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Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu By Deji Elumoye in Abuja The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmud Yakubu, has said that the electoral body neither sells nor buys votes during elections in the country.Yakubu, who spoke on Monday at a one-day …

    Policemen Two hundred and thirty-three policemen have been arrested for corruption related offences in the past one year, Commissioner Imohimi Edgal says Of the total arrests made, Edgal said 16 were dismissed, 26 demoted, one charged to court and 190 served severe punishments with the offences documented in …

Some legislative aides to federal lawmakers have written a petition to the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, demanding an investigation into “criminal diversion of their budgeted legitimate entitlements.” They also asked the EFCC chairman to bring the culprits to book and ensure the prompt …

By Peter Uzoho  NIPCO Plc has heightened plots to weaken deforestation rocking parts of Nigeria with multi-million dollar investments. The Managing Director of NIPCO, Mr. Sanjay Teotia, disclosed this in Abuja, at the 8th Annual International Conference and Exhibition organised by the Nigerian Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (NLPGA), saying “this …

Obasanjo: Spokesman clarifies that he remains partisan, not neutral as he told Owu kinsmen Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has clarified that he is not neutral in the coming 2019 general elections, as he came across in his statement to his sub-Yoruba Owu group. He made the clarification in a statement …

Ahmad Lawan (APC-Yobe) says the November 29 National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalled the consideration of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). Mr Lawan, Majority Leader of the Senate, who made this known in an interview with the …

Shola Oyeyipo in Abuja The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu has assured Nigerians that all candidates of political parties who have case with the agency and are seeking election into various offices in 2019 will be charged to court before the next year election. The anti-corruption …

Nigerian Air Force hanger in Kaduna The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it was expecting delivery of new fighter aircraft from both the United States and Italy to intensify its aerial campaign against the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast. The aircraft being expected are 12 Super Tucano, which the …

The Federal government said oil marketers would be paid N236 billion out of N348 billion approved by the National Assembly as outstanding subsidy claims on Friday, December 14. The Chief Operating officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Downstream, Henry Ikem-Obih, disclosed this to journalists in Abuja on Saturday. “The Debt …

Eniola Bello and Ms Laure Beaufils As the United Nations marks the Anti-Corruption Day today, British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms Laure Beaufils, in an interview with Eniola Bello, spoke about the UK assistance to Nigeria – the progress, the challenges and the prospects, among other issues. Excerpts: On …