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By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Benin City, Nigeria – As the war against corruption in Nigeria rages on, frontline anti-graft, human and environmental rights crusader, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), has tasked all state governors in the country to open their books for public scrutiny. ANEEJ made the demand in Benin during the week while commending the …

Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal will on Friday deliver judgement in a petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.‎ It was learnt that the three-man panel, led by Justice Ahmed Badamasi had on Wednesday informed the parties in the case of its readiness to deliver judgement before the expiration of the statutory180 days …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that he is looking for where the members of the Aso Rock cabal are and that he does not know of such in the in the presidency. Osinbajo who made this knwon at the presidential villa in Abuja said “cabals are meant to be secret”. “Cabals are meant to be secret. I am still looking …

The Emir of Kano and former Central Bank governor (CBN), Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on his instagram page, has said that he is upset at legion of beggars on the streets in Nigeria and mostly in the north. This came as he called on northerners to emulate southern economic ways of life rather being idle. Most of the beggars roaming …

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it will soon introduce electronic Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) system to help reduce fraudulent certificates. Mr. Kola Okunola, Director ICT, FIRS, said this in a presentation at the ongoing training by Journalism.com Ltd., in collaboration with FIRS on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the implementation of the e-TCC verification system had reached …

Acting on a tip-off, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday found $43.4 million (about N13.237 billion), N23 million and £27,000 cash at House 16, Osborne Road in Ikoyi, Lagos Island. The anti-graft agency suspected that the cash might have been proceeds of crime kept at the residence to prevent any bank alert. But the identity of the owner …

The federal government has declared Friday, April 14 and Monday, April 17, 2017 as public holidays to mark the Good Friday and Easter celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (rtd), who made the declaration on behalf of the federal government, enjoined Christian faithful and Nigerians in general to extend the spiritual benefits of Easter, which are …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday forwarded names of five nominees to the Senate for confirmation as non-executive directors of the board of the Central Bank of Nigeria. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the nominees were picked from five geopolitical zones of the country. The statement read, “In …

A huge red carpet was rolled out on the tarmac of the Moscow airport where Rex Tillerson’s plane touched down, but it was unlikely Russia would similarly welcome his calls for it to stop backing Bashar al-Assad in Syria. While the US secretary of state’s decision to skip a Nato summit and visit Moscow initially seemed to highlight the White …

By Bob Majiri Oghene Etemiku Nigerian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have advised President Muhammadu Buhari to imbibe the practice of submitting his annual appropriation bill to the National Assembly early enough to give members the opportunity to scrutinise and pass the budget in good time. The suggestion was made on Tuesday during a workshop for CSOs on Open Government Partnership (OGP) …