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EFCC arraigns three NRC directors over alleged N2.04bn fraud

Nigeria, Feb. 26 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned three senior officials of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) before different judges of the Lagos State High C... Read More


Court hears recording of Diezani Alison-Madueke's heated exchanges with oil contractors who bribed her

Nigeria, Feb. 26 -- The UK Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday heard audio recordings of former Nigerian petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke allegedly confronting two oil tycoons from whom she is a... Read More


US court sentences ex-NNPC official to 87 months over $2.1m oil bribery scandal

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- A United States court has sentenced a former senior official of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Paulinus Okoronkwo, to 87 months (seven years and three months )... Read More


Tinubu decorates Disu, tasks new acting IGP on peace, security

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, at the State House, charged the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to restore peace and strengthen security nationwide. Presid... Read More


N33.2bn Arms Funds Trial: Dasuki's co-defendant not detained in underground cell - EFCC witness

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness has refuted the suggestion of detaining one of former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki's co-defendants in an underg... Read More


My vision for police, Nigeria - Acting IGP Disu

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- The newly appointed acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tunji Disu, has pledged to phase out impunity, human rights violations and corruption, some of the practices under his... Read More


Akwa Ibom's Paradox: Luxury SUVs for ex-officials while pupils sit on floors

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- A disturbing video from a public primary school in Ibiaku Itam, Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, surfaced on social media recently. The footage captured a classroom in... Read More


Explosives planted by bandits damage truck on Zamfara highway

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by suspected bandits on Wednesday damaged a truck on the Gusau-Funtua highway. The... Read More


Tiwa Savage launches music foundation, partners Berklee to train African creatives

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- International Afrobeats star Tiwa Savage has launched the Tiwa Savage Music Foundation, a new initiative aimed at supporting young African creatives across different areas of the m... Read More


INTERVIEW: Impunity is over, police under me will respect human rights - IGP Disu

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- The Acting Inspector General of Police, Tunji Disu, was on Wednesday sworn in by President Bola Tinubu after which he answered questions from State House reporters. PREMIUM TIMES ... Read More