Category: Metro
EFCC reveals how suspended AGF, Ahmed Idris received N15bn bribe to fast-track payment to oil-producing states
Ahmed Idris, suspended Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), received a N15 billion bribe to fast-track 13 percent derivation funds to oil-p [...]
Court grants request of civil organization for Tinubu’s prosecution over perjury
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted permission to a civil rights organization under the aegis of Incorporated Trustees of Center for Ref [...]
Ping Express head honchos, Anslem Oshionebo and Opeyemi Odeyale, both bag 27-month prison sentence for fraud
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ping Express, Anslem Oshionebo, and the firm’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Opeyemi Odeyale, were both handed a [...]
Nollywood actor, Baba Ijesha sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexually assaulting minor
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja domestic violence and sexual offences court on Thursday, July 14, sentenced Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka [...]
Tinubu’s dark past threatens lifelong presidential ambition as report establishes links to drug trade
By his own admission, being president of Nigeria is a lifelong goal he hopes to achieve.
On June 8, at the Eagle Square in Abuja, he took a giant s [...]
Graft allegations dog Nigeria’s main presidential hopefuls, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu
The fight against corruption has been a top campaign issue in Nigeria’s last two presidential elections, but the history of graft allegation [...]
Over 600 inmates including Boko Haram members, Abba Kyari escape as terrorists attack Kuje prison
The ministry of interior says about 600 inmates escaped from Kuje prison in the federal capital territory (FCT).
This is despite earlier wa [...]
OPEC Sec Gen, Barkindo dies after meeting with Buhari
The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Muhammad Barkindo, is dead.
Barkindo died late Tuesday.
The Group Ma [...]
FG replaces newly appointed accountant-general
Sylva Okolieaboh, a director at the Treasury Single Account (TSA) department, has replaced Chukwuyere Anamekwe as acting accountant-general of the fed [...]
Court jails Nigerian senator for seven years
Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North senatorial district, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for money laundering.
The senat [...]