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An anti-corruption crusader, Bishop Osadolor Ochei, Thursday asked a Federal High Court in Abuja for an order of mandamus compelling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to commence criminal proceedings against former Edo state governor and National Chairmanship aspirant, Comrade...

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has insisted that Justice Danladi Umar remains its chairman in the prosecution of public officers who contravene asset declaration laws in the country, as mandated by the Federal Government and the Nigerian Constitution. CCT … Read more via Channels...

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has docked five persons before an Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, following their alleged complicity in the fraudulent diversion of about $4 million of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Nigeria. The defendants...

APC national chairmanship aspirant, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has promised that he will not be a dictator if he emerged winner at the national convention of the party scheduled for Saturday, June 23. Oshiomhole also said he would not be caged by a select group...... Read more via Nigeria...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mathias Aliu, has said the policies of the party are transforming the lives of Nigerians across the country. Aliu, aide to Abuja Municipal Area Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷...

Paul Arkwright, British High Commissioner to Nigeria, has said that the United Kingdom will continue to support the anti-corruption crusade in Nigeria as is being spearheaded by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). “We are pleased to see how the EFCC operates, and we … Read...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has denied allegation of interfering in the activities of the Peace Corps of Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja...... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2MorRaD Get More Nigeria Metro News

ABUJA—THE Federal Government said, yesterday, that the recent declaration of June 12 as public holiday will only come into effect after the amendment of the Public Holidays Act. The government also … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2HNFgFs Get More Nigeria Political News

The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 3,665 senior Police officers. In a statement on Wednesday the Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, said the promotion was one of the high points of the Commission’s 28th Plenary Meeting which ended in Abuja on Friday, …...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday injected 210 million dollars to meet customers’ requests in various segments of the foreign exchange market. The acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Mr Isaac Okorafor in a statement in Abuja said the bank offered ........... Read more...

Barring any last-minute change, President Muhammadu Buhari will Wednesday sign the 2018 Appropriation Bill into law, THISDAY learnt Tuesday. In fact, but for the June 12 activities, including the investiture of late Chief Moshood Abiola, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe and late … Read more via...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission revealed to the Federal High Court in Abuja how it uncovered about 19 houses allegedly bought by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Maduke, in Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The EFCC explained...

The African Export-Import Bank says it approved a total of $17 billion financing for Nigerian entities between its commencement of operations in 1994 and last December. The President of the bank, Dr. Benedict Oramah, disclosed at the weekend when he led an Afreximbank delegation on a visit to...

The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday denied reports that key leaders of the party had endorsed one of its presidential aspirants as candidate for the 2019 elections. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2JAMG0u Get More Nigeria Political News

National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Uche Secondus, has advised leaders and members of the party in Oyo state to close ranks and return power to the party in 2019. Secondus, represented by the party’s National Legal Adviser,......... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...

The federal government and Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI) have committed $2.7 billion to strengthen routine immunisation programmes and boost Primary Health Care (PHC) services in Nigeria over 10 years (2018-2028)... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2LGz2cT Get More Nigeria Metro News

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Abuja, after a two day working visit to the Kingdom of Morocco. The President arrived on Monday evening and was received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport Abuja, by top government officials, after series of bilateral meetings between Nigeria and...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advocated for tax relief for local manufacturing pharmaceutical companies to guarantee quality and affordable drugs for Nigerians. The Director-General of … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria...

The Federal Government says the Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will never engage in a frame-up of innocent citizens but that only the guilty needs to be worried. Alhaji Lai Mohammed at The 61st Meeting of UNWTO CAF Held at The Congress Hall of The Transcorp Hilton Hotel, …...

The African Democratic Congress, which has been adopted by Obasanjo, has warned the Federal Government that it will shut down the Presidential Villa if Obasanjo is harmed. The Chairman of the ADC, Chief Okey Nwosu, said this during a telephone interview with our correspondent on Friday. Nwosu...