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By Soni Daniel – Abuja The security initiatives of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State got a boost on Sunday when the Emir of Kano, Dr Aminu Ado Bayero, praised the government for its watertight strategies against insecurity in the state. The Emir charged the governor to sustain his onslaught against criminal elements in his state. The Royal Father emphasized that no society develops in the absence of peace, as peace is the foundation of every societal growth, adding that when one segment of the society is in turmoil, all others are ultimately open to inherent dangers and resultant effects....

33 FRSC officials, one other arrested over highway extortion On By Soni Daniel No fewer than 33 officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission have been arrested by a combined team of Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, Department of State Services and the Federal Road Safety Commission. The arrests, which also included a civilian, was jointed conducted under an operation codenamed “Operation Tranquility V” to rid the agency of bad eggs whose extortion of motorists on the nation’s highways has given the establishment a bad image. The Spokesman for the ICPC, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, sa...

Ex-power minister, Wakil, sent to prison over alleged corruption On By Soni Daniel, Abuja A former Minister of State for power in the country, Muhammad Wakil, is to remain in prison custody till March 31, 2021 on the order of a Federal Capital Territory High Court over his alleged involvement in the mismanagement of the N27 billion set aside for the payment of the retirement benefits to staff of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN. This action followed the two-count charge bordering on corruption and abuse of office slammed on Wakil on Monday by the Economic and Financial Crim...

Vanguard News BUHARI: everywhere! How ? Fashola explains On By Onochie Anibeze, Saturday Editor & Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola, took some time off on Wednesday to address some issues in the works and housing sector in Nigeria, touching on how the administration has actively taken steps to address the nagging infrastructural deficit and decay in the land and how that push is taking millions of Nigerians out of poverty and giving them a sense of inclusion in the administration. fashola, when reminded that even children took note of his ou...

Newly-appointed Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, assumed duty in Abuja, pledging to wage intelligence-driven war against corruption .