Nigerian govt submits 39 alleged treasury looters’ names to Immigration for Travel Ban

The federal government has submitted 39 names of alleged treasury looters to the Nigerian Immigration Service to prevent them from escaping investigation and prosecution for alleged criminal acts. Chairman of the panel, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla disclosed this in a statement on Monday, and added that the action was in accordance with the provisions of the […]

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Statistician General contradicts Nigerian govt over unemployment statistics

Statistician General of Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics, Dr. Yemi Kale, has responded to the comment by the presidency that his agency’s high unemployment statistics was wrong. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, on Channels Television programme, on Sunday, said Kale failed to reflect the rising rate of […]

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Nigerian govt responds to Nnamdi Kanu’s coming back with ‘hell’

Nigerian govt has responded to the recent broadcast by the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, that his return to Nigeria would be with hell. Kanu had in a broadcast on Sunday boasted that Nigerian government cannot jail him. He said: “The Zoo called Nigeria can not jail me. I […]

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Nigerian govt dismisses editorial claim that Buhari has sympathy for herdsmen

Nigerian govt, Wednesday, dismissed as unfounded and wicked the conclusion by a newspaper that President Muhammadu Buhari is sympathetic to the activities of killer herdsmen. The newspaper, had through its editorial, accused the President of being indifferent to herdsmen atrocities. In a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and […]

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