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The suspended Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property, Okoi Obono-Obla, has said the planned investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission would not be fair due to the closeness of the commission’s Chairman, Prof Bolaji Owansanoye, to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Obono-Obla stated this in a suit he filed on Tuesday to challenge the said probe for alleged certificate forgery and extortion. Among other things, he contended in the suit marked, HC/ABJ/CS/980/2019, that the ICPC, had no powers to invite, arrest, detain, investigate, or prosecute him in connection with alleged falsification…

Team Nigeria’s taekwondo athletes on Wednesday in Rabat helped the contingent to be placed on the 12th African Games’ medals table with one gold and two bronze medals. Chinazum Nwosu won the gold medal in the female -53kg event, while Sunday Onofe and Okuomose Benjamin won the bronze medals in the male -87kg and +87kg events respectively. Nwosu had drawn bye in the preliminary round, while she beat Halidou Balkissa of Republic of Niger 23-9 in the quarter-finals and Tsebaot Fikadu of Ethiopia 14-10 in the semi-finals. She went on to beat Morocco’s Oumaima El Bouchti 26-22 in the final.…

The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has called on members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to be change agents in a bid to rid the country of corruption. Magu, who was represented by the EFCC Port Harcourt Zonal Head, Abdulrasheed Bawa, stated this on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 when he received members of the EFCC/NYSC Community Development Service, CDS Phalga group, who paid a courtesy visit to the Office of the Commission. “The fight is not for the EFCC alone but for all stakeholders in the country and we must all fight for…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Mr. Ade Ipaye as Deputy Chief of Staff to the President. Mr Ipaye who was former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State works from the Office of the Vice President. The President has also approved the re-appointment of Dr Adeyemi Dipeolu, Special Adviser to President on Economic Matters; Mrs Maryam Uwais who retains her position as Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment Programme as well as Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters. Also, re-appointed is Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, who will now serve as…

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Mr. Mohammad Barkindo, has congratulated  Mr Timipre Sylva on his appointment as Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources. Barkindo disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday. He described the newly appointed minister as a veteran of the oil industry in Nigeria, where he served as adviser to former Petroleum Minister, His Royal Highness, Dr. Edmond Dakouru. “He will bring his rich experience to bear on his new and heavy responsibilities. “OPEC looks forward to working with him to advance the implementation of the historic Declaration of Cooperation…

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the inauguration of ministers by President Muhammadu Buhari as a poor parade of recycled foot-travelers, many of whom have failed Nigerians in governance assignments. The main opposition party holds that in assembling a team made up of persons indicted for corruption and treasury looting, President Buhari has demonstrated that he has nothing to offer to the nation other than condoning and encouraging corruption as well as perpetuating incompetence, failure and ineffectiveness in governance. The PDP is however not surprised that the President had no clear-cut blueprint to rescue the nation from the economic,…

Nine groups out of the 15 that formed the Joint Northern Action Front to partispate in a planned revolutionow protest in some northern states on Aug. 22, have pulled out. The Secretary of the groups, Tanko Mustapha made the declaration in a joint press statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna. “We are pleased to announce today that these nine groups have resolved to pull its members out of tomorrow’s planned protests called by the Joint Northern Action Front which we were part of,” he said. Mustapha said their withdrawal from the protests was based on some considerations. “We have reviewed…

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, on Wednesday chided the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government over “unfulfiled promises”. Secondus spoke in Abeokuta at the reconciliation meeting of the Ogun PDP members organised by the Oladipo Adebutu faction of the party in the state. The PDP Chairman alleged that the APC government at the centre “had no economic blueprint to revive the nation’s economy as earlier promised. He therefore called for a rebuilding process of the PDP to enable the party reclaim the government at the centre. READ: BOSF congratulates Laolu Akande on his reappointment…

Buhari Osinbajo Solidarity Front (BOSF) has congratulated Mr Laolu Akande on his appointment as Senior Special Assistant(Media and Publicity) to the President, Office of the Vice President. The group lauded Mr Akande for his devotion to his duties and also for his wit and proficiency. “We write to congratulate Mr. Laolu Akande on his expected reappointment as the Senior Special Assistant(Media and Publicity) to the President, Office of the Vice President,” chairman of the group, Liberty Olawale Badmus said in a statement. “Our appreciation, and experience of the energy and strength with which Mr Laolu Akande devoted to his duty…