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The Head of Transparency International, Nigeria, Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, says the suspension of the EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, did not come to the organisation by surprise. Rafsanjani, also the Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC), said this in interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja....

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it has proposed a wage award to the Federal Government to cushion the effects of petrol subsidy removal on workers and Nigerians. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President said this on Wednesday at the ongoing 111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC), in Geneva,...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the suspended chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of abuse of office levelled against him. DSS spokesperson, Dr. Peter Afunanya, who confirmed this on Wednesday night, said Bawa honoured invitation of the DSS immediately after he was suspended...

Baffa Bichi, Secretary to the State Government of Kano State, has reportedly said explained the reasons for the demolition of a popular roundabout constructed during the former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s administration. Information Nigeria reports that AbbaYusuf, the political son of Rabiu Kwankwaso, Ganduje’s predecessor and rival, has been demolishing structures...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Wednesday approved the indefinite suspension from office of the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. AbdulRasheed Bawa to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office.  The suspension follows weighty allegations of abuse of office levelled against him. Secretary to the...

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, presided over the Senate Session for the first time. The former governor of Akwa Ibom State revealed this in a post on his Facebook page on Wednesday. He said, “After our inauguration yesterday, where my colleagues elected me as the President of the 10th...

Abdullahi Ganduje, immediate past governor of Kano, has asked a high court in the state to perpetually restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from inviting or investigating him over video clips allegedly showing him receiving dollars from a contractor. The clips trended on social media in 2018. Published...

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons says no fewer than 25,000 trafficked Nigerian women and girls are trapped in Mali. The Commander of the Benin Zone of NAPTIP, Mr Nduka Nwanwenne, gave the figure on Tuesday at a workshop organised for media professionals in Lagos. The...

Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, has mandated the troops of Operation Udoka to redouble their efforts and flush out criminal elements destabilising peace and businesses in the south-east states. Irabor spoke on Tuesday while addressing the troops at the headquarters of the Nigerian army 82 division in Enugu. The...

The Coalition for Protection of Democracy has urged the National Judicial Council to review all decisions taken by the former President of Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, following the confession of her husband, Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa. Bulkachuwa, who was the Senator representing Bauchi South in the Ninth National Assembly,...