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The Nigerian Police Force has cleared the air on why Dino Melaye is in their custody. Here is a statement the deputy Public Relation Officer of the Force, SP Aremu Adeniran released this afternoon “It would be recalled that working on … Read more via NaijaGistsBlog Nigeria –...

The spending $496m without parliamentary approval has pitched Pres. Buhari against the House of Representatives with most members calling for the impeachment of the President, Thenation reports. Following the reading of President Buhari’s request in a letter by Speaker Yakubu Dogara at...

Miss Monica Osagie, the victim in the sex-for-marks scandal at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has told an investigative panel that the disgraced Professor Richard Akindele deliberately failed her because she refused his sexual demand. Monica Osagie She said she did not score 33 per...

Dr Abiola Akinyode-Afolabi, the defence counsel for Miss Monica Osagie, the alleged victim in the sex-for-marks scandal at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, said on Tuesday that her client affirmed before an investigative panel that Prof. Richard Akindele deliberately failed her because she...

President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, approved the appointment of two new Medical Directors and the re-appointment of four others across six Federal Medical Centers. This was made known in a statement, by the Director, Media and Public Relations in the Federal Ministry of Health, Mrs. Boade...

A witness, Ishaya Dauda, on Tuesday told a Federal High Court, Abuja, that the trial of former FCT Minister Bala Mohammed’s son, Shamsudeen was prompted by an intelligence report. Mr Dauda, an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operative, and a witness in the alleged … Read...

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has directed the demolition of all privately-owned houses sited within the perimeter fencing of the Asaba International Airport. The governor gave…… Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2r16p1E Get More Nigeria...

A Federal High Court sitting in Katsina on Tuesday ordered that the former Katsina State governor, Ibrahim Shema be remanded in EFCC custody until April 27, for alleged money laundering. Shema is standing trial before the court for allegedly misappropriating about N5.7 billion SURE-P funds...

Mr Gideon Ayodele, the Special Adviser (Media) to embattled senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Sen. Dino Melaye, said the lawmaker never evaded arrest by the police. Ayodele in statement…… Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News –...

The Naira on Tuesday appreciated to N360 to the dollar at the investors’ window, after depreciating for five consecutive days. The Nigerian currency gained 54kobo to exchange at N360, stronger than N360.54 traded on Monday, while it was sold at N305.7 to the dollar at the CBN window. …...

Abuja Members of the House of Representatives did not mince words on Tuesday when they said President Muhammadu Buhari committed an “impeachable offence” by authorising the purchase of $462million jets for the military without appropriation by the National Assembly. Buhari is buying 12 Tucano...

The United Kingdom chapter of the All Progressives Congress has renamed the national pledge as the PMB Pledge. Instead of pledging allegiance to the Fatherland as the Constitution stipulates, the chapter transferred its allegiance to President Muhammadu Buhari. And instead of personalising...

President Muhammadu Buhari has formally requested the House of Representatives to include the procurement of the Super Tucano aircraft to fight insecurity in the country in the 2018 Appropriation Act, after authorising the withdrawal of $462m from the excess crude account for the procurement...

The Senate is currently in a closed door meeting. The meeting started at about 10:53am. As at 1:20p.m., on Tuesday, lawmakers were still locked in the chamber holding the meeting. The details of the meeting was still unknown, but it might not unconnected to … Read more via The Sun News –...

The precarious state of Internally Displaced Persons across the country has been addressed several times on this blog, international and local humanitarian organizations have also bemoaned the abysmal manner in which these persons have been treated, with government officials siphoning much...

Embattled Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, Bayelsa State, Dr. Seiyaboh Idah, has narrated how Stephen Adekunle, the student who drowned last week in a river near the school, had allegedly been rescued at least on two occasions by his colleagues. … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...

Rev. Ayokunle Olasupo, President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) has said that the herdsmen, Boko Haram and other militia groups are more powerful and tactical than the country’s security agencies. According to SaharaReporters, Rev. Olasupo...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria says the federal government is taking seriously threats by Saudi authorities to block Nigerian pilgrims from attending the 2018 Hajj exercise. A spokesperson for the commission states that there will be … Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking...