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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday accused the Federal Government of avoiding the issue it raised on the looters’ list. Spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan, in a telephone interview with our correspondent said: “The APC, the federal government and Alhaji Lai Mohammed are being desperate and they are dodging issues. We have raised the issue that where did they raise funds for …

A former Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and six directors have been indicted in an alleged N2.5billion fraud in the agency. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recommended that the six directors suspected to enable it complete its probe of the agency. The NEMA board is statutorily chaired by the Vice President. Immediate past Vice …

More names of Nigerians who allegedly looted the treasury during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration were released yesterday. Former NSA Sambo Dasuki: Based on EFCC investigations and findings alone (this is beside the ongoing $2.1 billion military equipment scandal), N126 billion, over $1.5 billion and 5.5 million British Pounds embezzled through his office. Former Petroleum Resources Minister Dieziani Alison-Madukwe: …

The minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Friday released the list of some of those he alleged looted the economy during the stewardship of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The PDP national chairman, Uche Secondus was named first on the list, by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who alleged that he (Secondus) collected N200 million on February 19, 2015 …

  By Victor Ofure Osehobo Professor of political economy, Pat Utomi has called on young Nigerians to work harder to identify the nation’s problems and proffer lasting solutions in order to protect their future. Utomi, who made the call at an event tagged, “Discover Me,” organized by the Simply Worship International Ministry in Benin, Edo State, said that corruption had …

A controversial London-based academic with close ties to Nigel Farage has been detained by the FBI upon arrival in the US and issued a subpoena to testify before Robert Mueller, the special counsel who is investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. Ted Malloch, an American touted last year as a possible candidate to serve as US …

Edo State Government is of the belief that with the accelerated pace of work on the Gelegele Seaport project in the state, contractor and partner, China Harbour Engineering Company Limited may deliver a complete Seaport ahead of schedule. The Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said on Friday that with this positive …

His Royal Majesty, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin has offered the sum of twenty thousand naira to each of the 78 Libya returnees who paid him a courtesy visit in his Palace in Benin City on Wednesday. The financial assistance which will be for three months is for their upkeep and to enable them settle down without much difficulties. The …

Benin City – Edo State Police have recovered no fewer than 120 assorted prohibited firearms in a mop up excercise conducted in the state recently. Five persons were said to have been arrested during the mop up workout that lasted a month. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Johnson Kokumo disclosed this while displaying guns and ammunition said to have …

In 2010, a small group of businessmen including a wealthy Russian supporter of Vladimir Putin began working on plans to build a glitzy hotel and entertainment complex with Donald Trump in Riga, the capital of Latvia. A senior Trump executive visited the city to scout for locations. Trump and his daughter Ivanka spent hours at Trump Tower with the Russian, …