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Former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke is to be extradited from Britain. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to approach Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami( SAN) this week with a request to file charges against Mrs Alison-Madueke based on its findings. As part of its investigation, the EFCC has traced N47.2 billion and $487.5million to the ex-minister, ... Read More »

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned former Oyo State Governor Rashidi Ladoja for allegedly diverting the state’s funds. The re-arraignment followed an amendment to the charge by the commission. Ladoja was charged with converting N4.7 billion from the state treasury to his personal use. He was re-arraigned along with his former Commissioner for Finance Waheed Akanbi ... Read More »

. …As police teargassed workers   There seems to be no end to the suspension drama of the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Prof. Usman Yusuf. Yusuf who was suspended last Thursday over some alleged infringement Monday forced his way into office.y forced his way into office. The council had noted that he would not be ... Read More »

  The police will on October 31 arraign the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the recent Osun State election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, for alleged examination malpractice, criminal conspiracy, and impersonation. The police also accused the senator of presenting a forged birth certificate, stating that in his National Examination Council 2017 result obtained by detectives, he claimed that he was ... Read More »

Nollywood actor and producer Funke Akindele and her rapper husband Abdul Rasheed-Bello, aka JJC Skillz have taken to social media to celebrate their second wedding anniversary. The duo got married in London on August 23, 2016. Sharing a video of herself and her husband, Funke wrote: “It’s by your grace Oh Lord!! Happy wedding anniversary to us darling @jjcskillz Thank ... Read More »

What made you decide to be part of the movie? When I got the script, what really caught my attention was the fact that there was so much to be learnt from it. The story is actually one that a lot of people can relate with and that is the beauty of telling a story; being able to communicate and ... Read More »

For 21 years, the world has tried in different ways to celebrate the legacy of the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. The annual celebration of the music icon and political activist called Felabration provides the opportunity for fans to review what he stood for, and how valid and relevant is ideologies have remained to the socio political life of the ... Read More »

The senator representing Abia South, Enyinnaya Abaribe came under fresh pressure yesterday to produce the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, following the public appearance of the latter in Jerusalem, Israel. Kanu, who was widely rumoured to have been killed during the September 2017 invasion of his Afaraukwu Umuahia residence by soldiers, was pictured praying ... Read More »

The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has debunked the rumours making the rounds that he plans to defect from the ruling All Progressives Congress to another party over the recent primaries in the state. He debunked the rumours on Tuesday in a press statement written and signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Otunba Adedayo Adeneye. He ... Read More »

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday called on religious leaders in the country to eschew partisan politics in order not to lose their status and public respect. He made the call while speaking at the Interfaith Initiative for Peace Conference in Abuja. The President urged religious leaders to play the roles they had played in 2015 that saw a peaceful election. ... Read More »