to SaharaReporters, about N4.745billion of the diverted $2.1 billion arms cash has been traced to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, by the some detectives. It was reported that the cash was sourced from the SAS Imprest Account of the Office of the National Security…
There was apprehension among people living in Washington DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 21, 2016, when the visiting Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, and his crew performed a traditional rite. The ritual was held outside the Smithsonian Museum of African Art, which involved the use of fire and flame. The incident scared some…
sheriff The governorship primary conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State on Monday has been declared illegal by the embattled former National Chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff. Sheriff, in a letter to Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, signed by him and the National Secretary of the party,…
A new militant group called the Red Scorpion has claimed responsibility for blowing up two pipelines belonging to Elf Oil Company in Awara in Ohaji Egbema Council Area of Imo State. The group, which is based in Imo State, has also threatened to attack oil facilities belonging to Shell in Oguta. Red Scorpion warned that…