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The Oduduwa Transparency Network (OPN) has called on the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to urgently investigate an alleged scheme by former Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, to funnel stolen refinery funds into the MSM...

In a landmark gesture aimed at strengthening the transport sector, the Jigawa State Government has donated 36 vehicles to the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Jigawa State Council. The official handover took place at the Dutse Sports Complex, drawing attendance from top government officials, union leaders, and transporting workers...

Eminent journalist Dr. Doyin Abiola, wife of Concord Publisher and winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Dr. Doyin Abiola, is dead. Sources said she died at exactly 9.15 pm yesterday after illness. The former managing director and publisher of National Concord was the first Nigerian woman to be an...

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has praised the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Oluwatosin Ajayi, for ensuring “a pleasantly surprising and deeply encouraging shift” in the agency’s operational philosophy. HURIWA particularly hailed the secret police for its respect for human rights, compliance with the...

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested two sisters, Leadway Innocent and Joy Innocent, for staging a fake abduction to extort N5m from their father. Police also arrested two accomplices in Jikwoyi Phase II, Abuja. According to a statement on Tuesday by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer,...

The Situation Room on Positive Reforms has raised alarm over a malicious fake campaign targeting the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), Mr. Bashir Ojulari. The group alleges that detractors are spreading false claims about Ojulari’s resignation in a deliberate attempt to destabilize...

As part of ongoing courtesy visits to key stakeholders, the Biu Forum executives and stakeholders met with Senator Muhammad Ali Ndume on Thursday, 31st July 2025.The meeting was a productive roundtable discussion. The forum representatives presented a checklist of issues and requests for possible intervention by the Senator. Opening the...

In a move to bolster their strategic partnership, a delegation from the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, visited the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ-FCT)Council on Friday, August 1, 2025. The Commercial Director, Betty Aguiyi-Ironsi, accompanied by Ijeoma Osuji, the E-Commerce Manager, both the first women to hold their respective positions at Transcorp...

The Federal Ministry of Housing and Regional Development has dismissed allegations that it sold 270 newly constructed housing units along the Ningi-Kano Road to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). Mr Nwamadu Herbert, the State Controller of the Ministry, refuted the claims while addressing newsmen on Friday in Bauchi. It was...

Gov. Hyacinth Alia has submitted the first batch of commissioner-nominees to the Benue State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. Mr Tersoo Kula, his Chief Press Secretary, who made this known in a statement on Friday in Makurdi, said that the transmission of the list to the House was...