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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said he did not send the Chairman of AA Oil, Abubakar Aliyu, or any other person to collect bribe in the $1.3bn Malabu oil deal. Jonathan, who stated this in a statement in Abuja by his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, said that the negotiations and transactions for the $1.3bn oil deal involving oil giants …

The details of bank transactions of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, a Federal High Court judge standing trial over alleged corruption were on Monday revealed at an Ikeja High Court, Lagos. The details were revealed before a packed courtroom during the continuation of the evidence-in-chief of her account officer, Mr Ademola Oshodi, a banker with Diamond Bank Plc. Ofili-Ajumogobia and a Senior …

The Federal Road Safety Commission has said the violation of fire extinguishers, caution and light signs remain bookable offences. This is as a result of insinuations by some members of the public that a recent directives on booking for certain traffic offences including Fire Extinguishers, Light and Caution signs violations are no more effective. According to Head Media Relations and …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of retired Major-Gen. Emmanuel Bassey and Mr Ado Ja’afar as Commissioners for the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB). This is contained in a statement issued by the acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido in Abuja.‎ ‎ The statement said that their appointments take immediate effect. Bassey …

President Muhammadu Buhari has fired the Executive Secretary of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, Mr. Jim Obazee, and ordered the reconstitution of the FRC board. The decision comes two days after Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God stepped down as the General Overseer of RCCG Nigeria based on a law by the council, sparking outrage …

By Lisa Ferdinando – DoD News WASHINGTON — The United States needs a strong but balanced approach to Russia, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said yesterday on NBC’s Meet the Press. Carter also discussed the recent U.S. intelligence community assessment of alleged Russian activities and intentions in the November presidential election. The intelligence community did a “painstaking” and “careful” job in …

There are strong indications that the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah, and the Executive Secretary of the Financial Regulatory Council of Nigeria(FRCN), Mr. Jim Obazee, are currently engaged in a face-off over an FRCN regulation, which stipulates 20 years tenure for heads of religious groups and civil society groups in the country. We reliably gathered in …

Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Convener, Save Nigeria Group, SNG, yesterday joined other eminent Nigerians in the call for restructuring of Nigeria’s federal system. Bakare made the call in his “State of the Nation” broadcast at the Latter Rain Assembly, End-Time Church in Lagos. Theme of the broadcast was: “Looking into the Future with the Eyes of Faith.” He said the …

Presidency, last night, said the beneficiaries of the N5,000 stipend in the Social Investment Programmes, SIP, were selected through a credible process by non partisan approach. It stated that government workers, working with the state officials, identified the poorest local government areas, using an existing poverty map for the state. According to it, the local government officials were later contacted …

By Oladipo Airenakho Benin City – Edo state Commissioner of Police, Haliru Gwandu has vowed to enforce the implementation of the ban on collection of revenue by private individuals as recently pronounced by the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. Besides, Edo State Government has released emergency phone lines to the public, so as to report any violator of the ban …