Category: Metro
Gov Willie Obiano’s aide found dead in his room
Randy Chima, an aide of Willie Obiano, governor of Anambra state, has been found dead inside his room at his Nwakpodulu Avenue home in Awka, the state [...]
Calm back at Maiduguri Airport after protest by troops
The Nigerian Army has said that calm has been restored at Maiduguri Airport which was seized for two hours on Sunday by riotous troops it described as [...]
Soyinka accuses Obasanjo of awarding oil blocks in return for sexual gratification
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has challenged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to swear that he never awarded oil blocks in return for sexual gratifi [...]
Who cares about youth service? We can’t afford to lose Adeosun – Sagay
Itse Sagay, chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), says he does not believe that Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, f [...]
EFCC unfreezes Benue Govt’s accounts, freezes that of Akwa Ibom
The Benue State government says the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has unfrozen the state govenment's accounts. The Chief Press Secretary [...]
NBC boss, Kawu caught in ‘hate speech’, says “Saraki is a ‘kleptocratic hegemony, he’s not from Kwara”
President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointee, Modibbo Kawu, the Director-General of National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, is enmeshed in what has been term [...]
SERAP gives NYSC seven days to clear the air on Adeosun’s NYSC certificate
An anti-corruption group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, says it has sent a Freedom of Information request to the Director G [...]
BBOG asks FG to stop ‘secret burial’ of soldiers
The Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG movement has asked the federal government to stop the secret burial of soldiers killed in the war against Boko Haram. I [...]
Lagos denies plans to place religious leaders on salary
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday debunked viral report on the social media suggesting that it was planning to commence paying salary to religious [...]
Days after he dumped the ruling party, EFCC probes Ortom over ‘N22bn fraud’
Days after the Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, dumped the ruling party, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently investiga [...]