Nigerian anti-graft investigators have seized money raised by the head of the Nigerian Stock Exchange to support US presidential candidate Barak Obama. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it would give...
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Police, SSS begin fresh plot against Ribadu, others
The travails of the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, appears unabated as indications emerged on Sunday that he is being investigated by the State Security Service and...
Damilola Taylor’s mother dies in London
The mother of slain Nigerian-born Damilola Taylor, Mrs. Gloria Taylor, died on Tuesday of a heart attack. The 57-year-old collapsed after suffering a suspected heart attack while walking with her husband, Richard, near...
EFCC probes past Govts on $500bn oil revenue
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said, yesterday, it would soon carry out a critical examination into what past administrations in the country did with the $500 billion generated from oil in the last...
How we shared N10m – Iyabo Obasanjo
Embattled Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello has said that N500,000 was disbursed to each member of the Senate Committee on Health from the controversial N300m scam in the Federal Ministry of Health. The Senator, who the...
Shock, Disbelief as House Panel Tours Power Projects
The inspection tour of power plants under the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) by the House Committee on Power began yesterday with an avalanche of revelations on the controversial project. The tour took...
Health ministers resign over N300m scam
Eminent professor of paediatrics, Mrs. Adenike Grange, made an emotional exit from the federal cabinet on Tuesday after just nine months as Minister of Health. Grange and the Minister of State for Health, Mr. Gabriel...
Seadogs Get U.S Congress Speaker’s Nod
The National Association of Seadogs has got rare recognition from the Speaker of the United States House and Oakland Council member, Nancy J. Nadel, during their 5th annual programme in a series of Black History...
Seadogs to help Police on crime
The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) has offered to assist the Cross River State Police Command in fighting crime in the Obudu axis of the state because “Obudu as a border area is bound to witness high rate...
Obasanjo, Iweala Took Loan From Excess Crude Account – Tukur
Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Engr. Hamman Tukur, yesterday disclosed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his finance minister, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,...
Election tribunal gives Edo to Oshiomhole
Former Labour leader Adams Oshiomhole scored a major political victory yesterday as the Edo State gubernatorial election tribunal sitting in Benin City declared him the rightful winner of the April 14, 2007...
Panel alleges Nigeria corruption
The government of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo paid $50m (£25m) to non-existent companies, a parliamentary panel alleges. The investigative committee said the money was paid as the administration...