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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has kicked against the establishment of the National Electoral Offences Commission.  Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of EFCC, said the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the police, EFCC and other law enforcement agencies are already empowered by extant laws to investigate and prosecute electoral […]

The United States (US) government has signed an agreement with the federal government to repatriate $23 million Abacha loot to Nigeria. The agreement was signed on Tuesday at the office of Abubakar Malami, minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation. In his speech, Malami said the decision to return the stolen […]

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has confirmed the resurgence of Ebola. According to a statement by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Congo made the announcement on Monday following the confirmation of one case in the country’s eastern province of North Kivu.   The case was a 46-year-old woman who died on […]

Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour, says Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), will oversee the Aso Rock chapel if her husband is elected president. The minister said this on Political Paradigm, a Channels Television programme, on Tuesday. Keyamo, who doubles as spokesman of […]

Mele Kyari, group chief executive officer (GCEO), Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, says the country can not legalise artisanal refineries. Artisanal oil refining is small-scale crude oil processing or subsistent distillation of petroleum that is often outside the boundaries of state law. Kyari spoke during an interview aired on Nigerian Television […]

The Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN) says the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) portends danger for the country. Musa Filibus, archbishop of LCCN and president Lutheran world federation, said this in a video published by AIT on Tuesday. Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of APC, who is a Muslim […]

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, is reportedly meeting with Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Paris, France.  Insiders told TheCable that Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue; Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, and other PDP stalwarts loyal to Wike are also attending the meeting. Wike […]

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) was punished at the Osun governorship election for committing “sacrilege” against Bola Ige, late minister of justice. Bola Ige, an AGF in the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, was killed on December 23, 2001. Omisore, who was then a deputy governor […]

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismissed an advertisement by the Police Service Commission (PSC) calling for applicants to apply as constables in the force. A recruitment advert calling on interested applicants had recently gone viral on social media and job websites. Reacting to the development, Muyiwa Adejobi, force spokesperson, asked Nigerians […]