The just-concluded Bayelsa state governorship election falls far below internationally acceptable standard, so says a Coalition of INEC Accredited Observer Groups today. This was contained in a 10-point communique issued today by the coalition at a press conference in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital. Leader of the coalition and Director-General, Centre for Credible Leadership and Citizens Awareness, Gabr ...

All officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service have been given 14 days to declare their assets in a daring move by the new Comptroller General of Customs, Hammid Ali. The directive which will sure cause panic and apprehension among the stupendously rich officers in the top echelon of the Service was personally signed by Ali and addressed in a memo to all Deputy Comptrollers General, Zonal Coordinators ...

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr. Babachir Lawal, has commended the achievements of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, saying he was surprised that such performer existed in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Lawal who was on a   one-day visit to Ebonyi State on Thursday, added that Umahi’s performance had become a challenge to all governors, including those of the All Progressives ...

The Nigerian military authorities today warned members of the public about the latest antics of the terror sect, Boko Haram, stating that members of the group have now resorted to disguising themselves as fruit sellers in crowded areas in order to carry out attacks on unsuspecting members of the public. The Director, Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Rabe Abubakar, said in a statement on Thursday that the ter ...

President Muhammadu Buhari told told the BringBackOurGirls campaigners and parents of the over 200 girls abducted from their school in Chibok in April 2014 that he expected them to appreciate efforts his government had been making to rescue the girls. Addressing the campaigners and the parents of the girls behind closed doors inside the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Buhari also ordered a fresh ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has filed a seven count charge against the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisah Metuh in a federal high court, Abuja. Interestingly, the name of a former Chairman of the Board of Trustee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih, again surfaced in the charges bordering on the diversion of $2.1billion funds meant for procurement of arms. ...

Barely four hours after the Senate President Bukola Saraki virtually admitted that the 2016 budget document is missing and a report from a search team would be ready Thursday, Chairman, Senate Committee on Media And Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi has said that no statement made by any Senator during the plenary today can be interpreted to mean an admission that the 2016 budget is missing. He s ...

FIFA has fired secretary general Jerome Valcke, who is under investigation for misconduct, world football’s governing body said Wednesday. “The FIFA emergency committee decided, on 9 January 2016, to dismiss Jerome Valcke from the position of FIFA secretary general with immediate effect,” said a statement. The Frenchman, effectively the number two behind president Sepp Blatter, who has been banned for eight ...

Ekiti State government on Wednesday, flagged off distribution of the Ekiti State Government/CBN Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises loan in its effort to improve the welfare of the people. The State Commissioner for Finance, Chief Toyin Ojo who described the ceremony as a very important milestone in the life of the Ayodele Fayose administration thanked the state governor for his efforts at ensuring th ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, arrested the Director-General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Emeka Mba, over an alleged N15 billion fraud. Mba was arrested in Abuja and taken to the EFCC’s headquarters where he is currently being grilled. Sources say the EFCC had been investigating the NBC in the past one month. Last week, some EFCC detectives stormed the head ...