The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday re-arraigned a former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Administrative Secretary in Kwara State, Mr. Christian Nwosu on charges of accepting gratification. Nwosu was charged alongside Tijani Bashir, as well as former…
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, has called on policemen who converted exhibits and vehicles in their care to their personal use to return them immediately. The police boss, who disclosed this yesterday at the State Criminal Investigations and…
Toni Iwobi, a Nigerian IT entrepreneur who has spent 38 years in Italy, has become the first black senator in the European country. He was elected in the industrial city of Brescia in northern Italy. “Friends, it is with great emotion that…
The second wave of democratization in Africa, beginning in the 80s, and the gradual establishment of democracy as the new normal in the continent brought much hope and excitement. As we have seen in the recent intervention by the military…
The House of Representatives on Monday commenced investigation into the disbursement of N23 billion released by the Federal Government to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Chairman, Committee on Tertiary Education of the House, Rep. Suleiman Aminu, requested for…
Philomina Chieshe, the official of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), who claimed that the board’s N36 million was swallowed by a snake, has made a U-turn. Chieshe, who works as a clerk at the JAMB office in Markurdi,…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the reported attack on the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Archdiocese, Anthony Obinna, by members of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The cleric was said to have been attacked by loyalists of Governor…
The Abuja Bureau Chief of The Independent Newspapers, Mr. Tony Ezimako has been released by the Department of State Services. The security agency was said to have released him around 10:30pm in Abuja on Wednesday night Journalists and members of civil society…
Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN), and Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) yesterday suspended their 14-days strike notice to the Federal Government owing to the government’s assurance to pay the outstanding N650billion debts to the…
Jose Mourinho was left with a “great feeling” after Manchester United’s “amazing” 3-2 comeback win at Crystal Palace, despite admitting his side made “so many mistakes”. United trailed 1-0 at the break at Selhurst Park on Monday night after an…