Hadiza Bala Usman, the suspended managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), says the agency under her leadership did not exempt Dangote Group from paying statutory charges at the Onne Ports, Rivers state. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Bala Usman described allegation of flouting NPA rules as falseContinue Reading
THE Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said that bringing the former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison Madueke, to justice was still far from reality. He said the fact that ex-minister was out of Nigeria’s jurisdiction and the challenges associated with bringing her home to faceContinue Reading
Ali Ndume, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to stop salaries of politicians and use the money to fight insecurity in the country. The lawmaker made the call while urging Buhari to take the issue of security very seriously. Ndume, who spokeContinue Reading
A former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Joshua Dogonyaro (Rtd), is dead. His first son, Joseph Dongoyaro, confirmed the incident to reporters on Thursday morning. He said: “Daddy has been sick for some time until yesterday when he had a stroke and we rushed him to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH)Continue Reading
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, on Wednesday sacked 20 out of his 28 commissioners. Recall that the governor earlier alleged that some of his appointees were moles sabotaging his administration. He also reshuffled his cabinet and appointed new Commissioners for Finance and Health. However, the Governor in aContinue Reading
The war between Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, and Hadiza Bala Usman, the suspended managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has taken a turn, with the minister apparently dropping his claim that the agency did not remit an operating surplus of N165 billion to the consolidated revenue fundContinue Reading
Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, says the anti-graft agency has recovered $153 million from Diezani Alison-Madueke, ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources. Bawa also said the EFCC recovered the final forfeiture of over 80 properties in Nigeria valued at about $80 million from Alison-Madueke, who hasContinue Reading
All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to be better than they were before the holy month of Ramadan. Tinubu, in his 2021 Eid-il-Fitr Message titled, ‘Let Righteous Acts, Efforts of Ramadan Continue to Guide Our Actions’, also called on all Muslims and all Nigerians not to forgetContinue Reading
Actor Yomi Fabiyi on Wednesday led a protest to demand the release of Baba Ijesha who was accused of molesting a minor. Fabiyi and some Nigerians held the protest at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba He said it is a violation of human rights for the police toContinue Reading
The federal government has proposed 65 as the retirement age for doctors, health workers and 70 for consultants in the country. Presently, the retirement age for doctors in the country is 60. Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, spoke on Tuesday at a meeting between the presidential committee onContinue Reading
