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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Governor of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi, over alleged money laundering and misappropriation of N4 billion belonging to the Ekiti state Government. A source close to the anti-graft agency confirmed to Nigerian pilot that  Fayemi arrived at the EFCC facility at...

Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to offer an explanation on how it arrived at the current price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as fuel. The NNPCL had on Tuesday announced a new price regime for fuel, a situation that...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it has no plans to commence industrial action on Friday to protest increase in the prices of premium motor spirit otherwise known as petrol. The NLC in a statement by Benson Upah, its Head of Information and Public Affairs said it was reacting...

A socio-political activist, Deji Adeyanju, has urged President Bola Tinubu to sack all Service Chiefs. Adeyanju said the sack of Service Chiefs would solidify his government. In a tweet, Adeyanju wondered why Tinubu is slow in sacking the Service Chiefs. He wrote: “Tinubu should sack all service chiefs immediately after...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has mandated his security chiefs to draw up a fresh blueprint that would guide security operations in the country. Tinubu, who met with the security chiefs in the country for the first time since assuming office, on Thursday, said he had a personal philosophy about how...

The Nigerian Armed Forces and Police have been commended for ensuring a peaceful, seamless, and successful transition of power on May 29. The Coalition of Civil Society Groups on Sustenance of Democracy and Peace in Africa gave the commendation at a press conference on Thursday in Abuja. In his address,...

President Bola Tinubu is holding his first meeting with security chiefs to strategize on thwarting security crisis across the country. The security chiefs are led by the Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The ongoing meeting is Tinubu’s first official engagement with the heads...

The National Youth Service Corps has been issued a seven-day ultimatum to compensate Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State over unsubstantiated allegations of forgery. A group of 500 civil society organizations, under the aegis of Civic Room, gave this ultimatum in a press statement on Thursday. The CSOs also asked...

United Nigeria Airlines said on Wednesday that one of  its aircraft skidded off the runway at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 in Lagos . Mr Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu, Head, Corporate Communications, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Uchegbu said that the aircraft, which had 50...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to immediately instruct the Nigerian Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) to withdraw the just released pricing template to allow free flow of discussions by the parties. Mr Joe Ajaero, the NLC President, made the call in a statement signed by him...