The Ebonyi State Government has offered amnesty to ghost workers discovered during a series of verification exercise in the state. The government also offered the ghost workers, the opportunity to refund the money they illegally collected as salaries The offer which was contained in a statement signed by Mr Emmanuel …

The All Progressives Congress candidate in the 2019 House of Representatives election in Delta State, Collins Eselemo, has asked the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Muhammad, to probe the Delta State Election Petition Tribunal members for alleged judicial misconduct. He also prayed the CJN to investigate the tribunal members for …

The Presidency has dismissed speculation that Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi schoolgirl still held by Boko Haram, is dead. It said Miss Sharibu was alive, while the Federal Government continue to negotiate her release from the terrorist group. The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba …

The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday arrested Oyediran Joseph, said to be one of the “most wanted” suspected internet fraudsters by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. EFCC said the 36-year-old suspect was arrested in Ilorin, Kwara State recently. The Zonal Head of the …

The nine governors of the Niger Delta states have kicked against the composition of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as announced by the federal government on Wednesday. The governors met last night in Abuja to assess the new board appointment approved by President Muhammadu Buhari and …

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State Thursday emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the November 16 governorship election in the state It was reported that Bello emerged winner of the governorship ticket by polling 3,369 votes to beat eight other aspirants who contested the governorship …

Domestic airlines operating in Nigeria recorded 16,429 cases of delayed flights between January and June 2019 according to figures released by the Consumer Protection Department of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). A document issued by the department and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos, …

Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the platform of Ikpoba-Okha Liberation Movement, have called for s new party leadership in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo. The group announced this in a communiqué signed by its conveners, Mr Osarobo Idahosa. The group alleged that most political …

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has met with aggrieved All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants who participated in the party’s 2019 primary election. Addressing the aspirants at government house in Benin, the governor said that the meeting was inline with the recommendation of the Theophilus Okoh Committee set up to reconcile …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 153 stranded Nigerians from Libya. The Director-General of NEMA, Mr Mustapha Maihajja, represented by Mr Slaku Lugard, an official of the agency, received the returnees on Wednesday in Lagos. Maihajja said that the Nigerians arrived in the Cargo Wing …