The Nigerian military on Thursday said although it is facing constant pressure to compromise the 2023 elections, Nigerians can be rest assured that it would remain neutral. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, disclosed this to journalists at the 61st session of the State House Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the…
Femi Fani-Kayode, spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential campaign council, has said the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and his running mate would be punished if the APC candidate, Bola Tinubu emerges winner of the forthcoming election. The former Aviation Minister who stated this in a series of tweets while reacting…
Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout crossed paths on a UAE airport tarmac in the hours after the United States and Russia agreed to a prisoner swap. A video of the swap shot by Russian state media outlet TASS was released on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 8. In the clip, Griner, wearing a red jacket, is seen…
It is the season of love and giving, and itel Nigeria has today donated mobile class libraries, hundreds of books, school bags, stationery, food coolers, and other items to over 1,000 pupils across primary schools in Oworonshoki, Lagos state. This, under the brand’s Love Always On CSR initiative, is in line with the company’s mission to…
Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has explained why he is yet to take part in the presidential campaign of of the All Progressives Congress (APC).DAILY POST reports that Gov Bello, a presidential aspirant of the APC, participated in the party’s primary election won by Bola Tinubu. Since the flag off of Tinubu’s presidential campaign, the…
Famous Nigerian musician, Oladapo Oyebanji, famously known as D’banj will remain in the detention facility of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over a fresh discovery of 20,000 ghost workers infused into the N-Power Programme, SaharaReporters has gathered. The anti-graft agency detained D’banj on Tuesday over fraud allegations involving the N-Power Programme….
In June 2021, SaharaReporters reported that 14,000 beneficiaries of the N-Power programme were being owed for five months. Some top government officials introduced over 70,000 ghost workers into the N-Power Programme and fraudulently diverted billions of naira into their pockets, SaharaReporters has gathered. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on Tuesday detained…
A witness, Shamsudeen Bada, on Thursday narrated at the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin how men of the Intelligence Response Team of the Inspector General of Police led by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, tortured him to implicate former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, in the April 5, 2018 Offa robbery. Led in evidence…
Seized vehicles worth several billions of naira are currently rotting away at various Customs commands across the country, LEADERSHIP can report. The vehicles which were seized from smugglers are idling as the electronic auction (e-auction) platform of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has become inefficient and failed public test. The rotting vehicles can be found at…
Barely a day after the 48-hour ultimatum by the Department of State Services, DSS, to stakeholders in the oil and gas industry, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, has released 1.9 billion litres of petrol. DSS had given the NNPCL, oil marketers and other stakeholders a 48-hour ultimatum to make PMS known as petrol, available…