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  Former President Goodluck Jonathan has disclosed that former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, was globally pursued in connection with the controversial OPL 245 oil deal.   Jonathan, who spoke through former Senate President, Pius Anyim, made the revelation on Thursday in Abuja during the public presentation of Adoke’s ...

  The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on Wednesday charged the National Assembly to demonstrate more seriousness in its oversight role on revenue-generating agencies of government.   The anti-graft agency also condemned the practice of some Ministries, Departments and Agencies for their alleged mismanagement of public funds. ...

  The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has announced plans to convene the seventh National Council on AIDS, which will focus on Nigeria’s HIV response in the context of evolving global aid dynamics.   The agency made this known in a statement signed by the Chairman, Planning Committee, ...

  Senegal has cancelled Akon’s $6 billion plan to build a futuristic “Akon City” on the country’s Atlantic coast, after years of inaction and missed payments by the Senegalese-American singer, Bloomberg reports.   The project, first announced in 2020, was pitched as a tech-driven smart city inspired by Marvel’s Wakanda ...

  The Senate had said it is set to begin probe of the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority , Farouk Ahmed, as the protest of public interest lawyers to the National Assembly enters day two.   The lawyers stormed the National Assembly, Tuesday, ...

  Billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was under fire again Wednesday, for antisemitic comments, praising Hitler and insulting Islam in separate posts on the X platform.   One series of comments, which included insults directed at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, led a court there to ban the ...

  The Nigerian Railway Corporation says the Federal Government has begun reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Eastern railway corridor.   The Railway District Manager, Eastern District, Enugu, Mr Victor Adamu, stated this while responding to a national survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria, on abandonment of railway lines ...

  President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has publicly hailed President Bola Tinubu’s administration for its “visionary leadership” in infrastructure development and flood control initiatives.   In an open letter, Dangote expressed appreciation for the President’s efforts, particularly highlighting the transformative Bar Beach Land Reclamation project (Eko Atlantic City) and ...

  The students of Omololu Olunloyo Polytechnic are currently protesting at the main gate of the institution, located on Sango/Eleyele Road in Ibadan, Oyo State.   PUNCH Online had reported that the State Governor, Seyi Makinde, had renamed The Polytechnic, Ibadan, in honour of the late former governor of the ...

  The immediate past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has called on his successor, Governor Hyacinth Alia, to account for the state and local government funds.   The former governor was reacting to the statement attributed to a faction of the All Progressives Congress, which he suspects is affiliated ...