A bill to halt the appointment of politicians to head Federal Government agencies and parastatals ahead of career civil servants is being proposed by the Senate. The Bill, titled Public Service Efficiency Bill, is designed to allow civil servants head government agencies and parastatals.
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, has announced Sigma Golf Nigeria Limited and Riverbank Investment Resources Limited (the Sigma Golf-Riverbank Consortium) as the new investors in Keystone Bank. The announcement came amid controversies surrounding the sale of the bank, with AMCON alleged to be acting in breach of extant takeover provisions. AMCON, in a
At least, four persons have been reportedly killed in a clash that erupted between the residents of Yakira community in the Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State and suspected herdsmen. It was alleged that the community killed three herders in retaliation to the killing of an indigene. The man, whose corpse was found in […]
Following the senate’s invitation to the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Col Hameed Ali (rtd), foremost human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said the Upper Legislative Chamber has no lawful authority to do so. The senate had recently invited the Customs Comptroller-General to justify his agency’s decision to compel all vehicle owners […]
The Petroleum Equalization Fund (Management) Board has blacklisted 25 oil marketers for defrauding the Nigerian Government. The fund, however, has not revealed names of the affected marketers. PEF listed theirs offences as changing of truck heads without getting clearance from the agency, tampering with tags affixed on trucks as well as presentation of trucks with […]
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Comey, confirmed on Monday that his agency is investigating whether Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election. Comey also testified to the House Intelligence Committee that he had no information to support Trump’s assertion he was under surveillance before he became president. […]










