Category: Metro
Inferno consumes data, documents at EFCC Abuja office
Data and equipment were lost in a fire that broke out at the data centre of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Wuse 2, Abuja, on M [...]
ICPC makes good its promise as court remands OAU professor, Akindele in prison
Richard Akindele, a former lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has been remanded in prison. Akindele was arraigned on Monday by the I [...]
Court bars news outlet from publishing more Ganduje bribery videos
A Kano high court has granted an interim injunction sought by Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano governor, restraining Daily Nigerian Newspaper and Jafaar Jafaar [...]
Minimum wage: Expect downsizing if we must pay N30,000 – Governors
Nigerian governors have said they cannot afford to pay workers a minimum wage of N30,000 unless the organised labour wants its members to be sacked. A [...]
Buhari passes vote of confidence on Ganduje, says he is responsible
President Muhammadu Buhari has passed a vote of confidence on Abdullahi Ganduje, the governor of Kano state, stating that the governor is very respons [...]
Suspended ‘sex-for-marks’ professor charged to court by ICPC
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has charged Richard Akindele, a former lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo [...]
Judge orders Abaribe to pay N100m over Kanu’s absence in court
Eyinnaya Abaribe, a senator from Abia state, has been ordered to pay N100 million into the account of a federal high court in Abuja over his inability [...]
Buhari finally speaks on Ganduje bribery videos
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally reacted to the bribery allegations against Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state. In videos widely circulat [...]
N211m worth of gold intercepted at Lagos airport by EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its officials seized gold worth N211 million weighing 35kg being illegally transported throug [...]
Revealed: How DSS held Oshiomhole hostage for eight hours
For eight hours last Sunday, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, was held hostage at the Departmen [...]