President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the sale of all assets that were recovered from alleged corrupt public officials, and the proceeds remitted into the federal government-owned Treasury Single Account (TSA).
The federal government, through its anti-graft Economic and Financial Crimes...
President Muhammadu Buhari has apologised to the host communities of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 25, in Akuku-Toru local government area of Rivers State, for the neglect of the communities despite over 40 years of oil and gas production in the area.
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Jose Mourinho has turned down the opportunity to speak to Lyon over the vacant manager role, as he is looking for a project at a top club.
The Portuguese, who left his previous coaching position with Manchester United almost a year ago, has yet to return …
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Suppliers and stakeholders in the oil industry, under the aegis of Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA), have thrown their support behind the federal government on the proposed 7.2% VAT increase, saying it will go a long way in funding the various ongoing …
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A London-based appeals court has rejected US bank, JPMorgan’s bid to have the $875 million case instituted against it by Nigerian government dismissed, thereby affirming the right of the government to pursue the case to logical conclusion.
The bank had asked the court to quash the …
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Randy lecturers, especially, those in the universities, risk five-year jail term if the current Sexual Harassment in Tertiary Institution Prohibition Bill before the Senate is passed into law.
Commenting on the bill, yesterday, deputy president of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, urged concerned...
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped two policemen and four officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps in Rivers State and Abuja, respectively.
The four NSCDC officers were among the nine persons kidnapped in Pegi community, a resettlement in Kuje area council of the Federal Capital...
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No fewer than 38 persons died in a boat mishap, yesterday, in Kirfi local council area of Bauchi State.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has sent condolences to families of the victims, describing the incident “As a devastating tragedy not only for families of victims, but also …
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Ghanaian legendary rapper, Sarkodie has made history by becoming the first winner of BET’s Best International Flow act at the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards.
The award took place on Saturday, 5th of October 2019 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Georgia, United States. Some rappers …...
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The suggestion that the chief of staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, has taken over the role of the President represents a classic demonstration of crass ignorance about the inner workings of government in presidential democracy and is therefore pure fiction.
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The Nigerian judiciary has contributed in no small measure to the socio-economic and political survival of the country, since its independence from British rule in 1960.
Nevertheless, the jury is still out on the degree of importance the country placed on the third arm of government. …
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On Saturday, October 5, 2019, the Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal dismissed the petition brought before it by the governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Victor Fingesi.
On that same day, the three-man panel, led by Hon. Justice Kingsley Orjiako...
The total liabilities of 58 insurance companies in the country have increased to N1.084 trillion with the figure expected to rise above N1.25 trillion by the time all underwriting firms release their 2018 financial statements, LEADERSHIP learnt.
A document sourced from the Nigerian Insurers...
No fewer than one hundred families have been displaced by flood disaster in Jigawa state.
Our correspondent reports that the families were rendered homeless in a flood incidence which swept across villages in Miga, Guri and Kaugama Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. Though …
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Police in Zamfara along with some repentant bandits have succeeded in neutralizing one armed robber who blocked Bindin/Dangulbi area of Maru local government area of Zamfara State.
Zamfara State commissioner of police, Barr. Usman Nagogo who disclosed this at Government House, Gusau said the...
Nigerians have again been advised to desist from investing their money in various investment schemes that are not registered to operate fund management functions.
The acting director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms. Mary Uduk disclosed this in the face of various...
Manchester United inflicted a harsh lesson on Frank Lampard in his first Premier League assignment as Chelsea manager with a 4-0 victory at Old Trafford on Renault Super Sunday.
Marcus Rashford opened United’s account from the penalty spot on 18 minutes, but Chelsea struck the woodwork twice...
Retired senior police officers and security experts have charged the federal government to ensure a thorough and unbiased investigation into the recent killing of three policemen in Taraba State by soldiers.
Three detectives in the Inspector-General of Police Response Team and a civilian were...
The local government election is expected to hold today in the eight local government council areas of the state.
According to the Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission led by its chairman, Chief Remember Ogbe, it announced that about...
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In a fresh move to unmask the actors in the controversial $16billion power projects of the federal government, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun the investigation of the administrations of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, his immediate successor, the late Umaru...
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