The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has advised the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to consider selling off nearly half of Nigeria’s Joint Venture equity with multinational oil companies, to enable the new government raise a huge balance for immediate developmental projects. Read More
EXCLUSIVE: EFCC goes after ex-Gov. Modu Sheriff over N300 billion Borno funds, set to detain him Thursday
A former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, is expected to appear before anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday. Read More
Jonathan sacks IG of Police, Suleiman Abba; appoints replacement
President Goodluck Jonathan has fired Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba.
The sack was announced by the president’s spokesperson, Reuben Abati, in a statement on Tuesday. Read More
Jonathan orders removal of own campaign billboards, posters after election defeat
President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation and the various associations that merged into the Jonathan/Sambo Support Group to immediately begin the process of removing the posters, billboards, banners, signs and other campaign materials in support of his re-election bid which still adorn the landscape in major cities across Nigeria. Read More
Ondo deputy governor, Ali Olanusi, impeached
The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Ali Olanusi, was impeached on Monday morning by members of the state House of Assembly. Read More
Top 10 Corruption Scandals Nigeria’s National Assembly Hasn’t Resolved
The seventh National Assembly will most likely end its tenure in early June without resolving majority of the huge misgovernance and corruption issues that characterised the outgoing administration. Read More
DOWNLOAD: Full Report of PWC Forensic Audit on Missing $20billion Oil Money
President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the immediate release of the full audit report of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, accused of diverting $20 billion oil money. Read More
INVESTIGATION: Displaced persons in Gombe “dying of starvation”
By Samuel Malik
Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Gombe State say they are starving and slowly dying , as government has left them to fend for themselves following the hurried disbandment by the authorities of the official camp in which they resided. Read More
Top 10 Corruption Scandals Nigeria’s National Assembly Hasn’t Resolved
The seventh National Assembly will most likely end its tenure in early June without resolving majority of the huge misgovernance and corruption issues that characterised the outgoing administration. Read More
Jonathan rejects foreign troops in fight against Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in Abuja urged the United Nations to focus more on helping Nigeria with the rehabilitation and reconstruction of persons and communities affected by terrorism in Northern Nigeria rather than deploying an international force to the country. Read More