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A Nigerian activist has been jailed for seven years for falsely accusing a public official of corruption. Ibrahim Wala, popularly called I G Wala, was jailed on Wednesday by Justice Yusuf Halilu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He was found guilty of falsely accusing the head of a pilgrim commission of corruption and leading a …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has awarded the contract for the construction of Textile Mill Road; Iyoba, Iyobanosa and Omozogie streets as well as an underground drainage system in the area valued at N2.8 billion. The contract, according to a statement released by his Media Aide, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, was awarded during a recent Executive Council (EXCO) meeting held …

Edo State Acting Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, has called for more budgetary allocation for the Nigerian military to enable it effectively combat the security challenges confronting the country.   The acting governor made the submission during a courtesy visit by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai, to the Government House, in Benin City, on Monday. …

Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) [Photo Credit: The Guardian] The Code of Conduct Tribunal on Monday fixed April 18 to deliver judgment in the charges of false and non-declaration of assets instituted against Walter Onnoghen. Mr Onnoghen, in a letter on April 4, notified President Muhammadu Buhari of his decision to vacate office as …

Nine senior officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) are currently in detention over alleged multi-billion naira fraud. The officials, who are being detained by the anti-graft agency (EFCC) in Abuja, include the Director of Finance and Accounts (DFA) of the FIRS, Mohammed Auta. Apart from Mr Auta, another director of the agency, Peter Hena, is also alleged to …

Several armed bandits were reportedly killed on Sunday after Nigeria’s military launched an offensive in Tsanu community in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Residents said the soldiers came around 1 p.m., heavily armed, and reportedly cordoned the entry and exit points of the community before they started the operation. “While some soldiers were manned at the entry and …

By Erasmus Ikhide Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), supported by UK Aid as part of the broader Anti-Corruption fight in Nigeria (ACORN) program recently convoked a policy dialogue, setting the agenda for the Federal Government of Nigeria on how to successfully prosecute the fight against corruption.  The policy dialogue which was held in Abuja, Nigeria under ANEEJ …

There is immediate no plan to remove fuel subsidy, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has re-assured. Ahmed spoke, Sunday, at a press briefing she, Minister of National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udoma and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emediele jointly addressed at the on-going IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington DC. According to …

Following the drastic improvement in the country’s electoral process during 2015 elections, which was adjudged to be free, fair and to a large extent acceptable by all, it was expected that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would build off on its own record by conducting a much freer, fairer, more transparent and credible elections in 2019. But this was …

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on Sunday assured Nigerians that there is sufficient Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as fuel in the country. Kachikwu, in an Interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said that the country had gone past the era of fuel scarcity and urged motorists to desist from …