Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka yesterday strongly condemned the removal of Nuhu Ribadu as chairman of the Economic and Financial crimes Commission (EFCC), describing it as a contemptuous New Year gift, that...
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EFCC Questions Iyabo Obasanjo
The last has not been heard in the N3.5 billion contracts involving Dr. Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, daughter of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, as she appeared for interrogation at the Economic and Financial Crimes...
The rise and many battles of Ribadu
The string finally snapped yesterday when the police authorities decided on a new posting for the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu. He is shifting from the commission to acquire...
Ribadu goes to school
The picture was vague yesterday. The Nigeria Police authorities announced the posting of Nuhu Ribadu, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on course to the Nigeria Institute of Policy and...
AFRICOM: Why Nigeria Backed Down
Fresh facts have emerged as to why Nigeria decided to cooperate with the United States government on the idea of setting up an African Command on the African soil. Strategic, economic interests that are futuristic by...
You’re incompetent, EU slams Iwu
The European Union has thrown away diplomatic niceties by pointedly accusing Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Maurice Iwu, of incompetence and using the organization as an excuse to...
We won’t intervene in Obasanjo-Bello’s case now, says Presidency
The Presidency on Thursday said it would only intervene in the N3.5bn power project contracts scandal involving Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello if it found out that the Federal Government was defrauded. A source who made...
I will not Resign, Says Iwu
Amid calls for his resignation over the alleged shoddy handling of the April elections, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Comm-ission (INEC), Prof Maurice Iwu, has said nothing will make him...
Ige’s killers will be umasked
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mike Okiro yesterday said the police would strive to unmask the killers of former Attorney-General of the Federation(AGF) and minister of justice, Chief Bola Ige (SAN), just as he...
N200bn in illegal accounts – Senate
The Senate on Tuesday said it had discovered that some Federal ministries, departments and agencies still kept billions of unspent funds in illegal accounts. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and...
Why Niger-Delta youths are angry, by Kokori
Former Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum, Energy and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) Chief Frank Ovie Kokori has tasked the six South-South governors on youth empowerment, 25 per cent derivation and quality...
UN chief okays review of Obasanjo’s reforms
Head of United Nations in Nigeria, Mr. Alberic Cacou, has endorsed the Federal Government's review of the sweeping reforms introduced by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He, however, urged the Umaru Musa...