The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and former Commander, Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, was reportedly grilled for four hours by the probe panel set up by the Inspector General of Police over his relationship with a confessed fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi. According to Vanguard, the interrogation by …
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EXPOSED: How Central Bank Governor, Emefiele Hosts Lavish Birthday Party In Jamaica, Dangote, Bank Executives Show Up In Private Jets
The crème de la crème in Nigeria’s banking and finance industry as well as Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, gathered at the weekend in a frontal display of wealth at a private birthday ceremony in Jamaica organised by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Governor, Godwin Emefiele SaharaReporters learned that the …
Read More »NESTOIL@30: DEVELOPING LOCAL CAPACITY AND INNOVATION IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
The enactment of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development, known as the Local Content Act in 2010 to promote indigenous participation in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, and improve the economic and social wellbeing of the players in the oil and gas industry, was initially met with skepticism …
Read More »Hoodlums kill police inspector, bomb station in Imo
An inspector attached to Orsu Police station in Imo Police was killed on Thursday during a heavy bombardment during a gun duel with hoodlums. The hoodlums, who stormed the police station around 9.35 pm, threw explosives and petrol bombs on the roofs of the police station, causing a fire outbreak …
Read More »Who is afraid of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu?
Why do many political opponents dread the All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, so much so that in their wishful thinking they hope he gives way or simply quit the stage? Why should political contestation get to the point where our so-called political leaders would be wishing …
Read More »Rampaging bandits abduct Zamfara Speaker’s father, stepmother, other family members
Some yet to be identified armed men suspected to be bandits terrorizing some parts of Zamfara State, have abducted the father of the Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly, Alhaji Nasiru Muazu Magarya. The assailants also kidnapped the Speaker’s stepmother, uncle, and other four persons during an attack in …
Read More »Nigeria’s next president should be economically sound & not nepotic, says IBB
Former Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has identified attributes of his ideal President in 2023. He said the next President must speak to the citizens, understand the nation’s economy and have friends in every region. Babangida, disclosed this while speaking with Arise TV during a monitored interview on Friday. …
Read More »Why doctors’ strike will continue
With an army of over 16,000 doctors, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) is the single largest medical group in any teaching hospital in the country. The doctors are on strike because the government has not honoured the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) they both signed. Speaking with The Nation, …
Read More »Secondus raises the alarm, says ‘strong chieftain bent on hijacking PDP’
As mass resignation rocks the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, the media office of the National Chairman of the opposition party, Uche Secondus, has raised the alarm that a “strong party chieftain” is bent on hijacking the party structure. Secondus’ Special Adviser on Media, Ike Abonyi, made …
Read More »Ortom: FG’s Silence On Insecurity A Continuation Of 1804 Jihadist Movement
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, on Tuesday, said that the silence of the Federal Government to killings by foreign militia herdsmen is an agenda of ethic cleansing and continuation of the 1804 Usman Danfodio Jihadist Movement across the country. Ortom, who made the remark at the Benue Peoples House …
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