Minister for State of Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has assured Nigerians that the planned removal of oil subsidy next year may not affect the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly called petrol. Kachikwu made this known while speaking on Thursday in Abuja. According to the minister, “My focus is that, the federal government…
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has urged the National Assembly to enact a law to fix a time frame for the determination of corruption cases. Magu, who received members of the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes led by its Chairman, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, explained that such…
Outcome of the April 11, 2015, governorship poll has been nullified by an Appeal Court sitting in Abuja. In a judgment delivered by Justice Adefunke Okojie, the appellate court held that the Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal erred when it voided election results from only 18 Local Government Areas of the state. Consequently,…
An Islamic group has tampered with the official website of the Lagos State government, http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/. The website was hacked on Friday and a message left for both the Federal Government of Nigeria and other states. The group accused them of being terrorists, including the USA, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar. The group posted on…
Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, has been granted bail by an Abuja High Court. Dasuki was granted bail alongside four others standing trial for alleged money laundering and criminal breach of trust. The others are former director of finance at the office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu; a former Group General Manager of…
The chief cameraman of the Boko Haram insurgents group has been apprehended by the Nigerian troops fighting the terrorists. The gallant officers of 28 Task Force Brigade arrested the Boko Haram suspect, Abdullahi Abubakar Sadiq, who is on number 58 on the list of 100 suspected Boko Haram terrorists wanted list. It was gathered that…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has informed its agents and members that the Bayelsa State governorship election held on Saturday, December 5, 2015, has not been cancelled contrary to reports claiming such. The country’s main opposition party, via its verified Twitter handle on Saturday evening, urged its members to disregard text messages flying about that…
A former Presidential candidate and National Chairman of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Ganiyu Galadima has been abducted by some gunmen at Osaro in Kogi State. Galadima was kidnapped on Friday on his way to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, to attend the burial of his elder brother. According to reports, his abductors…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the numerous foreign trips embarked on by President Muhammadu Buhari since his assumption of office have started to yield fruits. Mohammed, in a statement issued Friday in Abuja, disclosed that the trips by the President were critical to the implementation of his administration’s key policies of enhancing…
Two bomb explosions at separate locations in Borno State on Friday have left several people injured and many running to safety. It was gathered that while one bomb blast took place in Kimba area of the Biu Local Government Area, the other occurred in Sabon-Ngeri area of the state. However, the actual casualty figure has…