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The presidency wednesday said in view of the success recorded by the whistle blower policy in the war against corruption, it had commenced moves to strengthen the device for more effective results. Making this disclosure, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said the enthusiastic response of Nigerians to the whistle blower policy had …

Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court in Lagos wednesday ordered temporary forfeiture of the sum of N449.7million found in possession of one Mohammed Tauheed at the Legico Shopping Plaza in Victoria Island in Lagos to the federal government. Justice Aikawa’s order was sequel to an ex-parte application filed and argued before the court by the Economic and Financial …

By Karen Parrish – DoD News WASHINGTON — United States Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis spoke to reporters after meetings on Wednesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, touching on the kingdom’s leading role in regional security as well as on countering Iranian influence and negotiating peace in Yemen. The secretary met with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud and Mohammed bin Salman, …

Finally, President Muhammadu Buhari has caved in to pressure from the Nigerian Senate to suspend the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal. A statement by the Presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina on Wednesday said. Recall that the Senate recently found Lawal guilty of complicity in the finances meant for the welfare of the Internally Displaced persons, …

President Muhammadu Buhari will not communicate to the Senate his latest position on the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu. The Senate had, on March 15, 2017, requested the President to nominate a replacement for Magu following the rejection of his nomination by the legislature. The upper chamber of the National Assembly said the …

The timely completion of the Abuja International Airport runway has confirmed that “Nigerians elected a responsive, responsible and capable federal government”, under President Muhammadu Buhari. The minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Mr Segun Adeyemi. The completion of the reconstruction of the …

A former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has confirmed THISDAY’s exclusive report on Tuesday that his apartment was one of the many searched by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), following the discovery of N13.3 billion in a neighbouring apartment (Flat 7B) at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, by the commission last week. In a follow-up to the information …

Mexico City – Mexican authorities should swiftly and credibly investigate the murder of crime reporter Maximino Rodríguez, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday. Unknown assailants shot and killed Rodríguez on April 14 in the northern Mexican city of La Paz, according to his employer. Rodríguez, 73, reported on crime and the police on Colectivo Pericú, a blog that …

By Lisa Ferdinando – DoD News WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis began a visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss efforts to strengthen commitments to the U.S.-Saudi security partnership. Saudi Arabia has been a key U.S. security ally for more than seven decades, Mattis said en route to the kingdom. The country remains a “pillar of our security …

A senior North Korean official has accused the US of turning the Korean peninsula into “the world’s biggest hotspot” and creating “a dangerous situation in which a thermonuclear war may break out at any moment”. North Korea’s deputy UN ambassador, Kim In-ryong, described US-South Korean military exercises as the largest ever “aggressive war drill” and said his country was “ready …