PDP boast 70% of registered voters in Kogi
The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed it has the support of over 70% of registered voters in 18 local governments in Kogi, saying in statement by its…
Undercover investigation (II): Drug abuse, sodomy, bribery, pimping… The cash-and-carry operations of Ikoyi Prisons
Investigative journalist ‘FISAYO SOYOMBO spent two weeks in detention — five days in a Police cell and eight as an inmate in Ikoyi Prison — to track corruption in Nigeria’s…
Undercover Investigation (III): A reporter’s diary — Living with a ‘mad’ cell mate, set up by prison warders, abducted by the police
Investigative journalist ‘FISAYO SOYOMBO spent two weeks in detention — five days in a Police cell and eight as an inmate in Ikoyi Prison — to track corruption in Nigeria’s…
ICPC declares Obono-Obla wanted
Nigeria’s anti-fraud office has declared former chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP) Okoi Obono-Obla wanted. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences…
Saraki vows to reverse court-ordered forfeiture of his houses
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has faulted the court ruling, which ordered the interim forfeiture of two of his properties in Ikoyi, Lagos State. He said the court must have…
Three Nigerians injured in fresh xenophobic attacks in South Africa
Three Nigerians are among other foreign nationals who on Tuesday suffered from fresh xenophobic attacks on foreigners in different locations of Witbank, Mpumanlaga Province, South Africa, the Nigerian community has…
Senate rejects 2020 budget allocation for Niger Delta Ministry
The Senate yesterday, rejected the N23 billion 2020 budget for the Niger Delta Ministry, declaring that the budget was designed to fail. After a marathon budget defence session with the…
Police appoint six DIGs, promote 344 officers
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of six Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIG). This was contained in a statement signed by the Head, Press and Public…
Minimum wage: Trade Union wants April implementation
The Trade Union Side (TUS), of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), has said the new minimum wage implementation should start from the date it was signed into…
Court orders forfeiture of Saraki’s properties to Federal Government
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, October 21, 2019, ordered the interim forfeiture of two properties located at Ikoyi area of Lagos State belonging to the immediate past…