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The security details of Governor Willie Obiano which was on Tuesday withdrawn by the police have been restored following the intervention of the Presidency. The Inspector General of Police had in Tuesday announced the withdrawal of the…

Rivers State Government has rejected a Police report on the attack on the convoy of Governor Nyesom Wike, allegedly by the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, last weekend. Commissioner for Information and Communications, Emma…

Rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of failing to remit over $20.2 billion since 1999. “Instead of piling up external loans, the federal government should…

• Name the person I stopped you from investigating, says ex-president Former President Goodluck Jonathan has accused former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farida Waziri,  of lying against him. Waziri was…

Parents of Chibok schoolgirls still in Boko Haram captivity have expressed sadness over President Muhammadu Buhari’s “silence” concerning the fate of their daughters. In a letter to the president, the parents lamented that 20 of them have…

A Federal High Court in Abuja heard yesterday how huge sums belonging to pensioners were allegedly diverted by former Head of Service of the Federation (HOSF) Stephen Oronsaye and former Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms,…

The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday granted an order temporarily freezing N350 million allegedly traced to  former President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife Dame Patience. The money is in an account domiciled in Stanbic IBTC, the Economic…

Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has described Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship aspirant  Chief Olabode George as a dogged icon of purity, purpose, sagacity, finesse and political suavity. Ayade said this yesterday when he…

The House of Representatives yesterday kicked against a proposal by Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers) to observe a minute-silence in honour of late environmentalist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, 22 years after he died. He said the Federal Government was slow…

An early morning fire yesterday destroyed property, mostly shops, estimated at millions of naira in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The fire occurred near a roadblock junction, opposite Chicken Republic on Owo-Akure-Ilesa Road. It was learnt…