The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday described the positions of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami on the controversial $418 million Paris Club contractors’ fee as “fraudulent and self-serving”. At the end of its meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, the NGF Chairman, Dr Kayode Fayemi read a statement in which the forum said …

Following last weekend’s breakthrough, security forces have continued with clearance operations in identified bandit and terrorist enclaves around Kaduna State. A statement by the state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan stated that recent operational feedback to the state government indicated that troops of Operation Forest Sanity carried out a raid and rescue operations in the early …

The long wait for the relocation of saw millers of Oko Baba in Ebute Meta, Lagos Mainland, to a proposed permanent site in Agbowa, will come to an end in December, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured the timber traders. While on a tour of Agbowa-Ikosi Timberville in Ikosi-Ejirin Local Council Development Area to access the level of work done on …

Nigerian state governors are meeting in Abuja on Wednesday to discuss the way out of the economic and security challenges the country is facing. Under the platform of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), led by Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi. the governors would deliberate on other challenges confronting the country and chart a way out. According to a statement …

With six rail lines, one monorail, 14 Bus Rapid transit corridor and over 20 water routes in the offing, Lagos will become a foreign direct investment paradise, according to the Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr. Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo. “Our strategic transport master plan provides for six rail lines and one monorail, 14 BRT routes and …

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba has given a commendation award to Suprentendent of Police Daniel Amah for rejecting S200,000 bribe from armed robbery suspects. Amah was showered with encomium by Baba, who was represented by a Deputy Commission of Police, Abubakar Zubair while handing over the award on Monday. Amah was said to have led the arrest and …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the Federal Government is not sincere about resolving the issues that led to its almost six-month strike. ASUU described as “unfortunate”, government’s belief that it could placate its members into calling off the strike with salary increment instead of holistically addressing the issues affecting university education in the country. The …

Nigeria’s inflation rate rose from 18.6 percent  to 19.64 percent within a month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The 1.82 percent leap is an all-time high in 17 years, which the bureau blamed on rising food prices and other Consumer Price Index (CPI). Also listed as contributors were the increases in the costs of gas and liquid/solid …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) abandoned 14 fraud cases involving N118 billion and $309 million during the tenure of Assistant Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Magu as acting Chairman. According to the presidential panel that investigated the former EFCC boss, Magu was also accused of not remitting a N48 billion loot recovered in foreign and local currencies. Magu …

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has described the handling of security situation in Nigeria by the Federal Government as tantamount to ceding the country to terrorists. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Comrade Jare Ajayi described the confession by President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu that terrorists ‘deceived’ the government into releasing his wife and children …