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The Federal Government says it has begun gathering evidence on government officials linked to the alleged looting of $69bn (N28.3tn) stashed in various bank accounts in Texas, the United States. The loot reportedly accrued from illegal oil deals involving some officials of the government-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Central Bank of Nigeria during the Goodluck Jonathan administration. Our ... Read More »

When great men celebrate, even the stars bow in solemn hallow. As Dr. Victor Alewo Adoji (DVAA), the erudite banker-turned politician celebrates his 50th birthday on Saturday May 29, 2021, the periscope is focused on a man who has given his all to create peace, tranquility and progress for his people in Kogi State and Nigeria as a whole. It ... Read More »

Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, new Chief of Army Staff appointed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Mohammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Thursday. Six days after the death of Chief of Army Staff (COAS)Ibrahim Attahiru in a  plane crash, Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya has been named his successor. Yahaya’s appointment yesterday by President Muhammadu Buhari  ... Read More »

The Udom-led administration has clearly broken the jink of urban reconstruction in Akwa Ibom and in this case, in Oron where he has reconstructed the road networks in terms of size, shape and quality. Oron now wears a new look with assurances of better days ahead. At the commissioning ceremony of one of the roads today, the people poured out ... Read More »

..Recover AK 47 Rifle with a cache of live ammunition Imo State Police on Tuesday said they have gunned down two suspected hoodlums who allegedly masterminded the attacks on the Command Headquarters and Correctional Centre, Owerri on April 5, 2021. Disclosing this on Tuesday in Owerri, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Bala Elkana said that the suspects, Uchenna ... Read More »

Appieatz, a promising for tech startup with major operations in Lagos, Nigeria is deepening its technology investments in the food space to sell more to a wider market with their on-demand food and groceries delivery service. The startup which started in 2019 has been building technologies for the food and logistics industry to help improve food ordering and delivery. Appieatz ... Read More »

A bill on the floor of the House of Representatives considering discontinuation of the National Youth Service Corps scheme (NYSC) has generated mixed reactions. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alteration Bill, 2020, which is seeking to repeal the NYSC Act, is billed for the second reading. The NYSC scheme was set up in 1973 during the military ... Read More »

  The President,  Muhammadu Buhari,  has said the resolutions reached by Southern governors which placed a ban on open grazing in their region offered no solution to the clashes between farmers and herders. This is as he “expressed a strong resolve to address the conflicts of herders and farmers in a sustained and lasting manner that should lead to the ... Read More »

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Saturday, said late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, was determined to end the Boko Haram insurgency war in the North-East. Zulum stated this when he joined other dignitaries like Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari; amongst others, to ... Read More »

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, has died in an plane crash with some of his aides. Military source said Gen. Attahiru was on a trip to Kaduna. Efforts were on to locate the wreckage of the plane and evacuate remains of the victims. Read More »