TB Joshua Founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN)Pastor Temitope Joshua, has been ranked by a group known as Movement for Progress Initiative as the 13th most famous pastor in the world while Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola of the Christ Apostolic Church was ranked 32nd. Speaking at the ranking event that took place at Egbeda…
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Olisa Metuh The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that the continued detention of the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh is due to his unwillingness to admit and return the ‘over N400 million’ he allegedly received from embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, reports Vanguard. Ibrahim Magu, the Acting…
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The Swiss Government has recovered an additional $300 million from the late Abacha loot and is in the process of returning it to Nigeria. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Oyeama made this disclosure this at the inaugural ceremony of the 22nd regular course of Foreign Service Academy in Abuja, yesterday. He stated that the…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has made public the relationship between him and the game of football. The President was speaking after receiving the Glo/CAF Platinum Award for good leadership which was conferred on him last week in Abuja in recognition of his support for football which resulted in Nigeria winning two major international tournaments last…
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Detained spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to order his release from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The PDP National Publicity Secretary, who was arrested by EFCC operatives from his Abuja residence on January 5, 2016, stated that…
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The Igbo apex socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has declared Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode as the number one enemy of Ndigbo. The reasons they say is because he ordered the demolition of Owonifari market in Oshodi, which is mostly occupied by Igbo traders when most of them were still celebrating the Yuletide in their villages.…
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Emeka Mba The Director-General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Mr. Emeka Mba was today, arrested by men from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) over an alleged N15bn fraud, reports The Will. Mba was pickup in Abuja and taken to the EFCC’s headquarters where he is still being quizzed as at press time.…
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Victor Olabintan Barely 48 hours after he announced his intention to run for the APC governorship ticket for the forthcoming Ondo state governorship election, former Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly Victor Olabintan, has been kidnapped in Abuja, reports Vanguard. According to Gboyega Ajayi, Secretary of the Olabintan Campaign Organization, Olabintan, a fromer…
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Jafaru Isa Former military governor of Kaduna State and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Jafaru Isa, has refunded N100million of the N170 million he allegedly received from embattled ex-NSA, Sambo Dasuki. The retired brigadier-general, was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), at his Asokoro residence in Abuja on…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned all politicians who benefited from the alleged diversion of the $2.1bn arms procurement money to return what they got or face prosecution. Sources at the EFCC say the anti-graft agency decided on refund of cash after retrieving some of the memoranda which the embattled former…
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