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More revelations by the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts indicated on Thursday that the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation could not account for N35bn

Aliyu Gusau, Nigeria’s Defence minister, had his powers challenged by military commanders he was appointed to supervise. On Tuesday he sent a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan threatening to quit

The federal government, states and local governments on Thursday shared N641.2 billion from the Federation Account for February. The Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Jonah Otunla, made the disclosure in Abuja when

A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of seven persons accused of complicity in the over N20bn police pension fraud, Mustapha Gadanya, has narrated to Justice Hussein Baba of the

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to redouble its anti-terrorism war by changing to strategies that would stop the killing

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, on Monday restated his warning to political parties to stop violating the rules governing electioneering ahead of 2015 polls.

The Senate Committee on the Environment and Ecology, on Monday, queried the Federal Ministry of Environment for paying N21m to a contractor who claimed that his firm was currently executing

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday called on the President Goodluck Jonathan-led federal government to intensify its fight against oil theft and production loss in Nigeria, stressing that the

President Goodluck Jonathan has commended the people of the South-East and South-South zones for their patience over delays in the construction of the 2nd Niger Bridge. “My sincere promise during my

Former Governor of Kwara State and serving Senator representing Kwara Central, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday said his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress was to

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah, has shifted base to the North-East to personally supervise the war against Boko Haram insurgents in the zone. It was reported

Bayelsa State Government has asked an Abuja Federal High Court to order the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to immediately remit to it the N1.4bn, and another $1.3m recovered from

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Sunday blamed the current scarcity of petrol nationwide on the diversion of the commodity by some marketers. Nigeria has been hit by