Former Minister of National Planning in the immediate past government of Goodluck Jonathan, Abubakar Sulaiman, has reacted to comments credited governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, claiming that the former president spent billions of Naira to celebrate Nigeria’s Independence while in government. In a press statement issued on Sunday to debunk the claims, Sulaiman said…
Some drugs were given out on Saturday to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Adamawa by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC. Director-General of the agency, Paul Orhii, during the presentation at the Malkohi camp, said NAFDAC made this gesture because of its concern to the plight of the people.…
Not less than 15 persons were killed in Friday night’s multiple bomb explosions in two separate areas of Abuja, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, says. The agency further said about 41 people were also injured in the unfortunate incident, which has been condemned by many Nigerians. Last night, suspected Boko Haram members detonated explosive…
Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, have arrived scene of Friday night multiple explosions in two separate areas of Abuja. Suspected members of Boko Haram struck in Nyanya and Kuje on Friday night, killing several persons and injuring many others. Rescue teams were promptly deployed to the scene to evacuate victims to various…
**Meets Saudi Officials Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, said he had a meeting with Saudi authorities to request a transparent probe into the unfortunate incident in Mina, Saudi Arabia last month that led to the death of more than 740 pilgrims. Sanusi, addressing pilgrims during a visit to South-South and South-East camps in Mecca,…
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, sealed the residence of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The anti-graft agency locked the property of the woman regarded as one of the most powerful persons during the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan after its raided her house in Abuja. It…
Several persons were said to have been killed on Friday night at a popular market in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. According to reports, suspected members of the Boko Haram sect detonated improvised explosive devices at a market in Kuje, near a police station in the area. Many other persons were said to have…
United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency, NCA, has apprehended five persons in London on Friday in connection with bribery and corruption. The NCA’s International Corruption Unit confirmed on its website that five people were arrested in “London for suspected bribery and money laundering offences.” However, the agency did not disclose identities of the suspects, but Premium…
Former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has chided governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, saying what he could not do was perfected by an ex-military officer. Sylva, who spoke after he emerged the winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary for the Bayelsa election in December 2015, said politicians still have a…
Customers of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, who were overbilled by the company for electricity consumed by them, have started to get a refund of their money, the Managing Director of AEDC, Neil Croucher, has disclosed. Croucher made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Abuja on Thursday.…