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Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, is currently being detained at the holding facilities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja, The PUNCH has learnt. Bello, who was declared wanted by the anti-graft agency in April over an alleged N110bn fraud, was finally grilled after all efforts to have him arrested and stand trial proved abortive. Since …

*Says livestock development programme will curb Herder-farmers’ clashes. *Seals $2.5bn deal with Brazilian meatpacker JBS, company to build six factories in Nigeria  *President says move’ll transform tragedy, hopelessness into economic opportunity  * Edun: Petrol subsidy removal, multiple exchange rates elimination saved Nigeria $20bn President Bola Tinubu has assured that with the adroit implementation of his agricultural programmes, food sufficiency and …

SaharaReporters learnt that the panel was “quietly disbanded” after it upheld the Rivers State Local Government elections conducted by the administration of Fubara. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nyesom Wike, who is in a protracted political war with his former godson and governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has ordered the secret dissolution of the Special Court …

The Federal Government has not stopped disbursement of funds to Rivers State contrary to reports on some online platforms on Friday. Mr. Bawa Mokwa, Director of Press in the office of the Accountant General of the Federation told the Saturday Tribune that “disbursement of October allocation to states and local governments by FAAC is ongoing.” He explained that “Rivers State …

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have declared the just-concluded Edo governorship election as a rape of democracy. Also, the PDP governors said: “We are still examining the documents in Ondo elections where the APC manipulated results after openly buying votes.” These were part of the resolutions reached by the PDP Governors Forum, PDP-GF, at an extra-ordinary …

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump is still putting together his Cabinet for his second term, and many other government positions will open up when he takes the oath of office in January. But there’s a growing expectation that he will quickly make at least one new vacancy by firing FBI Director Christopher Wray. There would be some circularity in that particular personnel move since …

President Bola Tinubu has sent a letter to the Senate seeking confirmation of Lieutenant General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede’s appointment as the substantive Chief of Army Staff. This was disclosed on Friday in a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy). According to the statement, the president is seeking Oluyede’s confirmation in accordance with the provision …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on JBS S.A, one of the top three largest meat processing companies globally, to consider investment in Nigeria’s livestock sector, saying there’s hunger in Nigeria at the moment. Tinubu said this on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the signing of a Letter of Intent between the Nigerian Government and the JBS S.A. …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has labeled corruption a “great monster” hindering Nigeria’s progress, emphasizing the urgent need to eradicate it for the country to thrive. Obasanjo made this assertion during a memorial service held at the Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Agodi, in Ibadan, Oyo State, to honor the late Justice Olayinka Ayoola (retd.), former Chairman of the Independent Corrupt …

Russia has a stock of powerful new missiles “ready to be used”, President Vladimir Putin has said, a day after his country fired a new ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. In an unscheduled TV address, the Russian leader said the Oreshnik missile could not be intercepted and promised to carry out more tests, including in “combat conditions”. …