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A coalition of Arewa Initiative (AI), Coalition of Youth Against Corruption (COYAC) and Good Governance Initiative (GGI) have descended heavily on agent provocateurs, fifth columnists, disgruntled staff, unregistered NGOs, and mischief makers for peddling falsehood, circulating fake news and writing petitions without facts and empirical evidence; writing ill motivated petitions...

A private firm, Lamash Property Limited, which entered into a Public Private Partnership (PPP) with government of Kano State on the redevelopment of Daula Hotel, has demanded N10 billion compensation following the demolition of the property by Governor Abba Yusuf-led team on Saturday. In the same vein, another firm White...

The Global Peace Movement International, UK has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for changing security chiefs to chat a new path way to fight terrorism in the country. President General of the group Dr. Mike Uyi stated this on Saturday in an interview with newsmen at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International...

Five days after inauguration, President Bola Tinubu, Friday in Abuja announced the appointment of former Governor of Benue State and immediate past Minister of Special Duties, George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). In a meeting with Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), the President also named Speaker of...

The Niger Delta Integrity Group (NDIG) has ascribed the latest attacks on and blackmail of Major General Barry Ndiomu (rtd), the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), to supporters of Labour Party’s Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The group in a statement...

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...