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The senate on Wednesday passed a vote of no confidence on the Inspector General of Police  (IGP), Ibrahim Idris The resolution to pass a vote of no confidence on the IGP followed the refusal of the police boss to appear before the Senate to brief it on security matters. The senate further declared IGP as enemy of democracy “who is ... Read More »

    The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; and his deputy, Mr. Yusuf Lasun, visited the ailing Senator Dino Melaye who is on admission at the National Hospital Abuja. The Speaker and his deputy visited the lawmaker on Tuesday. Read More »

The Federal High Court in Lagos Division has ordered a temporary forfeiture of N7.3billion and $8.4million allegedly belonging to former First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan. Justice Mojisola Olateregun made the order based on a fresh application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A copy of the order made on April 20 was obtained on Tuesday. The judge had ... Read More »

Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday warned that the Federal Government would not accept the 74 housing units and Jega-Yauri road project due to shoddy job. Fashola who inspected the two projects in Birnin Kebbi, told the contractors to undertake the project within specification otherwise the government would not accept them. He observed that most of ... Read More »

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) has traced 61 assets  to former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Oceanic Bank Mrs. Cecilia Ibru in Dubai in its ongoing tracking of looted funds. The assets include 41 shops, 16 mansions and four park towers. All the properties have been confiscated, but their sale is trailed by controversy because about $4,522,413.20 remain ... Read More »

The chairman of DAAR communications, Raymond Dokpesi is saying the US has revoked his visa after he was accused of looting Nigeria’s treasury. Lai Mohammed, minister of information, had listed Dokpesi, among other chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as those who looted public funds. Dokpesi is currently standing trial for allegedly receiving N2.1 billion from the office of ... Read More »

The Presidency on Thursday gave reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari stopped over in London after his official visit to the United States. According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity, Garba Shehu, said that there is a limit to the distance the President’s smaller plane can cover. He explained that the Presidents big jet has gone for ... Read More »

Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the permanent forfeiture of Lekki houses belonging to two naval officers. Captains Olotu Morakinyo and Ebony Aneke were ordered to forfeit the houses to the Federal Government. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alleged that the property was acquired illegally. The naval officers were attached to ... Read More »

A Senior Magistrate Court, sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Thursday ordered that the embattled senator representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye, be remanded in police custody till June 11. This followed his arraignment on a seven-count charges bordering on criminal conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms, kidnapping, armed robbery and murder, political thuggery among others, before Mr. Suleyman Abdullahi ... Read More »

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, granted an interim forfeiture order of a property belonging to former first lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, who granted the order, held that it was to enable the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC ) investigate the acquisition of Ariwabai Aruera Reachout Foundation, a property liked to Mrs Jonathan. Dimba ... Read More »