Abuja

A prosecution witness, Mrs. Fatima Dauda, on Monday told a Federal High Court that she opened a “Visa Gold Account” for the former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh. The witness made this known to Justice Okon Abang of…

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted bail to a former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani- Kayode, in the sum of N50m after he was arraigned on five counts of N26m fraud. Fani-Kayode, a Director of Media and Publicity in…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with the Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, over the Tuesday killings in his state. The meeting was held inside the President’s office at the Presidential…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has expressed that inadequate funding posed a challenge to the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Speaking on Wednesday, when he received a delegation of…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday called its first prosecution witness before a Federal High Court in Abuja in the trial of an aide of Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, Mr. Abiodun Agbele, who is being…

The Peoples Democratic Party, has called on Nigerians to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from borrowing $29.960b for the execution of key programmes and infrastructural projects across the country. It also asked the National Assembly…

The immediate past President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday stated that it was not possible for the National Security Adviser (NSA) during his administration, Sambo Dasuki, to have stolen $2.2 billion as claimed by the…

A Nigerian pilot by the name, Ademilola Odujinrin, has started his mission to be the first African pilot to fly solo around the world. The Air Djibouti  pilot is carrying out his goal using a Cirrus aircraft,  and on Friday, October 14…

The Confederation of African Football has released a 30 man shortlist for the 2016 African Player of the Year award, with John Obi Mikel, Kelechi Iheanacho and Ahmed Musa making the list. The Prestigious award, which will take place…

-35962 VP Osinbajo this evening led some other government officials to visit the 21 Chibok girls who were released today at the DSS Medical Centre, in Abuja, where the girls are currently receiving medical attention. Speaking during the…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday morning picked up the President of Masters Energy Oil and Gas Limited, Mr. Uche Ogah, outside the premises of a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Tinubu, Lagos Island.…

The Federal Government has fulfilled its promise of reducing the number of aircraft in the presidential fleet as officials released two Agusta Westland helicopters to the Nigerian Air Force. At the handing over ceremony, the National…

Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria, has asked members of the legal profession to blame themselves for the harassment of judges by the security agencies. While asking that the judges arrested on Saturday should be granted…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Directorate Headquarters, Abuja, has slashed the number of prospective Corp members for the next phase of mobilization. The disclosure was made in a leaked internal memo dated 4th October, 2016 and…

Following a raid on the home of Musiliu Obanikoro in Ikoyi, Lagos, an operative of the EFCC has given a breakdown of how the ex Minister of State for Defence allegedly received N4.75bn to rig Ekiti state governor Ayodele Fayose into office…

The Presidency has said counterpart funding from states is not required to start the implementation of the Federal Government’s National Home-grown School Feeding programme. It said the present administration had already provided…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to arraign a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode; a former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman; a firm, Joint Trust Dimensions Limited; and one Jimoh Yusuf for an…

A 32-year-old kidnapper Ifeanyi Obi, a native of Abia State has accused former Lagos State Governor and current Minister for Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola of pushing him into crime. Obi is one of the 3 members of a…

“It is illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional for NYSC to hold camp at a time when its Muslim members will be deprived of their freedom of worship and the liberty to practice their creed without fear. The muslim rights concern, muric…

Contractors who executed federal government’s road projects over the past three years were not paid for their job, Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works, and Housing, has said. Speaking at the inaugural “Buharimeter” town hall…