Court freezes N19.17bn belonging to convicted ex-bank boss, Atuche

A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has frozen assets and funds worth N19.17bn allegedly kept in 24 banks by a convicted former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB,…

More residents would’ve been killed without curfew – Plateau

THE Plateau State Government said there would have been more casualties if the state government had not imposed curfew in the troubled part of the state. Scores had been killed…

$418m judgment debt: Reps minority berates Buhari, Malami

The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives on Thursday, asked the President, Major General  Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),  to stop the payment of $418m “suspicious judgment debt.” The legislators objection…

We’ll ensure that peace returns to Plateau – Irabor

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has said the Armed Forces of Nigeria would do all within its reach to ensure peace returned to Plateau state. He disclosed…

NDDC got N6trn in eight years, maintains 362 bank accounts without proper reconciliation -FG

The Federal Government on Thursday said it was concerned that over 13,777 projects being handled by the Niger Delta Development Commission have their execution “substantially compromised.” It also said that…

Effium/Ezza Effium crisis: No person shall be appointed into state public office until… – Ebonyi Government

Ebonyi State Government, Thursday, stated that no indigene of Effium/Ezza-Effium will be appointed into the state public service till it was convinced that the people of the crisis-ridden area were…

Two armed robbers escape as police nab suspect in Lagos

Two armed robbers escaped when policemen nabbed a suspect in the Bode Thomas, Surulere area of the state, the Lagos State Police Command has said. The suspect, Olawale Samsudeen, 27,…

BBNaija S6: Tega not from Delta, our wives don’t misbehave, says Okowa’s aide

Ossai Success, aide to Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has debunked rumours that Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, Tega, is an indigene of the state. The Special Assistant…

Kogi government threatens to sue EFCC after over frozen state salary account

The Kogi State government has threatened to sue the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), after the anti-graft agency obtained a court order to freeze the state’s salary bailout account domiciled…

Military deactivates 33 illegal refineries

The military says it has deactivated 33 illegal refining sites in the southern part of the country. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said in Abuja on Thursday that the sites comprised…